Brain rot is an insidious syndrome that stalks social media users, and here are 20 other folk diseases that you should also be prepared for

A year 2024 words is brain rot (eng. brain rot). The authors of the Oxford dictionary chose the word of the year at the beginning of December in the traditional way in Britain.

Brain rotThe word refers to the consequences of endlessly browsing social media and seeing its mind-numbing content. The dictionary defines it as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially as a result of overconsumption of material considered trivial or unquestioned (nowadays especially online content)”.

The first known written mention of brain rot is from 1854, but the term has taken on a new meaning in the digital age. The use of the term increased by 230 percent from 2023 to 2024.

The British idea is great! To celebrate the end of the year, here are 20 other social media diseases that we have suffered from during the year.

1. Scroll down

The uncontrollable urge to keep scrolling through your Tiktok feed, despite having watched videos of squirrels jumping at the window for the past forty minutes, and it’s time to go to bed.

2. FB-melancholia

A vague low-level restlessness that takes over your mind when you realize that you’re on Facebook with two of your friends from school, even though everyone else left the service already in 2021. Among the friends, Erkka enjoys pumpkin carving and Kake indoor frisbee golf.

3. K psychosis

The confusion you feel trying to figure out if the new “hot topic” is a shampoo brand or a K-pop group.

4. The Trump-Musk wound

A painful spot for those around the anus when you realize that as a result of your old Twitter addiction, you’re still donating money and influence to two people whose rightful place would be somewhere other than humanity.

5. Conspiracy otitis

Worsening inflammation in the spinal cord, as a result of which you begin to think that the Tor network is a “pretty handy tool” for human communication. You’ll also find yourself in a place debating whether or not the sushi buffet is a conspiracy by hostile aliens.

6. Challenge hypnosis

A headache from participating in the #passoutchallenge.

7. Mobile phone gangrene

Tissue necrosis, which occurs when blood flow to the tissue is blocked, for example, as a result of constant squeezing of an object.

8. Content-migreeni

The pressure felt on the temples from having to constantly produce content for followers and the feeling that the produced material is really bad.

9. Cognitive neurosis

Repentance for a post made while intoxicated, where you finally put it in the right order The paradise hotel singles.

10. Whatsapp-paranoia

The wave of nausea that erupts when you realize you inadvertently sent an ironic eggplant sticker meant for your partner to his father.

11. Exhibitionism-allergy

A tingle in the back of the neck that tells you that your cell phone has been accidentally left on after browsing Tiktok, and you’ve unintentionally filmed your couch potato throughout Friday night. In Iltapäivälehti, your living room is described as “Finland’s hottest rappiolive channel”.

12. Bottiobsessio

Excitement when you realize you’re passionately in love with a Russian trollbot who seems to be the only creature in the world that matches your heartbeat.

13. Nostalgia magnifying glass

Continuous viewing of old Thailand holiday updates and comparing them to the current mirror image.

14. Blister of envy

Chronically comparing your Instagram life with that of “the smug mother-in-law on the first floor”.

15. Jodel-nyrjähdys

The sudden drop of the jaws when you notice what is written about your child’s physical education teacher in the service.

16. Validation syndrome

Constantly checking for new announcements in case Joalin Loukamaa (3.1 million followers) or Kimi Raikkonen (3 million followers) would have finally understood to thumbs down your sharp-tongued post about summer and winter time.

17. Fruitstration

The feeling when you realize that a New Zealand trick influencer can’t make a watermelon explode after six hours of rubber band chatter.

18. Content update

The catatonic state that occurs when, after nine years of furiously sharing, you’ve amassed ten thousand followers and don’t know what the hell to do with them.

19. Asana anxiety

The realization that real enlightenment might not happen by watching 15-second zen videos.

20. The countryside

A movement that often arises on your deathbed, when you realize that you have spent the best years of your life moving your index finger back and forth on a small glass screen.