Sad Ginger
SciasmHuh, I wonder what [thing] is. *searches online*
*opens article*
*article is actually a video*
WELP, guess I'll never know! *closes tab*
I_Like_Books (She/Her)@bestiaexmachina What I really like about the TED Talks official site is that they have transcripts in multiple languages for all their video talks
essjax
Crab With Knife@bestiaexmachina See, I wouldn't mind this if I knew I was clicking on a video, but when I think it's an article, I get mad.
Philipp Alexander VollmerAnd it can get worse, if accidentally or automatically starting the video there is a music track added to the narrator's voice track.
That got a lot of websites into the block list of my firewall.
Cyber Yuki
George Steel@laemmerbiss @bestiaexmachina Firefox lets you disable autoplay altogether. I consider that the most important reason to choose it over Chrome.
Serpkah@bestiaexmachina is leider schade aber sind dir halt die Hände gebunden. Du hast alles versucht, aber wenn es nicht geht dann geht es nicht.
[MOVED to chitter.xyz] Okesska@bestiaexmachina "what if we had a wiki for our game"
"no what if we just had a bunch of nothing burger youtubers make little videos for everything in our game"
"oh?"
䷰ Xīn Jīn Mèng 新金梦If the video-makers who explain how computer stuff works want me to hang around to watch their video, they better be using some kind of magnifier, because I don't have time for blurry artifact slurry.
Eidorb The Disgruntled@bestiaexmachina
Me: dear internet, I would like 1 (one) salient piece of information
The internet: here is a selection of 3 hour long videos that don't match your search criteria.
Me: dear internet, I would like 1 (one) salient piece of information
The internet: here is a selection of 3 hour long videos that don't match your search criteria.
Jennulator@bestiaexmachina I'm exactly the same, let me read please!
Grant Denkinson
kaiserkiwi 
@bestiaexmachina Story of my life.
Colin the Mathmo@bestiaexmachina To my surprise, more recently I'm finding video is a reasonable thing, provided (a) it has subtitles, (b) I can play it at 2x speed, and (c) it's from someone who actually knows how to do video, and knows the subject.
I've always been an "immediate close" kinda person, but I'm lately a bit more nuanced.
PJ "Vote Green" Coffey@ColinTheMathmo @bestiaexmachina
Being able to double the speed (or 1.5 it) means that there are some info video people I listen to who sound wildly different than they would in real life.
e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmP7HP-Tnfk
vs someone who I cannot speed up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za6iAeO2omU
The Danube and Europe's Future
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Chris Williams@Homebrewandhacking @ColinTheMathmo @bestiaexmachina
I listened to Mel Brooks's autobiography a month or so ago, and discovered that at 1.75X he sounds exactly like Martin Scorsese on cocaine.
Noted Tea Enthusiast@bestiaexmachina
As our kindergarten teachers told us, "Use your words!"
As our kindergarten teachers told us, "Use your words!"
Jackal Mordant@bestiaexmachina This. If the promise of an article turns out to be a lie, nope okay see you BYEEEE
ein kleines z@bestiaexmachina
Yup. Even when I'm looking for "how to do this" and the page that's supposed to explain it turns out to be a video tutorial.
Well, then I don't.
Yup. Even when I'm looking for "how to do this" and the page that's supposed to explain it turns out to be a video tutorial.
Well, then I don't.
Karen Bruner@bestiaexmachina Video is one second long
"tl;dw"
Capitão Barba 🏳️🌈⃤@bestiaexmachina been there done that 🤭
Carrion Sam@bestiaexmachina Same with podcasts.
Tiggersong@bestiaexmachina Whyyyyy do people do this? It's so awful!
@bestiaexmachina I'm beginning to think that there's a definite bias on mastodon towards my sort of nerd. :)
annaraven
bjb 
@bestiaexmachina Especially when it starts with an ad.
Anna@bestiaexmachina same, I have very little patience with video content versus just reading stuff 🤣
hedwyg@bestiaexmachina OMG this is me, too! Don't give me a video, just tell me about it.
I know I'm in the minority, though.
