This Video is About Brain Rot 

“Comfort kills you slowly” goes so fucking hard

At this point even watching a movie feels productive

All im gonna say is that if you lock yourself for an hour in a room with nothing but a chemistry textbook, chemistry is gonna become mighty interesting.

*goes off phone* *sees computer* *plays on computer*

I'm old enough to remember scrolling to the bottom of a feed and the site saying "That's all for now" 😢

*watches this video while reading the comments simultaneously*

tfw you got digital crack right at your fingertips and a rich family history of addiction

This is so relatable bro.. i feel like my memory is declining, my social skills are in the gutter and perpetual brain fog. I need to quit. Thanks for this video

Around 22 minutes he started being motivational and talking about a solution and I legit thought he was about to announce a sponsor.

Being a 25 year old zoomer is crazy. Growing up alongside the rise of the internet and watching it go from the wild west to slowly conquered by corporate interests is an experience unique to us elder zoomers.

i watched this in 2x speed

You don't even need to be productive to get rid of the brain fog and overstimulation. I peaked in terms of mental focus while in high school, and I was reading fiction books, playing online games and watching anime. The difference is that I consciously chose each show I watched, each game I played and each book I read. I didn't really go off recommendations or trends, I just looked at a library or looked up a game genre I liked or picked a pretty anime poster and went from there. And I was able to focus in class and do my homework and get good grades. Basically don't scroll or let media guide what you do, do it PURPOSEFULLY. When I got into RU-vid more my focus was still alright while I was purposefully searching for videos I wanted to see. But the moment i relied on subscriptions and recommendations, that lazy following the algorithm made my brain lazy too and I've been unfocused since. JUST BE PURPOSEFUL, nice and simple.

I have this terrible habit of constantly watching self improvement content and feeling like I accomplished everything I watched because somehow I’ll retain all the information as if it’s not the same information I’ve heard every single day for years😭 it’s insane how simple the solution is but how much resistance there is to literally just turning off your phone and allowing yourself to be bored and actually live your life

“Give them bread and circuses and they will never Revolt”

Fun fact! They get literal neuroscientist to test out apps and commercials to see how addicted they can get people! Yay….

video too long stopped watching at 00:05

I’m glad the RU-vid algorithm chose this for me

It sucks that the top comments are people essentially feeding into their brain rot, joke or not. I just completed the video and leaving this comment to show that while we may not be the loudest, you have inspired me to change and create. Thank you.

“Produce something instead of consuming it” might have altered my brain. Thank you.

I am 13. I grew up with the Internet and constant stimulation. I physically can't stop myself sometimes and its exhausting. Jm pretty sure that my addiction to inhaling brain rot has led to my horrible mental health, like to the point of considering suicide on the daily. I dont even have friends really anymore because i push people away and just stare at screens to feel something instead. I really appreciate this video, like a lot dude. Ima set a timer for only like two hours a day (besides like Spotify) and try and learn stuff. I wanna get better at skateboarding and art. I wanna get better at being ok with being precived by people. Thank you

Now imagine adding weed, alcohol or even nicotine or caffeine to this mix. No wonder we're off the rails💀

What people often miss about the dull moments in life is that they act as a chance to reflect on things. It's a chance to ask yourself "what did I do so far today? what else do I have to do? am I satisfied with the way I've been doing things and how they've turned out?". I think part of the reason so many people want to fill those dull moments with stimulation is because answering those sorts of questions gets very uncomfortable very quickly.

I’m gonna learn to rollerskate. I’m gonna learn banjo. I’m gonna do horseback. I just got my GED! Im gonna read books, study things, who cares if im lonely or bored. I’ll hang out with my dog, my family, I’ll do everything I can. We can all overcome this. We can do it.

Hey man I cleaned my depression room to this video and it gave me so much clarity thank you for being the PERFECT background noise for cleaning

As someone with ADHD, I actively avoid tiktok and haven't downloaded it. I still end up scrolling through youtube shorts every once in awhile when i can't sleep due to rumination or when im cooking. I am still an internet addict with a low attention span, but I hope to do better.

This just motivated me to really take learning crochet more seriously. I'm tired of always being stuck on my phone and getting distracted so easily.

