I wish more shit on the internet were written down instead of goddamn videos

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[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Bloat is NOT exclusive to videos.

" I hate how many interesting opinions and bits of information are buried in some insufferably long " articles.

I listen to my videos at 2x or more while free to do other things.

Quality sources are critical, regardless of medium.

[–]wahala 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

This is especially true with recipes. Everyone wants to preface the recipe with a history, cultural education, or meaningful personal blather. Just get to it already.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Don't start me on recipes!!!! I copied and tried 3 pancake recipes of the web and they were all a disaster. I went back to grandma's 1 cup self-raising flour per 1 egg, pinch of salt and half water/milk to consistancy.

[–]Klenvastergan[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The difference with text is that all the meaningless personal blather is completely optional because you can ctrl+f "tablespoons" to get right to where the recipe is.

A video where the useful part is buried in over ten minutes of blather means either doing a lot of tedious jumping around hoping you land on the right spot, or just listening to the blather.