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  • Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2024

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  • @bastiensignoret7058
    @bastiensignoret7058 Месяц назад +72653

    Who are you, why are you on my screen, im trying to have a skype with my grandson please LEAVEQ

  • @NoClueHonestly
    @NoClueHonestly Месяц назад +64387

    "The Devastating Downfall of The Office" and then it's just a 5-hour recap of the entire show and its ratings with no personal input

    • @zamfi11037
      @zamfi11037 Месяц назад +4872

      I saw this with bojack too! I was sooo hyped to see a 4 h video about bojack because i love learning more about it cus theres always stuff you get only by watching again and again AND IT WAS A FUCKING RECAP OF ALL THE SEASON AND THE MOST BASIC EXPLANATION OF ALL THE EPISODES. NO INPUT. NO DETAILS. NO NOTHING. AND IT HAD ANALYSIS IN THE TITLE.

    • @thisineedtochange8941
      @thisineedtochange8941 Месяц назад +914

      @@zamfi11037Was it schaffrillas productions

    • @ishathakor
      @ishathakor Месяц назад +1895

      no fr i keep seeing long ass videos that are like "an autopsy of [popular movie]" or something and then it's just a plot recap! someone will be like "review of [show]" and then it's just telling you what happened in the show. it's ridiculous

    • @Prederick
      @Prederick Месяц назад +1529

      I love the "downfall" videos where it treats someone or something that was once REALLY popular and is now merely PRETTY popular or has come to its natural end like it fell off the side of the earth.
      I saw a "downfall of The Simpsons" video somewhere, which... it's literally been on for 30 years, nothing on earth would stay peak for that long.

    • @nilimahaque1436
      @nilimahaque1436 Месяц назад +117

      I like to put them in the background.

  • @Splorguss
    @Splorguss Месяц назад +26875

    I also hate when people use the excuse “you’ve just fried your attention span and can’t handle slower stuff” when they are clearly dragging stuff out to make a certain time criteria

    • @TheCakenukeism
      @TheCakenukeism Месяц назад +634

      Both things can be true, younger folks nowadays literally cant sit still for 5 minutes.

    • @Leftistattheparty
      @Leftistattheparty Месяц назад +1864

      ​@TheCakenukeism who is "younger folks"? Have you ever just sat for 5 mins doing nothing?

    • @yoongiverse.
      @yoongiverse. Месяц назад +867

      i genuinely cannot watch kdramas because there are always like 20 episodes and they’re all an hour or more, and NOTHING is happening the entire time

    • @yoongiverse.
      @yoongiverse. Месяц назад +1251

      @@TheCakenukeismwhy do yall always generalize younger generations so extremely lmao

    • @twigwigsoso
      @twigwigsoso Месяц назад +908

      @@TheCakenukeism most people cannot sit still doing absolutely nothing for five minutes straight, like specifically if you're talking about doing nothing nothing most people aren't going to be able to accomplish that that's just how the human brain works, the human brain is constantly stimulation seeking. it's why if you stare at nothing for long enough, your brain will start to mildly hallucinate. this isn't a younger generation issue, older generations are just as addicted to technology. It's just that the design of these algorithms are to be as addicting as possible

  • @mind-of-neo
    @mind-of-neo Месяц назад +4062

    "this isn't second-screen enough" is a terrifying line

    • @WillFindlay
      @WillFindlay Месяц назад +85

      seriously, who knew that was a thing?!

