At some point in 2025, the internet broke a little more than usual. Out of the ashes came Italian Brainrot: a genre of AI-generated chaos full of pasta creatures, neon birds, espresso assassins, and names like Tralalero Tralala that sound fake but feel spiritual. These aren’t memes meant for the analog-to-digital mindset; they’re fever dreams rendered in pixels, narrated by corrupted language models doing interpretations of Maro.
You’ve seen them. You’ve maybe reposted one. You’ve definitely wondered why you kinda love them. That’s the Brainrot talking. This quiz won’t cure it, but it will tell you which flavor of Italian-coded absurdity matches your soul.
History lesson
Where Did Copypasta Come From?
Before Tralalero Tralala serenaded your feed in fake Italian, the internet’s main export was wall-of-text madness. Enter: copypasta—the cursed blend of “copy” and “paste” that began haunting forums like 4chan and Something Awful in the early 2000s. It started simple: someone would post an unhinged rant, a tragic overshare, or a 300-word power flex about Navy SEAL training… and people would repost it. Over. And over. And over.
Sometimes it was a love letter. Sometimes it was a death threat written by someone who definitely still lived with their mom. The line between sincerity and satire blurred fast. Suddenly, giant blocks of text became performance art. Spam became theater. The weird became ritual.
So if you think Brainrot memes are new? Nope. They’re the direct descendants of that ancient internet impulse: to copy something uncomfortably long, deeply cursed, and absolutely unforgettable.
Quiz Writer
Gennie dances through life with the grace of a leaf caught in a playful gust. That is to say, she continuously finds herself moving to the ever-changing rhythms of the world around her. She often shares stories of swaying to the melodies of Vivaldi and Chopin and a touch of Ella Fitzgerald during her early years. Gennie never misses a beat, whether she's penning evocative stories that resonate deeply or solving intricate puzzles that challenge the mind. Currently, she's weaving words for her upcoming book, a title she playfully keeps a secret. Dive into a conversation with her, and you'll quickly find yourself captivated by her tales, riddles, and the vibrant energy she brings to every encounter.
Did you know?
We can trace proto-memes back to 1921
Before TikTok, Twitter, or even dial-up, meme logic was already alive and glitching. In a 1921 cartoon from The Judge, a well-dressed man poses confidently in one panel and looks hilariously broken in the next—captioned “How you think you look when a flashlight is taken” vs. “How you really look.” It’s a perfect “expectation vs. reality” format.
The kicker? Nearly identical versions ran in 1919 and 1920 in a university humor magazine. That’s not just a gag—it’s a template. A joke that replicates with variation. A meme, 100 years early. So if proto-memes existed back then, odds are humans have been remixing formats and roasting themselves far longer than we think.
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