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pinky0926
03/07/24 6:55:28 AM
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Completely unhinged. Who the fuck is watching a 5 hour long video on why FFX is a good game. Who are you? Is this background noise for your road trips?


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rexcrk
03/07/24 6:55:52 AM
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Could it have been RedLetterMedia?

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Turbam
03/07/24 6:57:28 AM
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Fluttershy
03/07/24 6:58:55 AM
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Who the fuck is watching a 5 hour long video on why FFX is a good game. Who are you? Is this background noise for your road trips?

1.) i'd probably check that out, but sadly the only video i found that came close runs at a scant 4.5 hours instead of 5
2.) sleep aid

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lilORANG
03/07/24 7:01:33 AM
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The few times I put these kind of videos on it's when I'm alone at night with nothing better to do. I tend to drift off to them.

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Solid_Sonic
03/07/24 7:03:06 AM
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lilORANG posted...
The few times I put these kind of videos on it's when I'm alone at night with nothing better to do. I tend to drift off to them.

Do you remember what you gained from the video when you do...?

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lilORANG
03/07/24 7:04:21 AM
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Solid_Sonic posted...
Do you remember what you gained from the video when you do...?
Validation that thing I like is also liked by random YouTuber


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deathproof12
03/07/24 7:14:44 AM
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LordFarquad1312
03/07/24 7:14:48 AM
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Mamahuevos with nothing better to do on both ends.

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Solar_Crimson
03/07/24 7:41:13 AM
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There's this video I have in my Watch Later playlist about Youtube plagiarism with over 17 million views, but it's nearly 4 hours long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDp3cB5fHXQ

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03/07/24 8:02:26 AM
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McMarbles
03/07/24 8:03:05 AM
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Fluttershy posted...
Who the fuck is watching a 5 hour long video on why FFX is a good game. Who are you? Is this background noise for your road trips?

1.) i'd probably check that out, but sadly the only video i found that came close runs at a scant 4.5 hours instead of 5
2.) sleep aid
I just watched a nearly 12-hour video on Remake. Of course, about eight hours of that was the narrator simping on Aerith and whining about how Crisis Core was the worst game ever and how Clerith is OTP and that Clifa shippers are stupid and super mean and OBJECTIVELY WRONG.

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Fenriswolf
03/07/24 8:27:15 AM
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Charlatans think that unnecessary complexity = intelligence.

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IMNOTRAGED
03/07/24 8:31:52 AM
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I have a not particularly intense job and basically work on my own so stuff like that helps get me through the day

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ai123
03/07/24 8:43:38 AM
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Monetisation - that's a lot of ads
Ego - they really think they have that much to say
Likely some competitive element

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Gwynevere
03/07/24 8:46:20 AM
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4+ hour videos carried me through the first months with a newborn

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RetuenOfDevsman
03/07/24 8:48:27 AM
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I just instantly assume any trend in YouTube videos is somehow tied into "the algorithm." You know, the one that sorts videos in the results list and recommended and etc.

I just came across a video titled "six levels of..." and I checked the date, and sure enough, right at that time, there was a trend of "six levels of..." videos. Hm...

Back in 2020, all my usual channels all at once upped their video length from about 10 minutes to about 15. Hm...

Sometimes last decade, they all at once started begging you to like comment subscribe ring the bell. Hm...
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Probo93
03/07/24 8:49:36 AM
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I like listening to longer videos when grinding in games

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DuuuDe14
03/07/24 8:49:42 AM
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I enjoy listening to them while working, or to go to sleep to.

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JE19426
03/07/24 8:54:00 AM
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Probo93 posted...
I like listening to longer videos when grinding in games

This is my view on it. I also used to listen to them when I go on walks, but nowadays I mostly spend that time listening to Podcasts.
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mercurydude
03/07/24 9:02:55 AM
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There's this guy who did one of those for Twin Peaks some years back, and it's one of the most boring fan theories anyone's ever come up with.

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Compsognathus
03/07/24 9:04:06 AM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
There's this video I have in my Watch Later playlist about Youtube plagiarism with over 17 million views, but it's nearly 4 hours long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDp3cB5fHXQ
This video is certainly going to have a much different tone if you are watching it now.

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McMarbles
03/07/24 9:10:38 AM
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I just started watching Tim Rogers six-hourreview of Tokimeki Memorial and I cant tell if hes being sincere or sarcastic or some curious mixture of both but its strangely hypnotic.

