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Sol, Brita, Amtrak—which brand is going to try to rot our brains next? A few months ago, I was scrolling through TikTok when ...
Researchers concluded that the brain rot that comes from constant use of technology, especially social media, is making it ...
Ever reached a point where you've scrolled social media on your phone for so long before bedtime, you feel foggy, overstimulated, anxious and struggle to get to sleep? It may be that you, and your ...
Ever spend a little too much time scrolling through social media or binge-watching shows and end up feeling…fuzzy? The phrase “brain rot” has exploded online, used to describe everything from too much ...
You grab your phone and in that first swipe, you see someone traveling the world. Why aren’t you on vacation? Swipe again, and someone is living off the grid. Wow, shouldn’t you get rid of your laptop ...
The term brain rot was voted Oxford University Press’ word of the year in 2024, an unusual honor for a phrase that started as online slang. OUP defines it as the supposed deterioration of a person’s ...
The short-form videos we gobble up every time we log onto Instagram, TikTok or Facebook might be making us dumber.