Slightly
intellectual fluff that would probably
rot your brain after a while, but is fun
in the meantime.
I.e., the
Jeeves books by
P. G. Wodehouse are brain candy. The
Sweet Valley High "books" are NOT. (They're just brain
acid, and I don't mean the
LSD kind, I mean the kind that goes SSSSSSSSS! and eats the bottom out of your
beaker in
Chem Lab.) Most watchable
TV shows qualify as brain candy, I suppose. As do
Raymond Chandler novels, and
John Woo movies, and some of the mid-level
manga/
anime. (
Mononoke Hime and
Appleseed are probably full-fledged
brain food.
Kiko-chan Smile qualifies.
Ranma does not, and
Dragonball or
Pokemon even less. I dunno, what's not as substantial as brain food, not as satisfying as brain candy, and not as harmful as a dissolving acid?)
Yes, I've dragged the analogy out far enough, and I'll let it go before it snaps. (
Ow.)