And people ask what's wrong with the trend of video essays becoming longer.

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LordFarquad1312
04/03/2024
06:28 PM
#1
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8a68ad0a.jpg

This. This is what's wrong.

Gtfo of here if you're incapable of synthesizing your point within an hour.
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ablegator
04/03/2024
06:30 PM
#2
Ok
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Turbam
04/03/2024
06:31 PM
#3
Don't like it?
Don't watch it
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GiftedACIII
04/03/2024
06:31 PM
#4
lmao
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MICHALECOLE
04/03/2024
06:32 PM
#5
Turbam posted...
Don't like it?
Don't watch it
Its literally that simple
NoxObscuras
04/03/2024
06:32 PM
#6
38 hours!? And I thought people were obnoxious for stretching out a video to pass the 10 minute mark for that extra ad revenue
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Smashingpmkns
04/03/2024
06:34 PM
#7
I'm not watching anything over 10 minutes on YouTube
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Damn_Underscore
04/03/2024
06:36 PM
#8
that's probably longer than the entire show lol
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BakonBitz
04/03/2024
06:37 PM
#9
The only way I can see that being 38 hours is if it was a short review of every single single episode.
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Justin2Krelian
04/03/2024
06:37 PM
#10
I'm guessing he analyzes every episode?
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/03/2024
06:37 PM
#11
I guess some people just look at YouTube as a past time of its own instead of a way to burn a few minutes.

I grumble to myself at 15 minute runtimes tbh. If it's 20, I'm generally not going to watch it, and if I do, I'll break it up into a couple of sessions.

The real problem here is the filler. The average YouTube video is packed to the brim with filler. If it's a ten minute video, at least two minutes of it is "Whatever this video is about is a thing that affects stuff in our every day life and blah blah blah", "Like comment subscribe ring the bell tell your friends and give me money on patreon" and "Ok guys before we get started, channel update that has nothing at all to do with the video."
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Barber102
04/03/2024
06:39 PM
#13
My limit is at 2 hours but, that is pushing it and more often than not I will be watching it with atleast 1.5 x speed.
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action52
04/03/2024
06:41 PM
#14
Apparently this was supposed to go out on April 1, but it just took this long to upload lol.

Scanning through, it appears to all be about the Beverly Hillbillies but a lot of it is just him fooling around.

No, of course I'm not gonna watch it.
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MICHALECOLE
04/03/2024
07:05 PM
#15
action52 posted...
Apparently this was supposed to go out on April 1, but it just took this long to upload lol.

Scanning through, it appears to all be about the Beverly Hillbillies but a lot of it is just him fooling around.

No, of course I'm not gonna watch it.
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C_Pain
04/03/2024
07:12 PM
#16
Lmao, I'm subscribed to Quinton and just saw this video on my feed, and was equally dumbfounded. It's an April Fool's joke though apparently. Skimming around it does seem to be someone going over every episode of that show I think. And it's not Quenton, it's someone else narrating.
How quaint.
Punished_Blinx
04/03/2024
07:14 PM
#17
If this an April Fools joke I'd consider it a winner. Shame it was uploaded late.
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Torgo
04/03/2024
07:17 PM
#18
April fools joke?
Aren't we all just a series of tubes?
kirbymuncher
04/03/2024
07:17 PM
#19
https://youtu.be/mukhzo9OIL8 the only video essay I will ever need
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VeggetaX
04/03/2024
07:18 PM
#20
Holy shit lol
Don't like it? Don't watch it. It's that simple
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NoxObscuras
04/03/2024
07:18 PM
#21
RetuenOfDevsman posted...
I guess some people just look at YouTube as a past time of its own instead of a way to burn a few minutes.

I grumble to myself at 15 minute runtimes tbh. If it's 20, I'm generally not going to watch it, and if I do, I'll break it up into a couple of sessions.

The real problem here is the filler. The average YouTube video is packed to the brim with filler. If it's a ten minute video, at least two minutes of it is "Whatever this video is about is a thing that affects stuff in our every day life and blah blah blah", "Like comment subscribe ring the bell tell your friends and give me money on patreon" and "Ok guys before we get started, channel update that has nothing at all to do with the video."
To be fair, there is a wide variety of content in YouTube. I've come across some absolutely hilarious podcasts on YouTube and those tend to be 1+ hours.

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Umbreon
04/05/2024
11:55 PM
#23
Punished_Blinx posted...
If this an April Fools joke I'd consider it a winner. Shame it was uploaded late.

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DrizztLink
04/05/2024
11:57 PM
#24
kirbymuncher posted...
https://youtu.be/mukhzo9OIL8 the only video essay I will ever need
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Robot2600
04/06/2024
12:13 AM
#25
nice. thats awesome.

watch the first hour and last hour if you only have 2 hours.

literally do not understand the problem.
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pretzelcoatl
04/06/2024
01:02 AM
#26
Do people actually watch video essays
Enclave
04/06/2024
01:59 AM
#27
If I'm watching a YouTube video it's 10 min at max unless I'm watching Viva La Dirt League D&D. It's one of the few exceptions.
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MarcyWarcy
04/06/2024
02:11 AM
#28
i feel like the vast majority of people who like these things just turn them on in the background like a podcast while they do something more active.
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DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC
04/06/2024
02:27 AM
#29
Punished_Blinx posted...
If this an April Fools joke I'd consider it a winner. Shame it was uploaded late.
I don't even wanna think how long it took to upload unless he has amazing internet.
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Delirious_Beard
04/06/2024
02:28 AM
#30
years from now people are going to look at video essays the same way we look at stuff like the nostalgia critic now
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_____Cait
04/06/2024
02:45 AM
#31
This has been a trend in the last year or so. Someone watching every episode and basically saying it sure is a thing
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YellowSUV
04/06/2024
02:58 AM
#32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LalpPLuzo4
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Kradek
04/06/2024
04:11 AM
#33
I don't watch 4hr video essays, however it feels disingenuous to think a 38hr one is the result of 4hr ones increasingly becoming the norm. A leap from 4 to 6 hours? Ok, I can see that, but 4 to 38? Nah, this person just overvalues what they have to say.
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pinky0926
04/06/2024
04:46 AM
#34
The worst part about these ultra long video essays is that it's not even a case of them going super in depth about the underlying themes or philosophy or whatever. Usually they're just verbatim describing what happens in every scene like they're an AI describing the script

CE's Resident Scotsman.
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Kradek
04/06/2024
04:48 AM
#35
pinky0926 posted...
The worst part about these ultra long video essays is that it's not even a case of them going super in depth about the underlying themes or philosophy or whatever. Usually they're just verbatim describing what happens in every scene like they're an AI describing the script

Damn, that's even worse than them giving a custom 38 hr rant.
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DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC
04/06/2024
05:09 AM
#36
Kradek posted...
Damn, that's even worse than them giving a custom 38 hr rant.
TBF, if it was 38 hours where he never repeated himself, that'd be pretty impressive. ^_^
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ZevLoveDOOM
04/06/2024
05:12 AM
#37
1 or 2 hour videos are one thing.

this is just taking the piss out of someone. wtf...
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