Fabian Mosele, an Italian animator and teacher based in Germany, told "Good Morning America" the trend began in early 2025, ...

How Shrek, the 2001 movie, accidentally became the foundation of Gen Z humor, memes, and modern-day brain rot culture.

Today, the phrase “brain rot” is more often used to describe that low-quality digital content itself and the goofy meme words that ... “Brain rot words become funny because they’re funny, ...

A well-placed meme short-circuits the brain’s usual “ignore this email” response. It injects humor, breaks up the monotony, and makes you human. And science backs this up: Memes say more ...

A funny video of a dog named Lumi completely spacing out and “losing his last brain cell” has left the internet in stitches. A few weeks ago, the dog’s owner took to Instagram to share the ...