Are You Chronically Online or Offline?

With the ever-so increasing expansion of technology and social media, the ways we spend time, act, and behave have changed drastically. These changes have also taken form in the way certain individuals speak. While most of these effects typically affect the younger generation, like us students, it also has an effect on the older generation. By “younger generations”, I’m talking about Gen Z, Gen Alpha, as well as the incoming generation.

“Brain Rot” is the term used to describe this kind of language change, and even though the way people speak does change over time, “Brain Rot” is a more extreme version. From terms such as “Rizz” and “Skibidi Toilet”, online lingo has taken a strange turn: A turn that is not for the better. The emergence of these terms that have been, and will continue to be used, has been frowned upon by the public eye. The older generations have mocked and criticized these new terms as they seem “meaningless” and “confusing” as well as straight-up funny to even be terms. Society has spent all this time overcoming language barriers between individuals of various backgrounds, yet now there are language barriers within a singular language (That being English, I’m not sure if other languages face a similar situation). 

Whether someone uses these terms or not has been traced to how long they spend on social media, whether that be on a daily basis, weekly, etc. As these outlets of information continue spreading these terms and trends, it can only be assumed that “Brain Rot” will continue for years to come. Thus it begs the question: Are you so chronically online that you too have become infected with “Brain Rot”, or are you still mentally immune to the effects of the evolving language? There are many quizzes that you can take online to determine this, so make sure you take some time to explore them and see whether or not you are “cooked” or not.