• CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social
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        26 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.

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          26 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.

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          27 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.