The YouTube Shorts colonization movement is a trend aiming to bring brain rot content to YouTube before the TikTok ban is set ...

The term "brain rot" is having its moment in the sun. First written down by Henry David Thoreau in 1854, brain rot became the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year in 2024. While this isn’t a ...

Regardless of your age, the science is clear: Brain rot is real. Brain rot is not a medical condition — it’s slang describing the mental malaise and isolation caused by excessive screen time.

“But as demonstrated by ‘brain rot', 2024's word of the year, people are ready for movements of change, not moments,” she said. “They seek human truths that leave us to stop and ...

Brain rot has also been degrading peoples’ memories, which is another essential storytelling skill. The Conversation says TMU researchers asked students to watch a two-minute video to test their ...

It’s now become a trend on TikTok (ironically) for users to share their reading lists in a bid to counteract ‘brain rot’, with many ... of nonsensical TikTok memes really be for your rest?

Carpetman is a noteworthy performer at South By, too. He’s a Ukrainian TikToker with more than a million followers… who wears a carpet mask and performs R&B. His falsetto is overpowering.