The ultra quick cutting, the often chopped style, the accelerated voice talking at you without pause or mercy even at 1.0, the subtitles in the center that I cannot disable. It's an attack on my senses, pure overstimulation.

My wife sends me couple of shorts each day and sometimes it's even interesting content-wise, but I absolutely hate this horrible format, procrastinate watching them and wish back a world where this form of media did not exist. It all started even before shorts in the way people did videos, and somehow it spiraled into this kind of hell scape.

Anyone else feeling like this?

EDIT: thanks everyone, now I feel validated, thought maybe I'm the odd one with so strong negative feelings about them! And sorry about the confusion about pants and stocks (that provoked some funny answers though so no regrets). Yes - as you have all figured out, I'm talking about the annoying short videos almost everyone seems to be addicted to.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Shorts are cancer and vertical videos need to die.

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[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

This is exactly why I hate TikTok and FB videos too, and once Instagram started hopping on that train I quit and never looked back.

If the information you want to share is worthwhile, it’ll be written out where I can read it at my own pace.

The excessive speed and nightmare for reasonable accessibility (not to mention the self-censoring that screws up the point of subtitles) makes me instinctively upset too. You’re not alone.

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

Youtube Shorts Block for Firefox and Chrome

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago

yes. There is a youtube extension called unhook (?) which lets you remove them from pretty much anywhere on the site.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sometimes I get clickbaited into watching one because yt doesn't let me hide them forever (is there an extension for that maybe? Surely it's doable with css or something), and they've been alright. Though the ones I clicked on have only been from one creator and I don't mind fast talking (not sped up) and those didn't have the fast cuts.

I also really don't get the appeal of the format. I've been sent shorts from other creators and it just feels worse than the same thing as a proper video. It doesn't overload me because it's essentially how my brain operates anyway, but that's also why I want things that make me take a break from constantly thinking in overdrive by simply being slow.

[–] PlantPowerPhysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I use a Firefox extension called Youtube-shorts Block that does what it says in the name. I think my ADHD brain rejects them for the same reasons a lot of other people are mentioning here...

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[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I like some Shorts. Long-form videos are great, but way too often I see 15+ minute videos about a topic that shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes to discuss.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The only thing I like about them is that there's no ads.

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[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm glad to find other people with similar experiences to mine trying out short form video. I tried TikTok a few years ago when I realized how big it was and that I was missing out on entire cultural touchstones but I just couldn't. Too much music I don't like, too much randomly clicking and hoping I like a video, too much visual and audible noise.

Seriously why can't I just see the title and uploader of a video before I click? What if I don't want to watch this person or this particular video? Why do I have to decide while watching the video instead of relaxing with a bit of silence between videos?

Honestly the whole UI was just mentally and visually exhausting. I think I made it about 20 minutes of trying to get into TikTok before I finally just said "not for me" and gave up entirely

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Worse: my wife watches shorts on the TV, wasting 75% screen real estate

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wasn't sure if this post was about the media format or the piece of clothing, but my answer is the same for both: They're annoying and of limited use, and I absolutely hate them.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] zenforyen@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Made me crack up a little :D

I did not want to start a fashion war here :O

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

I like them. Sometimes I want to watch videos, but not get super involved in a longer production. Plus, youtube shorts, at least, often have links to the main video they were clipped from, which I'll throw into my "watch later" playlist.

Not everybody likes shorts, and that's fine, but I make them work for me.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

No idea, never watched them. Now that I think about it, I've been watching less and less youtube this last months to a point I think I wouldn't miss it much if it went subscription only or I couldn't block ads.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Eat my shorts

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I refuse to browse/watch shorts directly; probably because I know I'll get sucked in to it for several hours, but I also know there's very little useful/valuable info there. I will however occasionally watch other typically gaming YouTubers, reacting to collections of shorts.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

No portrait-orientation video is worth watching.

Edit about the article of clothing: men's legs and feet look weird and so I don't like going out in public without long pants and shoes.

[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I detest them. Some science YouTubers have begun using them too, and too often they’re either just cut from longer videos I’ve already seen - and hence wasting my time until I realise that - or they contain no explanation at all because of the length.

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[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Couldn’t tell you as I don’t watch them.

I couldn’t care less about the stupid shit on there people provide as “content”.

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