by Timothy Jung (6th)

The past and the present show us a lot of information, especially when that information is what will happen in the future. The future is in bad hands. The left or the right hand? How about you move each in the opposite direction? Yeah… good hands. Really good hands. So what about the future? Well, PPAP showed us a lot about merging things together in order to make something worthwhile. Put 6 and 7 together and what do you get? Something worthwhile. So what is the point here? There is a pattern. And this pattern is exactly what makes the difference between trends and memes, along with other attributes. Memes are usually meant to make someone laugh. To make you feel good (this does not apply to teachers). This is also usually from a single random person, or someone who likes posting things on social media and going viral. A single person can influence a lot of people, especially if that person’s name is Skibidi Toilet. Let’s not get too deep into that.

Trends, on the other hand, are usually created by a more popular person who enjoys an action and not just going through google images to find their meme. They enjoy tiktok or whatever it’s called, social media, and braindead scrolling. That is what they are trying to do. They want others to follow them, and so technically, 6 and 7 is actually both a meme and a trend. Evidence? Hmm, let me think. Like, around 1,000 people at a college basketball game moving their hands up and down in contrary motion. Is that not enough? Every time that it is mentioned, someone has the urge to just do it. They just bite their lip and don’t, because it is “so 2025”. Someone explain to me, who made that phrase? Is that a trend now too? Anyways, even celebrities can create trends or memes. Gamers are more likely to create memes like, “Please Speed, I need this…” and social media stars are going to create trends like the Owala overkill. In this sense, trends are more broader, while memes are either highlights of a trend or can be.

All I have to say for myself is, could things be better? And the answer? Yes. Things could be better. Will they ever be? That’s tough to say. May after 6, 8, or 7 years, but, at the moment, things aren’t looking good for parents who aren’t getting enough sleep from these trends and memes. TickTock (I spelled it wrong on purpose) is getting really severe, and now, social media is changing the way we think. Every single thing we do, every action we take, is now either for posting on social media or trying to make people laugh. People are changing the way they act online more than they are in person. They’re texting things that they wouldn’t say to someone in person. Or would they? Because teenagers have become more rude to their parents. And if I’m speaking about someone that sounds like you, you should get your act up. Because of social media, people are becoming less and less appreciative of actual arts. And in a world like this, the arts are the only inspirational things left.

It isn’t too late to go up against brainrot. There is still a chance left. Which is why you need to join the arts. Not the brainrot arts, but the actual beautiful arts. Why am I mentioning this? Because if you do anything against the brainrot, it counts all the more against the things that are for the brainrot. That means that there is still a chance for you to fill out THIS form for not only social media to be banned for people under 18, but for weird and annoying shouts of the dumb 6 and 7 thing to be banned from this school. If you are a student council member and do agree with this message, introduce this to the council, asking them to join the fight against brainrot.