• steelplatedmech@piefed.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        4 days ago

        You can paste urls into youtube transcript sites and skim through it in a couple minutes. Comes in convenient when you don’t want to sit for the entire length of the video and prefer to read.

      • CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        5 days ago

        Fun fact: the human brain can process speech considerably faster than the human vocalization systems can form it, so you can probably watch most videos on 1.25-1.75 speed wothout missing much, it just takes some adjustment.

        At this point I cant watch people talking at a camera on anything slower than 1.5, because thats just the default videos play in (changed a setting on freetube and now cant stand slow), but I have watched 6+ hour videos that way. It cuts a substantial amount of time, and the speed up helps keep me engaged.

        • creamfresh@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          6
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          5 days ago

          Yeah I know people who listen to podcasts this way. This robs me of any pleasure to consume media, so I‘d rather not.

        • possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          arrow-down
          4
          ·
          5 days ago

          A movie is two hours of entertainment, this is two hours of a person talking about tv’s podcast style without a story. Big difference.

          • Rothe@piefed.social
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            6
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            5 days ago

            Just don’t watch it. Nobody is forcing you to watch it. But bragging about keeping yourself ignorant solely because you are too lazy to sit and consume media longer than tiktok videos is not a good look for you.

            • possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              6
              arrow-down
              6
              ·
              5 days ago

              Bruh, nobody here is bragging. We’re simply agreeing that watching one guy talk to a camera for two hours is about as entertaining as watching paint dry. I sat down and binge watched six movies the other day so no, staying engaged with content longer than a tiktok isn’t my issue.

        • creamfresh@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          5 days ago

          if you want to convey information there should be a summary up front. they somewhat did that in the first minutes so that’s ok.