This video having random ad breaks makes this entire experience feel like the final part of “Fifteen Million Merits” from Black Mirror. This, at the end of the day, is just another piece of content. This is designed for you to think “oh my goodness, everyone else doesn’t see the light”, and that feeling is just another hit of dopamine. I hope we can all find something we love in this world. And if you have already found it, tend to it like it deserves.

Never ever used TikTok in my life, yet I suffer from somewhat addiction to RU-vid. Unfortunately (or fortunately perhaps) RU-vid is being blocked in my home country. And I started to notice the effects on me: I substituted youtube with texting. Now I stay in chats almost 24/7. Your video, especially your definition of brainrot (which included texting, watching films and etc), really made me question if my life changes. At first I thought that texting is better than watching videos, cuz at least it counts as socialization but that socialization is still useless if it doesn't affect my life in any meaningful way. Thank you for your great work!

I’ve been slowly trying to fight the urge to scroll through out this year. I’ve definitely improved, cutting multiple hours of screen time off my day. I still slide back into it from time to time but I’ve had more clarity, more focus, more joy, and most importantly more boredom

You're not even having fun anymore. That simple sentence over and over again just kept hitting me. I really needed to hear that. I've never really been into technology. Didn't have a TV or anything for years... But these blasted apps and phones with the combination of a real rough 4yrs dropping bad friends and family and addiction to drugs and alcohol and here I am. I felt like you were describing me. I gotta go. Get out of this cycle. Freaking A Thank you so much.

One of the best methods to fight brain rot is using an old smartphone like an iphone 7 or 8. The battery is bad, screen is tiny, it is painfully slow, but it does everything you will need.

I appreciate the editing in this video. Calming voice, no obnoxious music, no sound effects, no quick cuts. It's great

The most prominent form of brain rot is the atrocious background music played in stores. I don't need to explain why it's that bad.

as an artist: removing ourself from / deleting every large mainstream social media and sticking to small niche artists circles has been the absolute best move

I watch a lot of these videos but this is the first one to really make me feel bad. In a good way. Like you've detailed the existential horror we're in perfectly

This video hits so hard, I am 23 years old as well and it's been the same journey growing up. Same iPhone 5c. Like being so aware of the issue but not stopping. Literally textbook of addiction and then we judge why drug addicts can't stop. I wish I knew you, in real life, so we could ponder these philosophies together. Thank you for the video.

I had a genuine boomer-heart attack moment the other day because I watched my friend: 1) open up a book 2) put in earbuds 3) pull up tictok 4) set phone down next to book 5) and cycle between reading the book for… i dunno, ten? seconds at a time, scrolling through tictok for thirty, change the music every minute, and then give up on the book completely after two minutes. It was exhausting to watch, there was so much going on but nothing was really happening. Wanted to shake my cane at them and feed pigeons in the park.

Thank you for this video it was the last push to delete tiktok

1. I deleted TikTok almost a year ago now, and it genuinely made such a positive impact on my life. Like I'm a straight A student now that I can actually pay attention to my teachers when they lecture. School is so much easier for me now. 2. After watching this video I took a shower without listening to a podcast for the first time in longer than id like to admit. And I feel so much better. So if anyone is wondering if avoiding constant stimulation works, IT DOES.

This is the video the world needs. I've been saying this for years.

Curating our online experience to prevent it from wasting our time and mental energy has to become a normal mental health measure

"if everyone is thinking alike, then none is doing so." - Benjamin Franklin

I was trying so hard to focus during this video and not mindlessly scroll on through my phone , my brain is fried

I have been quitting mindless consumption over the last 2 years. I now cant get along with most of my "friends" online and offline. I go to the gym. I run a business. I learn things. I ride motorcycles. I don't laugh at what they laugh at. I am disconnected from a lot of family. They constantly send me 4-12 tiktoks a day. I don't watch any of them. I have told them to stop. They think I am weird. Its lonely unplugging. But it is worth it. Thank you for this video. I hope more people can see this and free themselves

This made me replace my smartphone with an old Nokia. To see young kiddos glued to screens terrifies me, yet I am just like them but slightly bigger in size. Odd how hypocritical we seem to be. This video genuinely changed me, so thank you.

