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I watch a lot of content at 1.5-2X speed

Forge36 4y ago
What content are you watching?
drexlspivey 4y ago
Way to reduce any artistic quality of the movie to 0. Could you explain the reason for this? Are movies/shows too boring in normal speed? Are you trying to watch as many as possible?
- kretaceous 4y ago
  I assume the OP is watching documentaries or likewise.
  - popotamonga 4y ago
    I watch everything at 1.5 movies seasons etc. Stuff is too slow i just want to absorb it.
    - ngetchell 4y ago
      Can you define what you mean by absorb? My wife loves the TV on in the background while doing other things. Are you after the same goal? I'm worried about everything being reduced to "content" like it is all interchangeable.
      - popotamonga 4y ago
        No, the opposite. I want all the content to enter my brain faster and fully focused.
- pearjuice 4y ago
  Too much filler cut scenes and slow dialogue. For example, Suits has notorious slow dialogue and lots of cut scenes hovering over city buildings which add nothing to the script. Watching it at 1.5x makes me miss absolutely nothing and reduces episodes of 45 minutes to roughly half an hour.
  - least 4y ago
    You miss almost everything, actually. The only thing you retain by watching it at 1.5x speed is the dialogue and some sort of vague approximation of the visuals. I'm not suggesting that you shouldn't be able to enjoy tv as you do, but you're definitely incorrect to assert you're missing "absolutely nothing."
    - bee_rider 4y ago
      I mean, they've reported that they miss absolutely nothing, and the experience of watching a TV show is a subjective one. While I don't mess around with the speed, I haven't seen any compelling arguments that somebody couldn't get it all watching at 1.5x speed.
      - least 4y ago
        My argument is that a movie or tv show is an art medium that coincides partly with time, just like music. Listening to a song at 1.5x speed fundamentally changes what you are listening to and is a significant deviation from what the artist intended. It could still be enjoyable but to say that nothing is lost is wrong.
djitz 4y ago
This is the new “I read 4 books per week”
- system2 4y ago
  Reading requires effort.
  - hombre_fatal 4y ago
    I was surprised how much attention faculties reading requires once I started back up. I even read articles again instead of just the comments section. I didn’t realize how much I lost until I had to work to recover it. I now abhor cheap entertainment for that.
  - deleted 4y ago
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What content are you watching?

Way to reduce any artistic quality of the movie to 0. Could you explain the reason for this? Are movies/shows too boring in normal speed? Are you trying to watch as many as possible?

kretaceous 4y ago
I assume the OP is watching documentaries or likewise.
- popotamonga 4y ago
  I watch everything at 1.5 movies seasons etc. Stuff is too slow i just want to absorb it.
  - ngetchell 4y ago
    Can you define what you mean by absorb? My wife loves the TV on in the background while doing other things. Are you after the same goal? I'm worried about everything being reduced to "content" like it is all interchangeable.
    - popotamonga 4y ago
      No, the opposite. I want all the content to enter my brain faster and fully focused.
pearjuice 4y ago
Too much filler cut scenes and slow dialogue. For example, Suits has notorious slow dialogue and lots of cut scenes hovering over city buildings which add nothing to the script. Watching it at 1.5x makes me miss absolutely nothing and reduces episodes of 45 minutes to roughly half an hour.
- least 4y ago
  You miss almost everything, actually. The only thing you retain by watching it at 1.5x speed is the dialogue and some sort of vague approximation of the visuals. I'm not suggesting that you shouldn't be able to enjoy tv as you do, but you're definitely incorrect to assert you're missing "absolutely nothing."
  - bee_rider 4y ago
    I mean, they've reported that they miss absolutely nothing, and the experience of watching a TV show is a subjective one. While I don't mess around with the speed, I haven't seen any compelling arguments that somebody couldn't get it all watching at 1.5x speed.
    - least 4y ago
      My argument is that a movie or tv show is an art medium that coincides partly with time, just like music. Listening to a song at 1.5x speed fundamentally changes what you are listening to and is a significant deviation from what the artist intended. It could still be enjoyable but to say that nothing is lost is wrong.

djitz 4y ago

This is the new “I read 4 books per week”

system2 4y ago
Reading requires effort.
- hombre_fatal 4y ago
  I was surprised how much attention faculties reading requires once I started back up. I even read articles again instead of just the comments section. I didn’t realize how much I lost until I had to work to recover it. I now abhor cheap entertainment for that.
- deleted 4y ago
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