That is so skibidi.
Quit flexing your rizz.
Being nice to that sus guy is adding aura points.
In the year of 2025, the concept of brainrot has become an all time topic amongst the younger generation of people. The eventual demise of the short media platforms has finally hit the world hard, as social medias such as TikTok, YouTube shorts and X have caused the term to pop up in reference to these new terms and jokes younger people are saying.
Are teens addicted to brainrot: fast-paced, absurd social media content that may actually hurt their intelligence?
“I feel like it’s something that’s very annoying,” senior Mason Emery said. “I don’t pay attention to it that much because it’s just everywhere. You used to be able to walk around and understand what people were talking about, now it’s just gibberish and random words. I have no idea what people are saying, and I’ve had several people try to explain to me what 6 7 meant. I learned about it through my little sister”
The brainrot concept as a whole came from the original idea of memes on the internet. Once the younger generation finally got a hold of social media, these memes evolved outside of just words on a picture, and are now worldwide jokes that most parents can’t even understand because of their age difference.
“It’s really just confusing not knowing what they mean,” sophomore Jaden Hunter said. “My nephew who’s the same age as me was watching YouTube talking about Skibidi Toilet. I don’t really talk about the reels and shorts I see besides 6 7. I scroll too but I do it just to pass time. I’m really addicted to TikTok, but I’m outside most of the time.”
This disconnection between older and younger people has caused the terms to be both annoying and a new wave of culture. Terms and jokes like 6 7, sigma, Ohio, skibidi, and rizz are so overused and said all the time to the point where it’s just become normal to hear a kid in a classroom yell out one of these words at random.
“I feel like people are too attached to the new things like 6 7 and stuff,” sophomore Jason Corley said. “Sometimes I’m just scrolling a lot because there’s interesting stuff and drama. I’m not really glued to my screen though, I’m usually outside and doing stuff. I’ve been hearing this stuff for about two years so it’s getting pretty normal.”
Although the entire thing is meant to just be a joke, it has simply evolved into something worse. Younger generations are getting worse attention spans because of these short formed videos that spawn the jokes in the first place. Nobody is able to talk about what’s actually going on around them in the world. They can only talk about what made them laugh that day.
“I think it’s funny and I use it a lot I’m not gonna lie,” junior Kylenn Yari said. “I think it’s changed our culture because it’s specifically attached with our generation, and none of our parents or grandparents know what we are talking about. I talk about brainrot like a lot, more than I’d like to think. I guess I am chronically online because I understand what people are talking about.”