A tip for going from TikTok brain rot to work and real life tasks. Set a timer for twenty minutes and stare at a blank wall. After this your brain will be craving any type of stimulation it can get. This is the time to put yourself to work 👍 good luck y’all stay woke

it’s so weird being 22 seeing this. we were born when internet was so rural and now just seeing how fast it has advanced from literally being 17 to 22 just 5 years is unreal. i remember being like 15 and was on my xbox 360 for 2 hours and thought how much i was upset feeling like i wasted my day and that was WITH restrictions. now i swear there are no kids outside playing/everyone that is a little kid just has an iphone or some digital device with no restrictions and i swear we’re gonna go down to the route of Idiocracy (GREAT MOVIE)

thank you from the bottom of my heart. after watching this twice, writing about it in my journal, and making a couple lists, I am finally awake again. I genuinely feel like ive just woken up from a long dream and I had to process it all. its sad that this kind of information is readily available on RU-vid but most people still will choose not to watch, or not the whole thing, or only once, or not reflect. I too have watched many many self help videos but forgot them all because I never put in the effort to internalise the information. I have to say tho your attitude was the best since it was still relatable and ppl don't truly listen if they think someone is just blabbing and being controlling and then they just treat everything as a joke.

I wanna cut down on screen time, but then I realize that most of it is my phone being on playing a RU-vid video while I’m asleep

this video was everything that i’ve been thinking of ever since tiktok was changed, hence why i never downloaded it, yet i experience brain rot through other platforms and its sad. it’s hard to let go because it immediately makes you stick out like a sore thumb to your peers; i’ve realized that if i want to change i have to make the change and hopefully over time it’ll become a better lifestyle for me, i’ve lived for 17 almost 18 years and to hear that most human will most likely live as long as me digitally is depressing…it’s also sad to me to read comments and see everyone experiencing the same effect. just realize we aren’t broken yet and that we have the ability to make the change, the day that we lose that ability we lose our humanity…if you read this far thank you

This video is a masterpiece. I've been realizing that my brain just doesn't work as fast anymore, I don't really think about anything because I'm always watching things or scrolling through things. It's an addiction and a plague. I know I need to change but I don't want to give it up because I do enjoy it. But deep down I know that's textbook addiction.

I used to scroll for hours on end and I was so depressed and I couldn’t find out why. But, now that I’ve filled my time with creative writing, walking and just getting out I feel so much better. And when I do watch something it’s informational videos.

Reject Brain Rot, Embrace *Right ear the bible* (chinese) *Left ear Mozart* (2x speed) To those who doth claim it to be but a more grievous kind of Brain Rot, nay, it is the quintessence of cerebral restoration and healing, a confluence of two of the finest creations in art and literature, united into a singular, potent magnum opus. If thou canst not follow Mozart’s melodies played at double speed, thou must elevate thy prowess. Shouldst thou fail to grasp the wisdom imparted by the Holy Bible rendered in Chinese, then thou must needs acquire the tongue of Mandarin. ’Tis as simple as that: improve thyself, grow in might, and return hence when thou art prepared. 📖🗿🎧

9:21 “ A little bit of everything all of the time A little bit of everything all of the time Apathy’s a tragedy and boredom is a crime” - welcome to the internet by Bo Burnham

You nailed it right at the end. The mind needs focus to be kept healthy, that's literally what meditation is. Boredom is cardio for the brain.

Genuinely I think a huge aspect of the brain rot is how aggressive advertising has gotten. I block as many ads as I can and whenever I can't it's incredibly obvious how overstimulating they are meant to be. Installing an adblocker on everything (including firefox and blokada on your phone) is so essential to combatting brain rot

Bro really made a video targeted towards people with the attention span of a goldfish, and made it 40 minutes long Jokes aside this is actually a really good video, and I'll be watching all of it.

havong adhd and living in this era is actually hell. it was difficult before, but its so hard to do anything anymore without having to physically cut myself off from internet access (i put my phone in my closet when the alarm goes off) in fear that ill be late for school cuz i lost track of time scrolling on tiktok or youtube shorts. its definitely not the only issue brainrot created in my life (nor is it the biggest tbh) but it's the one with real-world consequences.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS... i literally panic deleted tiktok and youtube off my phone a few months back because i was getting TERRIFIED of the withdrawal symptoms i was having when i was going even five minutes without scrolling. I still feel the need to seek out constant stimulation, but deleting those apps definitely felt like a step in the right direction to start helping myself. My brain still feels foggy, my room is a mess, and i've done nothing productive all day but watching this is helping me remember that all the people in my life are being affected by this too, and if I want to help them, I have to help myself first. I absolutely detest these companies that are turning use into mindless husks for their profits. thank you again. I'm gonna close youtube now.

