When you doom scroll so much, you no longer watch YouTube shorts for entertainment, you just do it because you are addicted to the scrolling motion. Excessive exposure may result in endless scrolling through any app that has shorts, including but not limited to LinkedIn.
A search engine AI says it's the sensation of flatulence (farting) without the actual expulsion of gas, but we all know that it's a poop that we all thought was just a fart.
Dude 1: "Hold on, let me just fart..."
Dude 1: "...."
Dude 1: "Yo, can I take a shower in here?"
Dude 2: "...Did you just have a phantom fart? dang, dude! you're nasty!"
When you scroll too much on YouTube shorts or TikTok, that you no longer scroll for the point of entertainment, but rather because you are addicted to the scrolling motion.