"Does Television Rot Your Brain? New Evidence from the Coleman Study Matthew Gentzkow University of Chicago Jesse M. Shapiro∗ University of Chicago and NBER January 27, 2006" Yeah, I was going to say some of the stuff he's sharing and posting comes off far more like an Academic trying to justify their work than anything else. I know about the Skyrim connection, but I also swear that I've had conversations with people who have used it in some shape or form to describe Romero's zombies. Entertainment rotting brains has been talked about for literally decades and all this is a slight variation of it with a mixture of people using it because it's trending and academics trying to make it a thing. He also recently shared an article about how people are referring to AI as slop and acts like people shouldn't know what they mean. Slop/sloppy have been around forever.
Out of context, sayong "Mr. Beasts coke (Koch) money" sounds like the plot of a movie where Jimmy joins a cartel and uses the name "Mr. Beast" is his drug lord name
I don't know if it's just because I have a basic degree in English from a basic college, but most of this stuff seems really simple. Language evolves and flows between in-groups and out-groups and before social media it tended to flow more regionally or through pop culture, but now it flows far more through social media. It also flows between "upper" and "lower" class the same way fashion does. Although he's partially "right" that slang comes and goes now faster nationally due to social media, it would spread and die out REGIONALLY before in the same way, but with far less recorded history of its use. Most of the language that survives is from slanting regularly used words to a variation that people can still attach to the original meaning. Cancel and selfie lasted where others didn't partially because of this but ALSO because they were spread through media/pop culture reinforcing their definitions. Reporters/RUclipsrs/celebrities constantly talked about cancelling to the point average people understand it, not to mention the word itself is regularly used to describe shows/magazines/entertainment. Selfies blew up in large part because it was already based on a word and, more importantly, was heavily used in marketing when smart phones came out. Like I don't even know why he's using the terms obtrusive/unobtrusive. If a word is more easily understood and more easily communicated, it's going to be more likely to be used regularly. That's why an academic would use unobtrusive while a normal person would just be like: I use it because it's easy. If an outgroup/authority figure starts using it, they're probably either going to stop using it or make it ironic. Situationship? Relationship, companionship, dictatorship, penmanship. It's a word with an added suffix...which feels less like a slang and more like how someone would normally expect language to change. Wouldn't it be considered a typological change more than slang? I don't know... I don't think almost anyone outside of fashion ever used cheugy at all. Autocorrect doesn't even consider it a thing. I'm sure it would have blown up nowadays due to the algorithm, but yeah. Skibidi Toilets is basically a mixture of Baby Shark meets Salad Fingers with the creator going out of their way to create an atmosphere and lore around his videos to keep it going. I'd also compare it to Prisencolinensinainciusol, which if anyone is still reading should look up. Legendary song.
Nothing makes me feel more out of touch as an internet user than hearing all these nonsensical slang terms that pop up every week. I don't think I use any of them.
I think the 'Unc' prediction is spot on. It was all any TikTok video about Kai's massive stream with Kevin Hart and Druski as well as some of the discourse over the Drake/Kendrick beef.
Apple had very few true innovations at WWDC. Their math and handwriting cantrips were done neatly a decade ago by ipad apps. Their AI features were all pioneered by others. All they have is stock buybacks and copying Silicon Valley trends :/
The conclusion I've come to after watching this video is that the concern people feel about the use of these words, probably has more to do with the fact that they indicate children are spending so much time online, as opposed to the presence of the words themselves. As it was explained, we're always reinventing language as new words come and go, so that's not much of a concern. But rather, children having already spent so much time online that their vocabulary is noticeably changed is what's concerning.
Taylor - I'm a Xennial raising a Gen Alpha kid, and I cannot tell you how glad I am to have found your channel! I have been pretty tech-savvy most of my life, but it just moves too fast for me now to keep up, particularly on social media. I try to balance my life between digital and analog because that's what feels best for my mental and emotional and social well-being, but it's getting harder and harder to understand what's going on in the world and communicate with younger generations, and I think it's dangerous for those of us who were alive before the internet to throw our hands up and check out. Folks my age and older have to be willing to put in the effort to stay engaged, even though the learning curve for that is getting steeper every day. Learning and teaching have to go both ways. That's how respect works, and we can't demand it if we aren't gonna give it. Your channel is so incredibly valuable not just because it helps keep me informed. It also challenges some of the "get off my lawn" and "kids these days" thinking that creeps into my brain despite my best efforts. Thank you, thank you, thank you! (And shout out to Sarah Marshall for facilitating.) ❤
I was watching this while making lunch for my kids and they started singing to the Skibiddi song. They’re paying a lot more attention to this podcast now.
“The shadowy right wing offenders behind a Mr Beast video” Took 5 seconds. But I’m pleased to see I’m one of the few morons who actually clicks on these
Taylor is a true ally for bringing gooning to the lexicon of the masses
I learned about that from QAA podcast and I've had this weird moment of both excited recognition and revulsion of that state.
“aura” is a new one becoming popular
Taylor, this is perfect content for me, thank you! I love exploring these aspects of internet culture and you do such a great job with it all!
Thank you so much for watching!! 🥰
In the 80s brain rot was used to describe people who got news from TV rather than the newspapers.
"Does Television Rot Your Brain?
New Evidence from the Coleman Study
Matthew Gentzkow
University of Chicago
Jesse M. Shapiro∗
University of Chicago and NBER
January 27, 2006"
Yeah, I was going to say some of the stuff he's sharing and posting comes off far more like an Academic trying to justify their work than anything else. I know about the Skyrim connection, but I also swear that I've had conversations with people who have used it in some shape or form to describe Romero's zombies. Entertainment rotting brains has been talked about for literally decades and all this is a slight variation of it with a mixture of people using it because it's trending and academics trying to make it a thing. He also recently shared an article about how people are referring to AI as slop and acts like people shouldn't know what they mean. Slop/sloppy have been around forever.