    • @UrFriendXD
      @UrFriendXD Месяц назад +65

      terrifying but not surprising at all

    • @HS-dv4nw
      @HS-dv4nw 28 дней назад +25

      This is why I'm skeptical of any movie made by netflix

    • @mind-of-neo
      @mind-of-neo 26 дней назад +14

      @@HS-dv4nw you gotta be, dawg, it's crazy what they'll put out these days :/

    • @jmej01
      @jmej01 26 дней назад +4

      i actually had to pause the video for a second

  • @fatcat-jv8sc
    @fatcat-jv8sc Месяц назад +673

    I started noticing all the rage bait back to back on my tiktok and I realized "I don't have to watch this upsetting stuff right now", closed the app and decided to watch that new Drew Gooden video.l I'm so glad you're speaking on this because it's such phenomenon that's happening on every platform but no one's really talking about it

    • @___q2q22
      @___q2q22 18 дней назад +5

      Bro got the blue comment on RUclips😭

    • @boonis00
      @boonis00 10 дней назад

      bro don’t act all tough in this comment section like you don’t owe me 5k+ for all your little furry roblox pics you degenerate

    • @IX_4
      @IX_4 10 дней назад

      @boonis00 Get your money up not ya funny up, beggars can't be choosers it's your life 😅🤷

    • @lordblanck7923
      @lordblanck7923 10 дней назад

      Save your brain cells.

    • @Tate525
      @Tate525 5 дней назад

      Why do you even have that app in first place ?

  • @boileditfried9160
    @boileditfried9160 Месяц назад +42436

    you’ve been wasting my time for the last ten years. But I’ve stuck by your side.

  • @keeegoelol4997
    @keeegoelol4997 Месяц назад +21013

    That mr beast progress bar is actually insane

    • @miss7182
      @miss7182 Месяц назад +848

      It’s so intentional like wow

    • @leonardopazello503
      @leonardopazello503 Месяц назад +1425

      It infuriates me too because whatever shithead thought of this was probably like "omg hear me out guys, what if we do this and that" and everyone was like "omg this is genius" when it's just absolutely ridiculous.

    • @jetison333
      @jetison333 Месяц назад +458

      Yeah seriously! Its so deceptive I'm almost angrier about that than all the other stuff he does

    • @ProcyonNite
      @ProcyonNite Месяц назад +619

      About time people actually took notice of this stuff. "But he donated to charity, so it's all good, right guys?"

    • @DevanK-rg3td
      @DevanK-rg3td Месяц назад

      I'm so happy it's becoming more and more normal to dunk on Mr breast

  • @ladybuggger
    @ladybuggger Месяц назад +26968

    I didnt realize how refreshing it would be to hear someone say "Id kill myself" and not censor it with "unalive". Content and speech being watered down to ad-friendly specifics is just another engineered way social media is controlling our lives.

    • @Inexpressable
      @Inexpressable Месяц назад +444

      maybe it controls your life but i dont let it control mine what are you on about

    • @Banaynaysss
      @Banaynaysss Месяц назад +2470

      im so scared of dying not because i will die but because Ray William Johnson will generate an ai image of someone who looks nothing like me screaming and will say “they sadly were unalived with a pew pew”

    • @Talonzor
      @Talonzor Месяц назад +241

      WAKE UP SHEEPLE, USING DIFFERENT WORDS IS RUINING MY LIFE

    • @ShiningStarlight101
      @ShiningStarlight101 Месяц назад +1324

      I miss most people simply adding a small sound over the word or using a * for a letter to censor things. Instead of creating whole new "internet friendly" lingo like unalive/sewerslide/grape etc. 😭

    • @SubjectDelta20
      @SubjectDelta20 Месяц назад

      Right?! I mean, you cant even say midget or tranny anymore. Sad.

  • @TheLRobs
    @TheLRobs Месяц назад +877

    I remember one of the best pieces of advice I received at film school was ‘no one ever wishes your film was longer’

    • @adrianporter5749
      @adrianporter5749 21 день назад +43

      Not according to the Internet.
      Even having one deleted scene is enough to ask for a director’s cut.

    • @limbeboy7
      @limbeboy7 21 день назад +4

      ​@@adrianporter5749 no dude

    • @anntecz
      @anntecz 19 дней назад +54

      Iiterally wrong. There are so many films/series people would die for if they could be longer

    • @Nuibuddy
      @Nuibuddy 15 дней назад +25

      @@annteczthese are called exceptions. Most people are not the exception.

