What Is "Brain Rot" and How Do You Know If You Have It?

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I open my DMs to an Instagram gallery my younger sister sent me of the zodiac signs as different rats. "Lmao so me," I absentmindedly respond upon deeming my rat acceptable. Our conversations transpire accordingly, wedged between fan edits of "Shrek" characters and memes we find appropriately cringe. Our collective screen time continues to tick higher and higher. Eventually, what started off as an ironic outlet evolves into a shared sense of humor acquired from spending entirely too much time on the internet. This chronically online behavior is nonsensical and completely ridiculous, but . . .

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