Comments on Profile Post by E_Schaaf

"I'm gonna watch all the Hunger Games films in an afternoon while wrapping up some work" - proceeds to develop motion sickness in first 5 minutes

Give the Blair Witch Project a go!

Why? Are most films and shows that bad (yes) or you just like getting to the end faster?

With drama / fantasy / scifi in particular, especially ones that are mostly humorless, I find there are so many dramatic pauses that don't necessarily enhance my experience. Watching sped up (especially stuff I already know) just means enjoying more story in less time. Watching trilogies at normal speed is a huge commitment. Watching sped up can be done easily in one sitting.

I find in the +30-50% range, I hardly even notice its been sped up after a minute or two. Of course, I only do this alone and at home. I still value a normal speed watch in a theatrical or social environment.

Winter soldier and Thor was too much for me. I decided that it was not worth my time. Now I try to stick to pseudo intellectual content in audio form.

I watch work videos at 1.25x, anything faster than that and I cannot keep up. Luckily shaky cam is not a frequent feature of corporate training videos.

I'd be lying if I didn't also admit to doing this with some of my records, mostly electronic instrumentals, playing back 33RPM plates at 45RPM and loving every minute. +36% ? Blame it on my millennial brain I guess.

I like your style @E_Schaaf . Check out the movie discussion thread here. @ColtMrFire and a few others are very insightful and great writers (particularly @Pharmaboy ).

@E_Schaaf I like to do the opposite for ambient/electronic stuff, run 45 RPM records at 33 and enjoy the slow unfolding of it.

I dig slow burn post-rock slowed down. Guitars become way meatier, kicks are more explosive. Good shit. Metal too.

Oh shit, gotta try G!YBE like that

This entire discussion invokes Poe's Law. I really can't tell if people are being serious.

I aspire to be 420% serious 69% of the time. I was being genuine in this conversation though.

As someone in the business, this whole discussion horrifies me. :-)

Intrigued. Testing this on the loquacious classic "My Dinner with Andre".

This is the most ADHD thing I've seen today and I work in tech.

I vary what speed I consume media, listen to podcasts at 1.5x speed, YouTube videos probably 2x speed. Movies/TV/Anime I vary between 1-2 times speed. Usually depends on what I am watching though.

Sometimes a movie or show... Is not very good and I just want to get it over with to finish it. Sometimes with anime its filler, let me just go over it.

Are "meds" involved in this watching at accelerated "speeds"?

Much of the time I listen to video instead of watching it, glancing up only occasionally. It's a lot like listening to radio dramas. And given the predictability of most video content and style, I seldom miss anything of consequence. If I sense I'm missing much, that's a very good indicator that the visual work is in some way exceptional.

With the exception of 2x on boring work training videos, I don't understand "speed reading" content that's intended to please us emotionally. Why would I fast forward through enjoyment?

Sometimes the speed adds enjoyment for me, or rather, reduces the opportunity for distraction, which in turn makes it a more immersive experience. I am definitely ADHD and was medicated for several years (I was a good kid and took my meds as directed), but had to stop for cardiac reasons.

That makes sense. I'm not ADHD and rather prefer obsessive thinking and high anxiety.