    • @AbiSaysThings
      @AbiSaysThings 14 дней назад +6

      And yet every big movie these days is 2 and a half hours long and they wonder why nobody is going to cinemas anymore 💀

  • @ananyajohari2320
    @ananyajohari2320 Месяц назад +25011

    jokes aside, i love the slightly cynical and self aware philosophy direction drew's videos have been heading in lately

    • @katarinakatavic8929
      @katarinakatavic8929 Месяц назад +174

      yes!!!!!!!!!!

    • @AlessandroPioltelli
      @AlessandroPioltelli Месяц назад +265

      Hell yeah! I hope he keeps it up!

    • @_malo_mart
      @_malo_mart Месяц назад +742

      i think it’s super important to bring these things up and it’s just pushing me even more to abandon the internet soon so i can actually LIVE and MAKE THINGS instead of wasting my time online lol

    • @oxy5627
      @oxy5627 Месяц назад +7

      same

    • @Olivia-wg8gv
      @Olivia-wg8gv Месяц назад +511

      Same! I feel like as commentary RUclips has gotten bigger, a lot of it is just people reacting to dumb stuff so that they can say “this is dumb”, but Drew’s vids actually give me new perspective on a lot of topics

  • @jacksepticeye
    @jacksepticeye Месяц назад +26695

    Good video guy!

  • @diluelizabeth
    @diluelizabeth Месяц назад +32959

    Netflix documentaries are like that friend who starts telling a story but keeps adding random details-you’re 10 hours in, still waiting for the punchline

    • @aliceramdom.s
      @aliceramdom.s Месяц назад +449

      adhd lol

    • @somefreshbread
      @somefreshbread Месяц назад +24

      cinco de mayo

    • @jennyanydots2389
      @jennyanydots2389 Месяц назад +2

      Nah, you've just been programmed by the algorithim brugh. Totes of your rocker if you think the tube can lay beef on the flix. Brugh that bonkers. You are out of your gord homey real talk.

    • @mila-lt3hf
      @mila-lt3hf Месяц назад +100

      @@diluelizabeth that would be me 😔🙏

    • @jessiebartholomew-smythe8096
      @jessiebartholomew-smythe8096 Месяц назад +121

      I’m that friend

  • @arthurroseart
    @arthurroseart Месяц назад +185

    weird time to pitch this, but this is why animation is so good because its an art form that is very deliberate. anyway stand with the animators guild like u all did for the actors guild

  • @Gossamaggs
    @Gossamaggs Месяц назад +8089

    There's something so gross about interviewing a man who found a dead person, an extremly traumatic experience that I'm sure hasn't been easy for him to handle, and then putting that on the same level as "guy who read a Wikipedia article"

    • @dirtpig02
      @dirtpig02 Месяц назад +283

      I thought you meant Logan Paul for a sec but then I realized you meant the maintenance worker

    • @sydney229
      @sydney229 Месяц назад

      ​Before watching this video, I also thought that this was some kind of satirical thing about Logan Paul😂😅​@@dirtpig02

    • @hel2727
      @hel2727 Месяц назад +341

      ​@@dirtpig02 a part of me wishes people would stop talking about that shit, but the other part wants everyone to remember and shame him forever

    • @oakydoke6202
      @oakydoke6202 Месяц назад +6

      yeah this is one of drew's worst IMO. first he disses small creators than he says stuff like this. really disrespectful stuff from drew. honestly dissapointed in him.

    • @wippo42
      @wippo42 Месяц назад +266

      ​@@oakydoke6202 ?

