What do these language experts call "brain rot"? We're sorting things into brain-rot/not brain-rot now? I do know the definition in a you-know-it-when-you-see-it sort of sense... but I don't think "language experts" should be that dismissive of anything they haven't heard.
If you keep telling kids their brains are rotted out and some arbitrary subset of things they think are fun are signs of literal cognitive decline, they're either going to embrace it to mess with you or be depressed. Here's hoping it's the former! Gen alpha punk is going to be an insane scene once they grow up and realize how narrow the path their parents laid for them is, and I'm (selfishly) hoping we get some kick-ass music from it. ;)
[1] - https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brain%20rot
Slang is a value judgement on the word, but no one is a “slanger”. So at least that works fine for talking about language without setting some cultural standard that people using slang are “bad”, just that slang is “bad” and the connection is left up to the gullible reader.
“Brain rot” is a funny over exaggeration, but it’s also talking about the person. Someone/some generation HAS brain rot, which is much more explicit. The tone feels off for a field studying language.
I think all things considered, Gen Alpha is dealing with the nihilism thrown their way alright, laughing through it all is all you can do sometimes
I can handle a silly kid meme, they happen all the time.
Maybe it depends on who you were as a kid... but if I'm who I was at 12yo, I'm going to keep doing it, and now it's way funnier. You're playing a hugely important role being the lame adult in many recess discussions. No offence.
This is hilarious. Adults embracing it and ruining it for the kids.
The pearl clutching about “brain rot” is ridiculous. This stuff is very “get off my lawn”. Is it annoying and dumb? Of course. So what?
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