Brain rot: Why the Mental Decay Feeling is Suddenly Everywhere

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The term ‘brain rot’ initially gives quite a humorous connotation. It is something you might say jokingly when, after watching a random video online, you are so stupefied that you just stare at the wall, as if your brain had oozed out of your ears. Nonetheless, this term deserves to be taken more seriously, and …

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The Dark Side of Social Media: The Exploitation of Compassion

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A Reality Through the Case of Belle Gibson Fake Illness, Real Profit When Belle Gibson, a young woman from Australia, said she had brain cancer, people believed her. She started a blog, shared posts on social media, and wrote about receiving chemotherapy. Photos of hospital drips, dramatic sentences… Everything looked so convincing that within a …

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