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David Pierce

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    Brainrot Internet, the game.

    I consistently love Neal Agarwal’s web games, but he’s outdone himself this time. In Stimulation Clicker, you just click the button — and the more you click the button, the more stimulants you unlock. You’ll see every attention-grabby trope here, from Subway Surfers to ... true crime podcasts?

    This game is like a PhD thesis. I love it so much. And I’ve been playing it for too long.

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    CES stands for Consumer Electronics Silverware.

    Once there was the Hapifork. Now there’s the Electric Salt Spoon, from a company called Kirin Electronics, which uses “mild electrical currents” to make low-sodium meals taste a little more salty. (The spoon launched in Japan earlier this year.)

    I did not taste the spoon among the crowd at CES Unveiled, because, gross, but the science is legit! We did a whole Vergecast segment about it! There’s so much interesting potential here.