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.
This paper is brain rot.
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theneverfox @pawb.social - 4mon
Are teenagers animals we don't understand to be studied?
Genuinely, yes. They're the stage where humans stretch boundaries and react to the society they've been raised in
Teenagers want autonomy and support, but beyond that? To understand them you have to study constantly emerging culture, constantly changing language, endless subcultures and remixes
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Tlaloc_Temporal - 4mon
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.
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Cat_Daddy [any, any] - 4mon
I guess that's why it's posted in science memes
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SLVRDRGN @lemmy.world - 3mon
Some sources – mainly psychology and wellness websites, but also notably mainstream news outlets such as Fox News..
Are we still referring to Fox News as a "news outlet"?
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XiELEd - 2mon
(n.) Supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration.
"The devil take Don Quixote of La Mancha! How did you get this far without dying from all the beatings you've received? You're a madman, and if you were a madman in private, behind the doors of your madness, it wouldn't be so bad, but you have the attribute of turning everyone who deals with you or talks to you into madmen and fools, too; if you don't believe me, just look at these gentlemen who are accompanying you. Return, fool, to your house, and look after your estate, your wife, and your children, and stop this nonsense that is rotting your brain and ruining your mind."
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VeryVito @lemmy.ml - 2mon
Today I learned my 50-something ass is a teenager.
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‘It speaks to me in brain rot’: Theorising ‘brain rot’ as a genre of participation among teenagers
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448251351527Are teenagers animals we don't understand to be studied?
Also are they a monolith?
What is this garbage?
This paper is brain rot.
Genuinely, yes. They're the stage where humans stretch boundaries and react to the society they've been raised in
Teenagers want autonomy and support, but beyond that? To understand them you have to study constantly emerging culture, constantly changing language, endless subcultures and remixes
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
Are we still referring to Fox News as a "news outlet"?
Today I learned my 50-something ass is a teenager.
The article is a brain rot itself