Scrolling on TikTok during a break one day, I watched a content creator named Kara make a vegan bean soup recipe to boost her iron levels during her menstrual period. âAll my anemic girlies this one is for you,â the young woman from central Florida, who goes by her first name online, wrote in the caption. Many people liked and commented positively on her video, but others had questions: âWhat if I donât like beans?â and âCan I substitute the beans with something else?â Um ⦠what? I wondered why they didnât just look for a different recipe. Welcome to the strange phenomenon of people expressing anger or helplessness to online content creators or writers who donât acknowledge their specific lifestyles or limitations. âThis is something that has always existed but has been very much exacerbated by social media and accelerated rather intensely in ⦠recent years,â said Dr. Jessica Maddox, an associate professor of entertainment and media studies at the University of Georgia. This is âbrain rot,â a slang term with something to it Those comments on Karaâs August 2023 video made it go viral and gave the behavior its trendy âbean soup theoryâ nickname tha
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Landmark high court ruling calls for fresh inquiry into Jools Sweeneyâs death to allow for previously omitted social media evidence The inquest into the death of a 14-year-old boy, whose mother believes he died after…
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Landmark high court ruling calls for fresh inquiry into Jools Sweeneyâs death to allow for previously omitted social media evidence The inquest into the death of a 14-year-old boy, whose mother believes he died after a TikTok challenge…
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