What do these language experts call "brain rot"? We're sorting things into brain-rot/not brain-rot now? I do know the definition in a you-know-it-when-you-see-it sort of sense... but I don't think "language experts" should be that dismissive of anything they haven't heard.
If you keep telling kids their brains are rotted out and some arbitrary subset of things they think are fun are signs of literal cognitive decline, they're either going to embrace it to mess with you or be depressed. Here's hoping it's the former! Gen alpha punk is going to be an insane scene once they grow up and realize how narrow the path their parents laid for them is, and I'm (selfishly) hoping we get some kick-ass music from it. ;)
> UNIDENTIFIED TEACHER: We are actually using six-seven as a call and response. Now, there's many ways that you can do it, but the way my class specifically wanted to do it was they want me to go six, and then they all go, seven.
This is hilarious. Adults embracing it and ruining it for the kids.
The pearl clutching about “brain rot” is ridiculous. This stuff is very “get off my lawn”. Is it annoying and dumb? Of course. So what?
My son is into this. At the pool yesterday I heard some kids counting up for a game. When they reached 6 and 7, they said 6-7. My son found that pretty funny.
IMO most slang is interesting because of the etymology, but 6-7's etymology seems tenuous, made up, almost as if it were invented post-meme. If the origin story is accurate, then I think widespread adoption of 6-7 is "brain rot" only because if you ask someone why they're saying that they probably respond, "Dunno. Funny. 6-7 lol."
One person I was talking to said they assumed that 67 is derived from the longstanding funny number: 69. I think that actually makes perfect sense because 7 ate 9.
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I can handle a silly kid meme, they happen all the time.
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What do these language experts call "brain rot"? We're sorting things into brain-rot/not brain-rot now? I do know the definition in a you-know-it-when-you-see-it sort of sense... but I don't think "language experts" should be that dismissive of anything they haven't heard.
If you keep telling kids their brains are rotted out and some arbitrary subset of things they think are fun are signs of literal cognitive decline, they're either going to embrace it to mess with you or be depressed. Here's hoping it's the former! Gen alpha punk is going to be an insane scene once they grow up and realize how narrow the path their parents laid for them is, and I'm (selfishly) hoping we get some kick-ass music from it. ;)
This is hilarious. Adults embracing it and ruining it for the kids.
The pearl clutching about “brain rot” is ridiculous. This stuff is very “get off my lawn”. Is it annoying and dumb? Of course. So what?