Pope Francis made the remark at the Jubilee of the World of Communications in Rome, an event which attracted around 9,000 journalists and writers from 138 countries, both in person and online.

However, for the most part, brain rot is by and large “faceless,” in the sense that it uses or contains slang trends and memes that have been subsumed by Gen Z and Gen A. This allows for ...

In 2024, “brain rot” wasn’t just a TikTok buzzword—it was officially crowned the word of the year. And honestly, could anything have summed up our collective mental state better? From doomscrolling ...

Social media is inundated with Family Guy memes, and a particular one involving The Godfather resurfaces occasionally. Seth MacFarlane, creator and star of the long-running animated series ...

I haven’t checked it. Where is it today?” When he was reminded he may have made billions off of his meme coin, the president laughed. “That’s peanuts for these guys,” he said ...

President Trump shrugged off the news that he made billions of dollars through the launch of his new meme crypto coin. During a press conference Tuesday, his first full day back in the White House ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to get involved in a years-long battle over the use of one of the first – and most popular − viral memes by Steve King, a controversial former congressman ...

Indeed, an over-indulgence in personalized short videos, humorously referred to as "brain rot," is considered potentially harmful to cognitive acuity and emotional well-being. The study involved 111 ...

At Aster Hospital, Whitefield, the boy was diagnosed with brain rot – a cognitive and emotional deterioration caused by excessive screen time and lack of real-world interaction. This was not a ...

Brain rot is a colloquial term that describes mental and cognitive decline. The Oxford University Press, where it was also named as the word of the year 2024, describes it as “the supposed ...