brainrot

Reading NYT articles of that sort leaves you in grave danger of brainrot; their research method is to grab a few examples that suit their prejudices and go to town with the generalizations.

sing the blog medieval 2008

And what's your kid doing watching this brainrot anyway?

Brave New Baby Wolverine Anne Johnson 2007

And what's your kid doing watching this brainrot anyway?

Archive 2007-08-01 Anne Johnson 2007

Life of Brian: Judith Reisman . . . sex on the brain . . . . . . anti-Kinsey and pro-brainrot nonsense

Judith Reisman . . . sex on the brain . . . . . . anti-Kinsey and pro-brainrot nonsense 2005

Rather than slapping some pithy comments between splashy artwork, Trombetta forces a confrontation with very difficult realities by connecting the molding memories of real-life atrocities to the disintegrating comic panels of 1950s horror books that have been far too easily dismissed as brainrot.

Forbes.com: News Dante A. Ciampaglia 2011

Yet another example of the need for The Irish Times to issue a Sunday version, thus sparing the public from the brainrot of the Sunday press.

Public Inquiry 2009

All of this feeds into what’s described as “brainrot” – easily scrollable, low-quality content that gives meme culture an extra whiz in the blender.

The sad, stupid rise of the sigma male: how toxic masculinity took over social media Steve Rose 2024