People prefer short-term gratification when it is available. "Mundane" isn't relevant. Wik Wheaton or Freddie Wu or someone explained that youtube audiences don

People prefer short-term gratification when it is available. "Mundane" isn't relevant. Wik Wheaton or Freddie Wu or someone explained that youtube audiences don't have short attention spans, but that they have demanding attention spans, and won't tolerate a 2 minute bit stretched out to 10 minutes.