  • @karolina-zg3iw
    @karolina-zg3iw Месяц назад +9498

    these yt videos feel like those articles when you google "how long to cook rice", click on the first link that pops up and the article starts with an analysis of the entire history of rice dating back to prehistoric times, rice's symbolism in literature, it's health benefits and an opinion on rice from the author themselves

    • @RONANAWAY
      @RONANAWAY Месяц назад +265

      too accurate LOL i aleays wonder who its for

    • @egorbananov7738
      @egorbananov7738 Месяц назад +215

      yea they also describe each step of the cooking process with a 300 word essay

    • @sumlem
      @sumlem Месяц назад +63

      Internet Shaquille taught me how to make quick chickpea based recipes and it didn't take 20 minutes and a story about how canning was developed

    • @MidwesternMortician
      @MidwesternMortician Месяц назад +128

      "My family came on the mayflower over 6 generations ago. My great great great great grandfather brought the first rice grains to the new world, forming a new relationship with the grain. This recipe -"

    • @Jay-is5ef
      @Jay-is5ef Месяц назад +34

      They do that so the recipe doesn't get copyright claimed

  • @Mattvannn
    @Mattvannn Месяц назад +7509

    not to mention how every company wants to charge $10 a month(or more), just to not see ads, and they make sure to cram in every minute of ads that they’re able to.

    • @Atlasintokyo
      @Atlasintokyo Месяц назад +337

      You have to buy like 2 subscriptions to get rid of ads and then a third for premium content

    • @RED-my9hl
      @RED-my9hl Месяц назад +110

      Me when I'm trying to watch the handmaids tale on prime and they give me 10 ads every episode

    • @DV-kr4mg
      @DV-kr4mg Месяц назад +258

      They suckered us into switching from cable, bc it was cheaper and had no commercials, then raised all of their prices, made it so you need 5 streaming services to watch your 5 favorite shows, and added the ads back....except more than they used to have on regular cable tv....but you can get rid of them if you pay an extra 14.99/mo each.

    • @heronheronhero
      @heronheronhero Месяц назад +163

      I just pirate a lot of media nowadays, and if I want it on TV, I just hook up my laptop with a dual HDMI cord

    • @Mattvannn
      @Mattvannn Месяц назад

      @@heronheronhero i’m worried about viruses when it comes to that, so many sites are sketchy nowadays. even when I last looked into it on reddit, a couple of sites people swore by were giving me issues

  • @amyrose8912
    @amyrose8912 Месяц назад +82

    one of my favorite youtube videos ive ever watched and that i frequently return to is an hour and a half of a musician cussing out the 2019 cats movie, so yeah, the passion really makes or breaks it

    • @av8213
      @av8213 25 дней назад +2

      do you have a link?

    • @katiepeery8109
      @katiepeery8109 20 дней назад +4

      GOD I watch that video all the time

    • @lukafichtl8215
      @lukafichtl8215 19 дней назад +3

      I need to know the title of the video😭

    • @juliagiles1547
      @juliagiles1547 16 дней назад

      @@lukafichtl8215 “The Music of Cats (2019) Is Worse Than You Think” by Sideways!

    • @sharkbited
      @sharkbited 14 дней назад +5

      me with a video about the dear evan hansen movie 😭

  • @yellobb3848
    @yellobb3848 Месяц назад +4678

    It’s extra frustrating that Netflix docs drag shit out to make them longer considering they do the exact opposite with other series that have genuinely interesting plotlines because apparently a season can’t be longer than 8 episodes now

    • @TeenPerspektiva
      @TeenPerspektiva Месяц назад +109

      If they make less episodes they can make more seasons and re-ignite hype everytime a new season drops

    • @FrancisR420
      @FrancisR420 Месяц назад +193

      ​@@TeenPerspektivabuy "more seasons" you mean one more season.

    • @biacherrylikeme
      @biacherrylikeme Месяц назад +261

      @@TeenPerspektiva thats if they dont cancel it, which they keep doing (esp to queer shows.. and fantasy too lol its a weird pattern)

    • @Random-sk6hm
      @Random-sk6hm Месяц назад +110

      @@biacherrylikeme Fr it's insane. Any show with good queer representation gets cancelled immediately

    • @Jane-oz7pp
      @Jane-oz7pp Месяц назад +11

      ​@@TeenPerspektiva if only that was true lmao

  • @chatsmeow2997
    @chatsmeow2997 Месяц назад +8216

    Drew's channel has half become "get off your phone please bc technology has become worse today" motivation and I love that he's using his influence to push this message, 100% here for it lol.

