Skibidi Toilet: a YouTube series surrounding a non-terminating war between a head protruding out of a toilet and various enemies. Skibidi Toilet’s popularity has only accrued since February of 2023. For frequent users of social media, Skibidi Toilet is not a new term. Easy access to mass media allows them to blather about topics such as “Grimace,” “Ohio,” and “Sigma” to the future of our society. Consequently, these are commonly used terms. Mass media exposure limits children’s potential. Society has suggested that the consequences of the media that kids click on are their fault, mass media exposure causes difficulties in reading comprehension, and it shortens children’s attention spans. People suggest that it is the children’s fault that their…show more content… For example, Chromebooks are given to students to be able to access online resources such as Outlook, Canvas, Desmos, etc. Even though there were benevolent intentions, there are still students who will commit acts of skullduggery on Chromebooks and find ways to access content that is not appropriate for school. The fact that students willingly choose to view this incongruous content is true. Nevertheless, proponents of this idea do not mention that this type of content is intentionally made easily available to young children, and can even be advertised to appeal to them. This is a consequence of children being naive, which influencers identify and seize this opportunity to bring in profit. Moreover, they reel children into their content and the influencer’s viewer count goes up, increasing their balance in their bank account. Children have control over what they click on, but content creators have control over what children catch sight…show more content… Furthermore, children’s brains are still developing, meaning that if they fall victim to this habit, it will be more difficult to recover than it would be for an adult. It will require a great deal of work to recover from this habit, and considering they already have ephemeral attention spans, a myriad of children may be lackadaisical to the idea of escaping this habit. Accordingly, the probability that they grow up with shorter attention spans is high. They will not be able to focus on school without being sidetracked, leading to a generation of students who did not maximize the education they were given. Given this, kids who are exposed to mass media are less likely to succeed. Immoderate exposure of mass media to children is stunting the potential that they have. The entertainment industry purposely attracts younger viewers to media that should not be seen by children, mass media can cause kids to struggle to comprehend what they are reading, and causes the attention span of children to be
