Archive - The Etymology Nerd

downgrade your priors

why do we need to know things?

Jun 16 • Adam Aleksic

our reality is glitching

I don’t usually notice that I’m wearing glasses.

Jun 5 • Adam Aleksic

May 2026

field notes from a phone-free future

There is a countercultural revolution spreading across the United States.

May 21 • Adam Aleksic

the monsters hiding in your algorithm

Did you know Kehlani released a fifth album?

May 19 • Adam Aleksic

you don’t know where anything comes from

A few weeks ago, the New York Times published an excellent investigation exposing how the United States Mint buys its gold from Colombian drug cartels…

May 11 • Adam Aleksic

the big leagues are calling

We get more calls than we used to.

May 3 • Adam Aleksic

April 2026

moloch and the machines

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by brainrot, gooning doomscrolling bedrotting,

Apr 22 • Adam Aleksic

how to look at brainrot

What do you feel when I ask you to compare these two images?

Apr 18 • Adam Aleksic

symbiotic virality

“Do you believe we are in a goondemic?”

Apr 5 • Adam Aleksic

March 2026

are we vibing too much?

the sleep of reason produces monsters

Mar 31 • Adam Aleksic

regarding the consumption of fruit

how AI fruit slop explains doomscrolling

Mar 23 • Adam Aleksic

brainrot, buddhism, and radical meaning

I’m a child in kindergarten, repeating the word “eraser” over and over again.

Mar 4 • Adam Aleksic