So I(16F) have a little brother, 12M, who is currently
experiencing the worst case of TikTok/YouTube/
brainrot I have ever seen in my life.
Like, this kid doesn’t speak English anymore, he
speaks in memes, fan edits, and whatever sound he
heard 2 seconds ago.
I’ll ask him a normal question
like,"Can you pass the salt?" and he’ll respond with
GYATTT damn bro chill" or "Sigma behavior detected." If I ask him to repeat himself, he moans like
a Roblox character or says "rizzler never explains
himself." 🗿
He will randomly hit a pose and whisper "this edit goes
crazy" even when he’s just standing in the kitchen??🥹
Anyway, yesterday I was exhausted from school and he
would NOT stop. He followed me around the house for
20 straight minutes doing TikTok sounds, Ohio memes
"fan-cam POV" hand gestures, and narrating my life like
an influencer vlog.
At one point he literally held a flashlight under his chin
and said, "POV: your older bro is the villain in your
arc."💔
I snapped a little and said,"Can you shut up for ONE
minute and touch actual grass? Your brain is FUCKING turning into a TikTok slideshow."
He got VERY offended and said I was "stomping on his
creative expression." CREATIVE EXPRESSION?? Bro you
are literally quoting the same three audios like a broken
Bluetooth speaker.
He went to our mom and told her I "bullied his
interests," and now she says I should be more
understanding because "it’s just a phase." But it’s a
phase that makes me want to walk into the ocean.
Now he won’t talk to me normally he just sends me
TikToks from across the room with captions like "THIS U?" 😭😭😭😭
NTA. Your parents are enablers and your brother has brainrot. Ignore your brother, get out of your phone and set an example.
NTA but let him annoy your mom to see if she wants to handle that. I’m worried your bro won’t have friends, or the type of friends he does have
Don’t worry. His friends are just like him. Source: me. Teacher.
NTA. Where are your parents in all of this, and why does a 12-year-old have seemingly unlimited access to TikTok?
Ignore him when he speaks to you in meme or the TikTok jargon of the day. He’s looking for an audience; don’t give him one.
he’s gonna survive a “touch grass” comment. you’re allowed to want a normal conversation without a TikTok soundtrack playing constantly.
I mean it *is* just a phase. But it’s one that can leave bystanders frothing at the mouth with murderous rage at just how fucking annoying it is. Please try not to resort to violence, tempting as it surely is.
Can you ignore him unless he’s behaving normally until this phase runs out of steam? I imagine in the great tradition of little brothers everywhere, he’s getting an extra kick out of just how effectively he is pushing your buttons. NTA, that would drive me up the wall and down the other side.
Block the brother on your phone or something, at least ignore his pointless TikToks. Then tell him to go bug Mom with it, see how quickly she snaps.
If only she knew the type of things he was seeing on TikTok for him to be saying stuff like that.
NTA
Since he can’t communicate like a normal human, maybe some turnabout. BLOCK him like any other pathetic wannabe influencer.
Ignore him unless he speaks appropriately.
It will drive him nuts, but may eventually sink in. If not, will be fun to watch.
NTA, bro really needs to touch grass
NTA he shouldn’t even be in Tiktok. Maybe make an account of your own and report his for being underage? Also this post made me smile.
He’s 12, this is what an awful lot of 12 year old boys tend to act like. The fact that he KNOWS he torments you is just a cherry on top for this pre-teen kid. NTA though.
I’m so scared for the young generation.
Malicious compliance is the answer here. Ignore him at home, but in public make sure you respond using meme jokes, reaction gifs faces and complicated dance moves while addressing him. Cringe out as hard as you can, answering “six-seven” or whatever children are into these days.
Let him see how stupid and annoying it is to be addressed like that.
I’ve done that to my kids when they wouldn’t stop using TikTok language. The key is to use some words properly, but add in synonyms and slightly wrong words. “Slay, princess! You dined!” The looks of absolute horror on their faces. Bonus points if done in front of their friends.