Thomas F. :verified:@bestiaexmachina so annoying
Mattias Schlenker@bestiaexmachina Same here. I am living with a sensory issue that mandates that 1. I dictate the speed of intake of information and 2. I can chose if one or more channels are needed. In most cases, video does provide neither, in the other cases (proper captions, embedded texts) always hitting pause is suboptimal.
Gigawatt121@bestiaexmachina oh damn. I feel seen..every single time
Tammy Gentzel
MDMRN@bestiaexmachina @rLok Why is this such a relatable mood? 😂
Der Fresserwurm
Christine Dantz@bestiaexmachina Yup ... as a writer I also try to explain that to my clients when it comes to videos ... always have captions ... keep it short ... and think about an all-text alt.
ᴚ uɐᗡ@bestiaexmachina YESSSS oh my gawwwd
Steph
Desert Dweller 🌵@bestiaexmachina This is absolutely true for me in most formats, platforms. If I want a video of something, I go looking for it on purpose. Not something random that's plopped in front of me which might be good, or might be frustrating clickbait. Me making a curious guess with 5-10 min of my life? Nope. Never gonna happen.
Subject 33@bestiaexmachina I. DO. THIS.
Kim Possible@bestiaexmachina ha! Are we twins?
Anne Ursu@bestiaexmachina oh my god yes
myrmepropagandist@bestiaexmachina Do these people not understand I’m *already* watching a video— or music or talking and that’s why I looked it up??? who said I had my full attention free for this nonsense?
Coprolite9000@bestiaexmachina
My related experience: how do I do [small, very precise thing] in [3D software package]?
* only documentation, official or otherwise, is in ~1 hour long videos, 99% of which cover stuff I already know about *
VirtualWolf@bestiaexmachina IT MEEEEEEEEEE.
Breefolk@bestiaexmachina I hate how everything has gone to video now. I handle text much easier. Hell, I handle pure audio easier, though I’d definitely prefer easily skim able text.
Dan Johnson@bestiaexmachina @Mlep pivot FROM video
Mlep@djdesign @bestiaexmachina LOL this describes my behavior. This and my rule that if an online recipe mentions agave, I close the tab and walk away
Darwin Woodka@bestiaexmachina same. I read so much faster than I can absorb info from a video.
🏴☠️🌻TurboKitty🌻🏴☠️🇵🇸
DopeGhoti@bestiaexmachina
I, too, miss the days when it was more likely than not that if you had a question with a simple straightforward answer, you could find that answer in written form rather than four minutes in to a ten minute video, with an interstitial "don't forget to subscribe!" halfway through the (often wrong or outdated) answer.
I, too, miss the days when it was more likely than not that if you had a question with a simple straightforward answer, you could find that answer in written form rather than four minutes in to a ten minute video, with an interstitial "don't forget to subscribe!" halfway through the (often wrong or outdated) answer.
Paul Carpenter 👾@bestiaexmachina I know it’s because I am old and used the internet when it was only text, but I will forever want to read things first. Videos are for entertainment, or learning how to fix my dishwasher pump motor.
A. Tang@bestiaexmachina This is absolutely me (including the “welp”)!
Chaz Brenchley@bestiaexmachina - oh, so very much this. So very.
Casey H.@bestiaexmachina My kingdom for a transcript!
Monica Cellio@bestiaexmachina same, very much so. I take in info better by reading than listening, I can read way faster than a video can talk (even at 2x), I can *search* text, if I save a copy I can easily look things up later... unless it is a demonstration where a video really is worth a thousand words (which can happen), I want text and back out of videos if I accidentally land there.
Complex cooking technique? Video is great. Schematic? Diagrams work. Explanation of a concept? Send words.
Dr. Dan Killam@bestiaexmachina always pivot from video
Brendajos (She/Her/Hers)@bestiaexmachina except for when I want a video.... Then the video is approximately 20 minutes long for something that could be 2 minutes. 😡😡😡
James Bartlett 
@bestiaexmachina I'm the exact opposite. My ADHD brain needs full immersion with as many of my senses engaged as possible.
What, I'm supposed to just read this long text? With my eyeballs? Ugh. *close*
Ben Brougher@bestiaexmachina Is it just me or is that getting more and more common lately?
Jeremy Humphrey@bestiaexmachina this is totally me! I'm too impatient for them to get to the point in a video, when I can just read it faster.