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Just in case anyone is interested (spoilers!): the talk is about a woman who thought her house was haunted, but it turned out she was suffering from carbon mono

Just in case anyone is interested (spoilers!): the talk is about a woman who thought her house was haunted, but it turned out she was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, due to a leak. Carbon monoxide can cause auditory hallucinations and feelings of dread and pressure on your chest. Edit: added spoiler warning

mehrdadn 9y ago
You just spoiled the whole thing...
- dEnigma 9y ago
  Yes, because I think it is more useful to just write about the details of the potential "life-or-death situation" instead of linking to a long video about it. Your original comment was very clickbait-like, "What you don't know about hauntings could kill you!" If the whole thing can be spoiled with a short summary of the first couple of minutes, it's probably not worth watching anyway. Edit: I have now added a spoiler warning to my original comment (I hadn't thought about this possibility, sorry)
- hyperdimension 9y ago
  For n=1, at least, I appreciated the summary (even though I understand what you meant about spoiling it). I habitually avoid videos on the internet, and with the summary, I was able to at least get the gist of the video, whereas otherwise, I would have never watched it.
  - mehrdadn 9y ago
    > I habitually avoid videos on the internet Even TED talks? :(
    - kstenerud 9y ago
      Yes, even TED talks. They're not magically better. If I can't read a summary to judge the quality of information, it's likely I can just skip the whole thing and save myself from having my time wasted.
      - felcori 9y ago
        i like transcripts some discussion boards that post videos also post transcripts summaries are cool too though depending. works best with videos that are just talking..
        pluma 9y ago
        There's a transcript on the same page as the video, even with translations.
    - distant_hat 9y ago
      TED talks are mostly circle jerks now.
      - jjeaff 9y ago
        When people are paying that much money to hear the talks, you've got to make sure you are telling them what they want to hear.
- Verdex_3 9y ago
  It's okay to spoil something when the information might keep people from dying.
gowld 9y ago
This is also the topic of a famous reddit thread, where an OP thought he was being harassed by his landlord, but was actually delirious from CO poisoning.
- jwilk 9y ago
  https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/ https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_post... https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34m92h/update_ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/ https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34m92h/update_... https://www.reddit.com/r/bestoflegaladvice/comments/4adbfb/rbradbury1920_gives_an_update_on_his_carbon/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bestoflegaladvice/comments/4adbfb/r...

mehrdadn 9y ago

You just spoiled the whole thing...

dEnigma 9y ago
Yes, because I think it is more useful to just write about the details of the potential "life-or-death situation" instead of linking to a long video about it. Your original comment was very clickbait-like, "What you don't know about hauntings could kill you!" If the whole thing can be spoiled with a short summary of the first couple of minutes, it's probably not worth watching anyway. Edit: I have now added a spoiler warning to my original comment (I hadn't thought about this possibility, sorry)
hyperdimension 9y ago
For n=1, at least, I appreciated the summary (even though I understand what you meant about spoiling it). I habitually avoid videos on the internet, and with the summary, I was able to at least get the gist of the video, whereas otherwise, I would have never watched it.
- mehrdadn 9y ago
  > I habitually avoid videos on the internet Even TED talks? :(
  - kstenerud 9y ago
    Yes, even TED talks. They're not magically better. If I can't read a summary to judge the quality of information, it's likely I can just skip the whole thing and save myself from having my time wasted.
    - felcori 9y ago
      i like transcripts some discussion boards that post videos also post transcripts summaries are cool too though depending. works best with videos that are just talking..
      - pluma 9y ago
        There's a transcript on the same page as the video, even with translations.
  - distant_hat 9y ago
    TED talks are mostly circle jerks now.
    - jjeaff 9y ago
      When people are paying that much money to hear the talks, you've got to make sure you are telling them what they want to hear.
Verdex_3 9y ago
It's okay to spoil something when the information might keep people from dying.

gowld 9y ago

This is also the topic of a famous reddit thread, where an OP thought he was being harassed by his landlord, but was actually delirious from CO poisoning.

jwilk 9y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/ https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_post... https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34m92h/update_ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/ https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34m92h/update_... https://www.reddit.com/r/bestoflegaladvice/comments/4adbfb/rbradbury1920_gives_an_update_on_his_carbon/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bestoflegaladvice/comments/4adbfb/r...