It's insane how accurately the movie Wall-E has predicted our future

Being 23 I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better video that related this much to me. Thank you so much man, honestly the best video I’ve ever seen

This is the kick up the backside that I've been doom scrolling for. It's amazing that I'm willing to spend nearly 2 days out of my week consuming utter garbage online, but yet my house is a mess, I don't eat properly, I'm behind at uni, and I haven't exercised in months. Thank you.

One substantial advice that works for me to reduce my brainrot is to make myself as self aware of my actions as possible. "Do I REALLY have to watch this video?" "What will I gain out of it?" "Dose the information containing in the media I'm about to consume is important to myself at all?" Etc.

Honestly, this might have been the best video I've seen about this topic like ever. It really woke me up. thank you.

This video makes me want to listen to my parents and read more books

30yo millennial here, growing up only "nerds" like me used computers or played video games, I was told I'm an internet addict, then witnessing the rise of smartphones and everyone becoming more and more zombie-like while I'm out there enjoying life feels SO surreal. The shift has been absolutely insane.

i’ve felt like i’ve been stuck in a loop not growing for the last year this video made me wake up and realize the issue…godspeed brother

I took the day off work to be "productive" with a 4 day weekend. Wasted yesterday playing RDR2 and watching youtube. I've gotten rid of social media for minths now and still struggle; its easy both ways to be positiveor negative. Sometimes the lines are blurred. I loved this video because it hurt knowing I'm still not there but its alright. I lied to myself and got back into a similar ditch as before. You made me get my ass up today and do the dishes, clean up my beer cans everywhere, and look for more of your videos to do my chores to. There's a long way to go for me but thanks for the affirmation that it's a battle we fight in this day and age.

There's this guy I think about rather often, I had two of my most boring classes with him one semester, he was kind of a nerdy type, short, didn't talk to people much (or at all...), not necessarily conventionally attractive but I honestly found him kind of cute from just observing his little mannerisms. I really wanted to get to know him better, maybe I'd like him more romantically or even just making another friend sounded very nice. Problem is that I also kind of struggle with socializing, so starting conversations wasn't my strong-suit but Ig my attraction to him gave me some more willpower than usual lol I managed to ask him for some notes and about how he ended up in the class we two were in, honestly I'd say I was doing pretty well actually starting conversations, but there was something about him I noticed. At that point I had started noticing this in people around me as a whole and myself included, but this guy was a severe case --- bro was EXTREMELY absent-minded and always on his phone. I think that that was one of the things that made him so unapproachable, everytime I'd turn in his direction he was doomscrolling, which I just had no idea how to go around. Every time I managed to speak with him was when he put his phone down, which wasn't often. Now, maybe he just wasnt interested in talking, which is completely fair, so that was my assumption for a while, but then I remember looking in his direction again, I was standing behind him, and honestly kinda scummy of me but something on his phone caught my eye and I started straight up watching TikTok and RU-vid shorts with him, I have no idea how he didn't notice me. His FYP was filled with posts about loneliness and sometimes the occasional incel-leaning content of how it's so hard to get women in his day and age, but nothing too bad Ig. Some memes I chuckled at myself, still don't know how he didn't notice. Then he made a comment, I couldnt read all of it but it was one of those "I love the internet because its the only place where I get to hang out with people anymore, I have no irl friends" yadda-yadda It made me want to straight up pat him on the back and ask to be my friend lol, still regret being a coward and not doing that. I never really saw that guy much after that interaction, he moved himself all the way across the classroom soon after bc he had a group project with some guys and it was closer to the back so he could doomscroll in peace. I never really intentionally went out of my way to interact with him again because everytime we did he just seemed at best uninterested and at most bothered. Either way there was something so extremely ironic about watching a person I've been trying to make friends with type something like that. Everytime Im doomscrolling in any sort of seemingly boring setting I always try to remind myself that I may be doing the same thing that that guy was doing, unknowingly shutting myself out from any excitement while feeling bad for myself that there isn't any in my life. Truth is that any one of us could have been that guy and we just don't know how much we might have already missed simply by letting the phones take care of the silence when sometimes silence is what makes the louder moments more valuable. Even when I'm alone honestly, there are many things that the world has to offer, you just need to have the willpower to let them in (Btw Idk how to incorporate this into my story but theres this app called Opal (at least for Iphone) which helps u regulate screentime and I found it very helpful, goodbye)

