Hyperstimulation and Brainrot - by Hyde - BreatheLess
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How to stop being a loser
Putting your phone down after a long scrolling session feels like a mild hangover. Nothing is dramatically wrong, but reality feels slightly off. Even interactions with other people are filtered, as if the “real” is being interpreted through a digital afterimage. That state has become so common that it barely registers anymore. We’ve come to accept this level of dissociation as normal, something that just happens. Brainrot is worse than you think. Not only does it eat away hours of your life, but it’s also affecting you when you aren’t in front of a screen. The vegetative state stemming…
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