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It’s been almost half a year since AI-generated characters with Italian-ish names started spreading online. Making sense of Italian brain rot, including why some characters are controversial and ...

That the memes are tagged brain rot is a cheeky acknowledgment that the content is “ridiculous” and “mumbo jumbo,” said Yotam Ophir, an associate professor of communication at the ...

Meet Ballerina Cappuccina and the Italian brain rot crew, an absurd group of A.I.-generated characters that are flooding TikTok. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta The first thing you need to know about ...

Like most social media terms, there isn’t one good definition of brain rot. Sometimes, it describes memes and slang (used in a sentence: “Skibidi toilet is brain rot,” according to TikTok ...

In a video that claimed to explain who Marcus the Worm is, @roflgatorvr compiled a series of clips from their streams with the audio, “I’m so lonely. All the other viltrumites are scared of me ...

Italian brain rot is a niche form of memes that went viral in January 2025. Photo by Michele Bitetto/Unsplash If we’re lucky in the Opinion section, we work through our beliefs completely and support ...

Brain rot symbolizes the erosion of our attention spans, ... Suddenly, an hour has passed, and you've been sucked into a whirlwind of memes, viral videos, and polarizing news articles.

Resisting Trump 2.0 with Brain-Rot Memes We participate in political memes to express our anxiety that whatever is coming next might be even more chaotic than what is already happening. By Kyle Chayka ...