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Speeding up things whilst watching

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dancinginthesky · 05/07/2023 15:54

Sitting with DS watching a show as he's been off sick and he mentioned that it's too fast for him to understand

I always change the speed to 2x on Netflix and almost 2x on YouTube and get irritated (mildly) when I get voicenotes and can't speed them up ... I don't talk particularly fast but I just hate how slow things are when watching

Am I the only person who finds recorded viewing just too slow to sit through at normal pace? Like there's so much just silence or ummms and ahhhs

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Mull · 05/07/2023 15:56

I didn’t even know you could do that on Netflix! I wouldn’t be able to understand it sped up - I’m getting to an age where I think everyone’s mumbling and the music is too loud 😁

Drews · 05/07/2023 15:58

I watch almost everything on youtube at x2 unless they speak particularly fast then its just x1.75 but normal speed is just way too slow.

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 05/07/2023 15:59

But the pauses are there for dramatic effect or t let the audience soak in the story, surely its a bit emotionless to just rush through it?

Catspyjamas17 · 05/07/2023 15:59

Why would you speed it up? Surely the voices then sound like gerbils?

henrypenry · 05/07/2023 16:00

did not know this was a thing!

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dancinginthesky · 05/07/2023 16:01

Honestly it sounds normal just faster 😂 if it's already fast it might sound gerbilish but rarely and still seems to have the same emotion to me

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Wallabyone · 05/07/2023 16:01

What?!😂 I've never heard of anyone doing this! Surely editors of series, films etc, put pauses in deliberately? I need subtitles and a loud volume these days (I'm only 40 but I find a lot of tv so mumbly 🙈).

Hugasauras · 05/07/2023 16:03

I occasionally might up the speed of a slow podcast by a quarter or something but double speed would be absolutely comical and definitely not suitable for leisure viewing. Maybe at a push if it was instructions for something, but even then it would sound silly and that would be distracting.

tommika · 05/07/2023 16:03

I would not do this as routine, but on occasion I will - 2x is probably a bit much for me, unless I’m skimming
1.25x 1.5x can be good ways of getting through something

But if something has too much hesitation, ums etc then I’ll probably be put off from it anyway

OldBeller · 05/07/2023 16:05

Do what you like, I say.

I sometimes put the audio in German with German subtitles on and then slow it down. It's my netflix account! I'll do what I want with it!

Catspyjamas17 · 05/07/2023 16:06

I find this really odd. If I find something uninteresting then I'll stop watching.

Allywill · 05/07/2023 16:06

My daughter used to do this but she has adhd so I thought that was the reason. I haven’t heard of anyone else doing this until this post. Maybe it’s more common than I thought.

LittleLegsKeepGoing · 05/07/2023 16:07

It's rather sad that people do this. Another indicator of the inability to focus and pay attention to something.

Surely if you're watching a TV show/film part of watching it is to absorb the environment that they're trying to create along with the story?

Catspyjamas17 · 05/07/2023 16:08

I think if you need to regularly speed programmes up then you either need to do yoga and learn concentration and patience skills and/or watch something else.

BrandySlap · 05/07/2023 16:10

My teens do this. I thought it was a symptom of a TikTok-addled younger generation.

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dancinginthesky · 05/07/2023 16:15

I can meditate fine, It's only viewing on a screen and listening to recorded talking it bothers me. I've always sped read too but certainly can concentrate on a book etc

Listening to music I wouldn't ever speed it up

Seems I'm not the only one who finds it too slow so that's a relief 😅 as weird as it might be, others do it too. Have definitely wondered if I could have ADHD but tbh it's gonna make no difference to my life now if I do or don't - just interesting

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cruisebaba1 · 05/07/2023 16:16

Catspyjamas17 · 05/07/2023 15:59

Why would you speed it up? Surely the voices then sound like gerbils?

😂😂😂😂

WhatWouldHopperDo · 05/07/2023 16:21

I've never tried it watching something - I always listen to audio books on double speed.

IrisBearded · 05/07/2023 16:23

I accidentally sped up Spotify to 1.5x without realising.

The fast talking podcasts really stressed me out, I couldn't keep up! Was so much happier when I figured out how to slow it down again. Can't imagine speeding YouTube or Netflix up ever

OldBeller · 05/07/2023 16:23

Yeah I speed up audiobooks sometimes. I read very fast so I prefer it that way sometimes, especially if someone has a particularly ponderous reading voice.

Pigstrotter · 05/07/2023 16:29

I do this with voice messages that my Jamaican neighbour sends me, I can now understand 1st time without having to keep replaying.

phoenixrosehere · 05/07/2023 16:30

I do this to podcasts and audio books. I put it on 1.25 or 1.5x. I grew up in a family of fast talkers so used to a certain speed.

With movies though, I have sped up a scene by 10 seconds. I’m fully into a story but sometimes there are scenes that feel like it’s been drawn out longer than it should so I skip past it especially if I already know the story.

Harebrain · 05/07/2023 16:30

I don’t do this but have often wished I could do it at certain points in my life…dentist visits, cervical smears, my divorce, etc,.

BreviloquentBastard · 05/07/2023 16:53

My husband does this and it drives me insane. Can always here his YouTube jabbering away at ten million miles a second.

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dancinginthesky · 05/07/2023 19:30

@Harebrain 😂 wouldn't that be great

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