Are teenagers animals we don’t understand to be studied?
Also are they a monolith?
What is this garbage?
‘brain rot’ is conceptualised as a collection of related practices that (1) are childish or unserious, (2) provide no cognitive or developmental benefit, and (3) are deliberately non-productive. In this way, it can be understood as a decompression-driven genre of participation whereby young people actively resist the pressures of productivity and self-optimisation.
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.
Are teenagers animals we don’t understand to be studied?
Also are they a monolith?
What is this garbage?
This paper is brain rot.
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.
I guess that’s why it’s posted in science memes