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Well, yeah, of course if you're just sitting in your living room you'd rather read than listen; however that's not really the use case of a Podcast. The value
by astura 8y ago
Well, yeah, of course if you're just sitting in your living room you'd rather read than listen; however that's not really the use case of a Podcast.
The value podcasts bring is you can consume them during times you can't read. During exercise, driving, walking to work, cleaning the house, cooking, and train/car rides (for people who get motion sick while reading in a moving vehicle). They turn tedious menial tasks into times when you're mildly entertained - that provides immense value.
They can also be used for a slightly more interesting white noise.
- jeremy7600 8y agoIf you can pay attention while doing those things. I am not the OP, but if it isn't music, listening to anything while doing those things is a non-starter for me, especially driving.
- Mister_Snuggles 8y agoI'm roughly the same way. When driving the choice is that I either miss something on the road or miss something on what I'm listening to. I usually take public transit to work, but the buses are too noisy for me to actually get anything out of a podcast. I could use noise canceling headphones, but I find those just make the bus sound weird instead of getting rid of the noise.
- ferongr 8y agoJust get IEMs with properly fitting tips.
- anyfoo 8y agoIt's true that it does not work for any task that you need to pay attention to. Folding laundry, cooking a known meal, cleaning anything and driving the standard commute, however? No problem at all. Maybe I need to rewind 15 seconds a few times (which is purposefully made easy) if something unexpected happens in the menial task, but most of the time those menial tasks leave more than enough attention for a podcast.
- lenocinor 8y agoI have this problem too. The other nice thing about music for me is that it regularly inspires emotions in me that are useful for writing fiction.