Earlier this month voters in the 27 EU countries turned out to choose who would

represent them in Parliament and far-right parties did very very very, very well. Italy's far right leader Georgia Maloney accepted

flowers and sang the national anthem.

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Schultz spread the blame.

The election results were poor for all three governing parties.

None of us should simply continue on with business as usual.

And France's centrist leader Emmanuel Macron went buck-wild.

This is a serious and weighty decision.

Dissolved France's parliament and called a snap election that he cannot lose, but that he might lose.

Coming up on today explained, McCran's gamble and how the far right got Europe's youth vote. Youth Folk.

Riz, Skibbity, Sigma, gooning, looks maxing.

All those words are part of a new cultural language

on the internet called brain rot.

But if you think brain rot only lives on the internet,

you probably don't have a kid in middle school.

I recently did a survey of 1,500 middle school teachers and parents.

85% of the teachers and parents report that their kids are saying rins.

And 60% heard the word skibity.

These kids are using these words.

We'll tell you what those words mean,

where they come from,

and what they say about the state of the internet today,

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