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In the first section, update the definition of Brain Rot based on a recent (and first) peer-reviewed article on this topic:
In Internet culture, brain rot (or brainrot) is a colloquial term that refers to the negative cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects resulting from the purposeless, repetitive, and excessive consumption of trivial, unchallenging, and low-quality digital media content, primarily for short-form entertainment.[1] It also applies to Internet content deemed to be of low quality or value, or the supposed negative psychological and cognitive effects caused by it… 2607:FEA8:86A5:9700:45E2:59C7:397B:FE99 (talk) 18:39, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
Done Thepharoah17 (talk) 20:07, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you! That was fast! 2607:FEA8:86A5:9700:45E2:59C7:397B:FE99 (talk) 20:10, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
Undone; the lead already said Brain rot is Internet content deemed to be of low quality or value, or the supposed negative psychological and cognitive effects caused by it.
, this shouldn't have been replaced with new MOS:FIRSTSENTENCE saying that it's just the cognitive effects, relegating the Internet content aspect (which makes up nearly all of the article body) to a secondary "also", then repeating a mention of cognitive effects. Belbury (talk) 16:32, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
References
- ^ Serenko, A. (2025). "Brain rot – The 2024 Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Year: Why should technology leaders care?" (PDF). IEEE Engineering Management Review. in–press. doi:10.1109/EMR.2025.3583977.
Authenticity of picture example
[edit]What is the source for the picture of the supposed banned word list in a school? It seems dubious. turtle (talk) 22:03, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- Image should be changed to something more notable and more representable. I commented this in May:
- I believe the image on the article should be changed to an image which represents brainrot better. I would nominate something like Skibidi Toilet, as it is arguably the face of brainrot and is more representable. Also, not sure how "CP" is brainrot. Sosumiw (talk) 13:37, 13 July 2025 (UTC)
- Does seem bad to have an image illustrating an idea - that the words are banned in at least one school classroom - when this isn't discussed anywhere in the text, and also seems a bit unlikely. I've removed it. Belbury (talk) 14:12, 13 July 2025 (UTC)