Out of context, sayong "Mr. Beasts coke (Koch) money" sounds like the plot of a movie where Jimmy joins a cartel and uses the name "Mr. Beast" is his drug lord name
Lolol
I’m so happy to see him on here. I love his videos on TikTok. Etymology is a fascinating subject
Linguistics are such an amazing reflection of our society!
Brain rot will forever be the terminally online. Not children skibidi bopping.
33:10 I must be old, I hear B-Real and my brain goes to Cypress Hill
I don't know if it's just because I have a basic degree in English from a basic college, but most of this stuff seems really simple. Language evolves and flows between in-groups and out-groups and before social media it tended to flow more regionally or through pop culture, but now it flows far more through social media. It also flows between "upper" and "lower" class the same way fashion does. Although he's partially "right" that slang comes and goes now faster nationally due to social media, it would spread and die out REGIONALLY before in the same way, but with far less recorded history of its use.
Most of the language that survives is from slanting regularly used words to a variation that people can still attach to the original meaning. Cancel and selfie lasted where others didn't partially because of this but ALSO because they were spread through media/pop culture reinforcing their definitions. Reporters/RUclipsrs/celebrities constantly talked about cancelling to the point average people understand it, not to mention the word itself is regularly used to describe shows/magazines/entertainment. Selfies blew up in large part because it was already based on a word and, more importantly, was heavily used in marketing when smart phones came out.
Like I don't even know why he's using the terms obtrusive/unobtrusive. If a word is more easily understood and more easily communicated, it's going to be more likely to be used regularly. That's why an academic would use unobtrusive while a normal person would just be like: I use it because it's easy. If an outgroup/authority figure starts using it, they're probably either going to stop using it or make it ironic.
Situationship? Relationship, companionship, dictatorship, penmanship. It's a word with an added suffix...which feels less like a slang and more like how someone would normally expect language to change. Wouldn't it be considered a typological change more than slang? I don't know...
I don't think almost anyone outside of fashion ever used cheugy at all. Autocorrect doesn't even consider it a thing. I'm sure it would have blown up nowadays due to the algorithm, but yeah.
Skibidi Toilets is basically a mixture of Baby Shark meets Salad Fingers with the creator going out of their way to create an atmosphere and lore around his videos to keep it going. I'd also compare it to Prisencolinensinainciusol, which if anyone is still reading should look up. Legendary song.
Nothing makes me feel more out of touch as an internet user than hearing all these nonsensical slang terms that pop up every week. I don't think I use any of them.
I refuse to learn that garbage
why would you feel the need to use them
Great guest. He's very smart and insightful on tiktok
I think the 'Unc' prediction is spot on. It was all any TikTok video about Kai's massive stream with Kevin Hart and Druski as well as some of the discourse over the Drake/Kendrick beef.
Side note, this might be my favorite episode yet.
Apple had very few true innovations at WWDC. Their math and handwriting cantrips were done neatly a decade ago by ipad apps. Their AI features were all pioneered by others. All they have is stock buybacks and copying Silicon Valley trends :/
The conclusion I've come to after watching this video is that the concern people feel about the use of these words, probably has more to do with the fact that they indicate children are spending so much time online, as opposed to the presence of the words themselves. As it was explained, we're always reinventing language as new words come and go, so that's not much of a concern. But rather, children having already spent so much time online that their vocabulary is noticeably changed is what's concerning.
TIL I might have brainrot
same tbh
Taylor - I'm a Xennial raising a Gen Alpha kid, and I cannot tell you how glad I am to have found your channel! I have been pretty tech-savvy most of my life, but it just moves too fast for me now to keep up, particularly on social media. I try to balance my life between digital and analog because that's what feels best for my mental and emotional and social well-being, but it's getting harder and harder to understand what's going on in the world and communicate with younger generations, and I think it's dangerous for those of us who were alive before the internet to throw our hands up and check out. Folks my age and older have to be willing to put in the effort to stay engaged, even though the learning curve for that is getting steeper every day. Learning and teaching have to go both ways. That's how respect works, and we can't demand it if we aren't gonna give it. Your channel is so incredibly valuable not just because it helps keep me informed. It also challenges some of the "get off my lawn" and "kids these days" thinking that creeps into my brain despite my best efforts. Thank you, thank you, thank you! (And shout out to Sarah Marshall for facilitating.) ❤
this is going to be the thesaurus for Gen Z internet historians.
Loving this show! Wishing you much success
I was watching this while making lunch for my kids and they started singing to the Skibiddi song. They’re paying a lot more attention to this podcast now.
Ooo I like that the video isn’t over once the interview is done. It feels like dessert after a good meal lol not to be creepy 26:45
Hopefully the generative emojis will finally allow me to make sad cowboy into reality
Im liking this version of Taylor Lorenz. Keep it up
wowowo, voice messages in GROUP CHATS?
Amazing
Gee, an acquaintance played with a well known band in the 60's with a name made by replacing "ck" with "g." How prophetic.
3:34 I'm a π man, myself
Love
gyar
Samesies 30:06
Greatest contribution incels have made to society
I hate my generation
This is the worst intro I've ever heard. Complete brainrot.
“The shadowy right wing offenders behind a Mr Beast video”
Took 5 seconds. But I’m pleased to see I’m one of the few morons who actually clicks on these
I learned so much usless information.😂
Taylor is 54 years old
Damn I’m looking good for 54…
What is her secret?! 😮
doctors hate her
@@MisterTea86 Drinks straight from the skibidi toilet every morning.