There was a time, long ago, when internet brainrots (users) could have voiced nonsense, and you’d think they’re simply incapable of doing otherwise, incapable of running the necessary Google query, incapable of analyzing a tiny bit of data. Those things are way more difficult than communication. No longer can you be this condescending. If a person is capable of talking (typing), they are also perfectly capable of using an AI and, as such, testing their messages for validity. Brainrots today are as dim as ever, but they no longer lack the ability to verify information on their own. This leads to a situation where you can’t help but see them less and less as innocent prisoners of their own deficiency and more and more as malicious actors. Take this particular brainrot, for example, who inspired me to write about it:

I can’t help but notice their attempt to push certain braindead, detrimental implications. The first one is that the dissolution of the Soviet Union was something to blame a person for, and that it wasn’t a completely unnatural formation based on coercion and repression in the first place, where the majority of nations sought independence from Moscow. Then, there’s a bizarre parallel with Hitler and a message anti-Semitic at its core, hinting that the hatred for Jews was so natural and widespread that Hitler’s role in the Holocaust was practically irrelevant.

An AI, of course, recognizes these fallacies easily. “The structure of the argument serves to both condemn Gorbachev while simultaneously downplaying Hitler’s responsibility — a combination that points to concerning ideological motivations. The false equivalence between these very different historical events serves no legitimate analytical purpose and instead appears designed to blur moral distinctions for ideological ends.” It even provides some context I wasn’t aware of. For example, apparently, blaming Gorbachev for treason is a well-established brainwashing technique that the russian degenerates practice among themselves.

Don’t treat brainrots condescendingly. Whether you value humankind, progress, or truth, these creatures are detrimental to them all, now more intentional than ever. And I do hope some mechanism for limiting their influence gets rolled out soon.