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ADHD prevents me from consuming lots of content at 1x speed at all. Trying to listen to a lecture is incredibly painful. I completed college in 2006, I believe
by furyofantares 5y ago
ADHD prevents me from consuming lots of content at 1x speed at all. Trying to listen to a lecture is incredibly painful. I completed college in 2006, I believe YouTube launched 2x speed a few years later, it wasn't until then that I discovered I'm perfectly capable of listening to a lecture at 2x.
Now, perhaps I get less out of a 2x lecture than a neurotypical person who is otherwise my peer does from a 1x lecture. Maybe even a lot less. But it doesn't matter, because I get a lot out of a 2x lecture and nothing out of a 1x lecture.
- thescriptkiddie 5y agoI was literally just watching a youtube video at 1x speed and now I realize that I somehow ended up on here and have missed the rest of the video. That never happens when I'm watching on 2x speed.
- BeFlatXIII 5y agoFor podcasts and video, I'm right with you. A decade ago when I was in the physical classroom, I didn't mind the 1x interaction because it was slow enough that my pencil could keep up when writing notes (which was my secret to getting much higher test grades than my classmates in spite of many fewer hours spent actively studying).