This video hit like a truck. Multiple times, the editing and audio combined really hit home, and sparked mental terror with reality setting in. We really do get far too invested and trapped in our mental simulation bubbles. The fact you repeat a lot of the information multiple times might seem grating, but truthfully I think it pushes the core concept in deeper. I have never once truly tried to quantify to myself, even once in my life, "How much free time do I really need to scroll/relax?" We need to be more aware of what's happening to us, because this is truly overwhelming. Thank you for making this.

Quit tik tok, start smoking, got it

I thought there was something wrong with me cause I can't stand ticktock and I don't keep my phone with me all the time. It feels so good to interact with my surroundings and people around me cause I've seen so much death, not being morbid, it's just it's made me realize I only have a little bit of time on this earth. I garden, I bake, I take care of my fam and numerous pets, by most accounts my life is boring but I love every minute of it. Thanks for this video.

35:15 “So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit. Are but punishments” - Seneca . THIS hit so deep you don’t understand. This video hit me when I needed it the most I’m so glad the algorithm recommended me this. I’m the same age as you 23 and I’ve been living in comfort for too long I feel like I haven’t grown in awhile. ITS TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE

brain rot is not a new thing, but its awesome to see awareness spreading about addiction but specifically digital addiction.

I'm honestly surprised you don't have at least 100k subs, the quality of your content is always amazing. Keep it up brother

Thank you for this much needed wake-up call man, you nailed the topic and started me on the path to motivating myself. I left my last job for mental health reasons and have been searching for months, but my motivation often drops off and, frankly because of this video, I think social media is in large part to blame. I’m limiting myself to 15 minutes a day from now on, I hope to keep this going. Thank you for inspiring me

We needed this man. I can't believe we dug ourselves such a deep hole without even realizing it..

keep it up, your channel truly deserves recognition

This is genuinely one of my favorite videos. It kinda woke me up a little and made me excited for the journey that I plan to go on with getting off my phone and accomplishing things in life. Thank you for making this.

This is the most meaningful, insightful, and inspiring youtube video that i have ever watched. This is also the only video i have watched that will forever change my life. Thank you

I’m 80 years old and this inspired me to get out of bed and off my phone. My leg snapped and now I’m stuck in a hospital and spending more time on my phone than ever before.

moral of the story: our parents were right it is that damn phone

Out ancestors were not busy surviving and doing productive things 24/7, actually they spend just few hours a day on finding food and shelter and most time of the time they spend resting or doing dumb things for fun, hitting bushes with a stick or something. Whenever someone talks about ancestors they tend to attribute different traits depending on speakers agenda so everyone has different picture.

This video has convinced me to do what I have been wanting to do for a long time and turn my life around. I am now straying away from doom scrolling as it was making me depressed and making me feel unfulfilled. Thank you for giving me that extra push I needed to start living better.

When I smoked weed and doomscrolled, I would procrastinate so hard when it came to taking daily showers. I would go 3 days at the very most without a shower and my skin was deteriorating, my hair would fall out. Now I skip showers half the time for one day since summer started, but I quit smoking for good so I’m glad I ended one addiction. My goal is to get a full 8 hours of sleep a day, to take care of my health, maintain a diligent mindset when it comes to school and having hobbies again. The talents I once had are being lost. My memory retention still isn’t fully there because of my increasing insomnia, but has improved drastically from quitting weed.

this makes me want to cry looking back on how the internet has changed my life and the lives of people around me. Just… so empty.

