‘It speaks to me in brain rot’: Theorising ‘brain rot’ as a genre of participation among teenagers

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• callouscomic@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are teenagers animals we don’t understand to be studied?

  Also are they a monolith?

  What is this garbage?

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  • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Are teenagers animals we don’t understand to be studied?

    Genuinely, yes. They’re the stage where humans stretch boundaries and react to the society they’ve been raised in

    Teenagers want autonomy and support, but beyond that? To understand them you have to study constantly emerging culture, constantly changing language, endless subcultures and remixes

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  • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As far as I can tell, brain rot encourages no thoughts, head empty enjoyment. It expects and promotes the lowest common denominator thoughts, like a thought stopping cliche but for entertainment instead of propaganda.

    There’s plenty of mature brain rot and it’s only non-productive in the same way most media is. I can see calling it decompression-driven, but more as a form of escapist relaxation, like coloring books or knitting. It’s main focus is mininal mental effort, hence the name.

    TL;DR: Ye, paper is garbo.

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  • Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I guess that’s why it’s posted in science memes

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