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Nemu
03/07/24 9:11:37 AM
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If there's a video over 2 hours that I want to watch, I usually download it and split it into more consumable chunks. I wish Youtube had a bookmark feature. The way it does things is so dumb. "Hey, that video you were just watching that you were 2/3rds through, I'm not going to put you back to where you were. But, now, this song you listened to three months ago, I'm going to start you 40 seconds into it. Glad to be of help!"
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MisterPengy
03/07/24 9:24:02 AM
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Stuff like that needs to be split up, man. I'm not gonna sit there and watch a video for 5 hours. But if the content is good, I could watch it in episodes.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/da4db55c.jpg

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SwayM
03/07/24 9:31:32 AM
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Was FFX a good game? Now, in order to answer this questionwe have to go back. Now the year is 1983, in the little town of Yokohama Japan. Now


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Garabandal
03/07/24 9:38:02 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0WWbpBxLCI

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WingsOfGood
03/07/24 9:38:57 AM
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Just a theory!
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RetuenOfDevsman
03/07/24 4:29:22 PM
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SwayM posted...
Was FFX a good game? Now, in order to answer this questionwe have to go back. Now the year is 1983, in the little town of Yokohama Japan. Now
Every single fud-badiddily-do thing on the whole damn internet be this way.

How to stop drowning

Are you drowning right now? You're not alone! According to the CDC, millions of people drown every year.

*scroll scroll scroll*

... become filled with water, which inhibits breathing...

*SCROLL SCROLL SCROLL*

... was later interviewed on his near-drowning experience...

https://youtu.be/9Yw5jkAHgME?si=O3eYymUL7dDwyC-x

... was reunited with its mother at the San Diego Zoo ...

*SCROLLING WITH THE FURY OF A THOUSAND SUNS*

... view from my back porch was awe-inspiring...

*dead*
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GeminiDeus
03/07/24 4:33:55 PM
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It's not like you have to watch or listen to the video in one sitting. Youtube remembers where you left off on a video, or within 15 seconds of where you left off. Or you could open videos in new tabs and pause them when you're not planning to watch or listen to them.

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Hayame_Zero
03/07/24 4:34:15 PM
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There are just things I like to have on when I'm eating dinner or am working or whatever that don't take as much attention as a TV show. It's not really that much different than a podcast.

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GuerrillaSoldier
03/07/24 4:40:41 PM
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sounds like it just fills the void that radio previously did


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JoeDangIt
03/07/24 4:43:48 PM
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I like longer videos, it's not like you have to watch 'em in one sitting.
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JE19426
03/08/24 3:37:33 AM
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GeminiDeus posted...
It's not like you have to watch or listen to the video in one sitting. Youtube remembers where you left off on a video, or within 15 seconds of where you left off. Or you could open videos in new tabs and pause them when you're not planning to watch or listen to them.

It's supposed to, but I've defiantly had times that doesn't work, or times it tells me I've never watched, when I know for a fact I have.
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GameGodOfAll
03/08/24 3:44:24 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
Who the fuck is watching a 5 hour long video on why FFX is a good game.
Link?

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mercurydude
03/08/24 3:56:39 AM
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RetuenOfDevsman posted...
Every single fud-badiddily-do thing on the whole damn internet be this way.

How to stop drowning

Are you drowning right now? You're not alone! According to the CDC, millions of people drown every year.

*scroll scroll scroll*

... become filled with water, which inhibits breathing...

*SCROLL SCROLL SCROLL*

... was later interviewed on his near-drowning experience...

https://youtu.be/9Yw5jkAHgME?si=O3eYymUL7dDwyC-x

... was reunited with its mother at the San Diego Zoo ...

*SCROLLING WITH THE FURY OF A THOUSAND SUNS*

... view from my back porch was awe-inspiring...

*dead*

Preach! Recipes are this way too. Back in the day, when you clicked on a site for a recipe, you just got a recipe... nowadays, for some reason, a person has to write their life story and bury the recipe underneath said biography.

Oh well, at least they've started putting "skip to the recipe" buttons on those sites because I guess so many people were complaining about the boring biographies.

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MistyKnight
03/08/24 4:02:27 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
Completely unhinged. Who the fuck is watching a 5 hour long video on why FFX is a good game. Who are you? Is this background noise for your road trips?
I enjoy this trend

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Kradek
03/08/24 5:05:49 AM
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From viewers willing to watch those essays.

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Sonic_Cannon
03/08/24 5:10:50 AM
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rexcrk posted...
Could it have been RedLetterMedia?
Yeah I think this is the OG popular example

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pegusus123456
03/08/24 5:23:29 AM
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I bet RLM fucking hates it too lol

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Gobstoppers12
03/08/24 6:18:49 AM
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I like long videos with lots to say.

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Giacomo_Hawkins
03/08/24 6:30:15 AM
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mercurydude posted...
Preach! Recipes are this way too. Back in the day, when you clicked on a site for a recipe, you just got a recipe... nowadays, for some reason, a person has to write their life story and bury the recipe underneath said biography.

Oh well, at least they've started putting "skip to the recipe" buttons on those sites because I guess so many people were complaining about the boring biographies.

Plagiarism and American copyright law. As instructions, recipes can't be copyrighted so if all you post is a recipe they can be stolen freely. By including a bunch of frivolous junk beforehand, if a bot scrapes the whole page and posts it elsewhere you can have a case.

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Notti
03/11/24 7:08:49 AM
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I feel like this isn't a new thing, but, perhaps yts popularity is expanding enough where it starts hitting more common topics.

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