truth be told, i agree with all of this. i have been a chronically online person since the early 2000s, but thankfully i only used the games/messengers to help form meaningful connections instead of finding whatever was easy stimulation or 'empty calories' of being online. i know this isn't perfect either, but i don't think it's been a destructive force in my life. as i see more of my long terms friends have worse and worse attention spans, trying to multitask me like i am just another tab open in their life, i feel more distant from them and i weep for the general sentiments/loss of sense of community when it comes to gaming stuff in general. long gone are the days of the novelty of talking to someone you met with similar interests through a game and making friends for years. instead, replaced with a lot of what you're talking about in this video. it's like a block of ice melting away in your hand... you can't hold onto it no matter how hard you try, people just keep fading away but i am choosing actively to remain. it's nice that there are at least some other people out there who seem to be noticing this phenomenon, as demonstrated in your video. this is why i choose to never use tik tok, twitter, facebook, etc. i don't want to melt away and not even notice it...

i've recognized the problem and shifted my train on the right track, got side tracked and lost motivation, but your video helped me wake up.

Honestly glad i watched the whole vid, and its very true. I grew up with the internet and still have it. Even as a child I asked myself, "whats the meaning? whats the purpose of this, just rotting away online doing nothing and achieving nothing." And lately for the past couple months I've noticed my brainfog/brainrot getting worse. Hardly any attention span, memory worsening, increasing insomnia, whatever. And I cant blame it all on the internet, but yeah thats one of the biggest problems. Its led up to my health worsening plus more and more bad addictions. And I've known I probably should just stop being online so much, but idk, this video helped me a little and opened my eyes more. And honestly I do need to focus on more important things obviously since being online alot really does fuck you up atleast a little. Gonna focus on stuff I rlly wanna do. Thx 4 this vid.

It’s funny because becoming the “observer” is a goal in spirituality. I’m sure brain rot is a different experience though.

Came across this video and really started to realize that I had a problem. I am constantly around people who are on their phone more than I am. This often made me feel “better than them” and convince myself I didn’t have a problem. I now look back and realize myself having similar symptoms like memory loss (me and my friend’s rotted brains are constantly forgetting what we are talking about) , low attention span, constant feeling of being unfulfilled, and brain fog. I’m thankful I came across your video and will make a point to change because of it. Thank you so much🙏🏼.

this video is arguably better when you are just listening

Thank you for making this video. Its a relief to see and hear someone my age with the same concerns. I want our generation to create great things, but it takes immense focus and boredom for ideas to become prosperous. Ive gone the extreme route and gotten a flip phone. My attention and time are precious and i wanted it to belong to me again. Much love, i hope we all achieve greatness.

The only change that I think you need to make for these videos to really take off is to cut the script a little bit. When you ask "how did we get here," there is no need to elaborate and then repeat yourself, for example. We are already there. You're definitely close!

I didn't care, at that moment 29:55 I went for a run on the beach, I ran for 3 hours and came back to finish, thanks for the inspiration

So scary when u played the video game content during ur audio/talking, I instantly paid attention...

Thank you for this, omg. A great example: I am currently untangling my yarn for a blanket I'm crocheting and my boyfriend is playing Rust. I stopped using TikTok and he's obsessed. I only open it to look at cooking and dog videos he sends me. He has to text those to me because I turned off notifications. I've also stopped using Facebook and Instagram because they do NOTHING for my mental health. It's ridiculous how different we are at this point. I love documentaries, long RU-vid videos, and actually meaningful content. I've noticed he'll talk about surface things, and I want full-blown conversations that MEAN SOMETHING. I have diagnosed ADHD and I suspect I'm on the spectrum. We suspect he also has ADHD and boyyy is TikTok frying his brain. It's not like I don't forget random things, or get distracted too, but the difference between our capability to tear our OWN selves away from something interesting is vast...and with my suspected autism it can feel like I'm being painfully ripped away from whatever it is. Executive dysfunction is going to be the biggest issue in the coming generations!

The average iPad baby could never imagine the excitement of going to Chuck e cheese as a kid in 2004 and then going home to play halo 2 on a tv that weighed 500 tons and had a 32 inch screen!

I love people like you, the outlook and ability to word this all out. It’s brings accountability to listeners,

this video explains very well what i always "knew" was wrong, but couldn't really put my finger on why