    • @Alexalibur13
      @Alexalibur13 Месяц назад +277

      He's a king for that. His viewer base is probably young like most of RUclips so this might reach someone and help them realise what happens before it's too late.

    • @Dizma_Music
      @Dizma_Music Месяц назад +4

      😇

    • @unclekarl5219
      @unclekarl5219 Месяц назад +25

      Yeah half his videos now are weird preachy shit and the other half are like every other commentary RUclipsr in the planet. It’s a weird hypocrisy

    • @wickedlavender
      @wickedlavender Месяц назад +3

      I really wish it worked on me 😐

    • @Dizma_Music
      @Dizma_Music Месяц назад

      @@wickedlavender - If you or anyone else out there has a dream, I really believe you can do it! My spirit and my mind and my heart are with you all. ^___^

  • @pearlescent_adolescent
    @pearlescent_adolescent Месяц назад +16341

    finding out drew played clarinet feels like finding out fish have to stay in water

    • @ultimateowlie2283
      @ultimateowlie2283 Месяц назад +277

      I'm glad to find out I wasn't the only bullied clarinet nerd 😄

    • @Inexpressable
      @Inexpressable Месяц назад +890

      he's so squidward coded

    • @Sizzlik
      @Sizzlik Месяц назад +56

      So my goldfish goldie didnt like to get a tan with me?

    • @startaru
      @startaru Месяц назад +8

      @@Inexpressable hes much more expressive i feel

    • @ryan7032
      @ryan7032 Месяц назад +122

      Maybe it's the blonde hair but if you asked me what Drew played in a band, it'd be flute but also wearing like 17 bracelets.

  • @beeticket
    @beeticket Месяц назад +47

    The thumbnail featuring a 21-hour exploration into "The Complicated History of Toilets" as a spoof of common RUclips content is genuinely so effing funny and I don't know why no one's mentioning it.

  • @bwbones
    @bwbones Месяц назад +11189

    It seems like every day I click on a video that promises an "analysis" of a piece of media just to end up with a two-hour recap of the plot, and somehow I fall for it every single time

    • @Justapikachu577
      @Justapikachu577 Месяц назад +579

      Its a hard ratio to balance tbf. If you dont recap things no only do you lose people who don't remember, but you cant JUST recap the plot without analyzing. Some of my favorite essays include large swaths of recap segments with multiple points of analysis in it. As long as there is a point to recaps im fine with it!

    • @ProbablyBees
      @ProbablyBees Месяц назад +198

      Omg yes this. I've had mant movies or shows that I came away finished and wanted hear other people's thoughts or opinions on the meaning. Only to be met with "ending explained" and recap "analysis" content. Where are people's actual thoughts?

    • @sunxnes
      @sunxnes Месяц назад +134

      Every “retrospective” video essay ever.

    • @SolaireIntensifies
      @SolaireIntensifies Месяц назад +162

      And then they just say how the scene made them feel. Like yeah, I also laughed when Jim hit Phyllis in the head with the soccer ball, I don't need to know you ALSO laughed, the scene was meant to be comedic.
      That's not analysis, it's react content with extra steps.

    • @upsetstudios1819
      @upsetstudios1819 Месяц назад +138

      I kind of enjoy being able to "watch" a tv series I love through a 2 hour passionate, funny, Mike's Mike summary. But I get what you mean

  • @McBaller96
    @McBaller96 Месяц назад +5315

    "The algorithm is teaching me that I shouldn't cut things out of my video if they feel superfluous, or unnecessary, or repetitive, or like I'm just saying the same thing over and over again but in slightly different ways" DREW-😭😭

    • @dawnzerleelight
      @dawnzerleelight Месяц назад +432

      Just another example of him being one of the funniest people on RUclips (who still has cogent, relevant things to say).

    • @aren-u4t
      @aren-u4t Месяц назад +6

      drew durnil

    • @cccorbulo213
      @cccorbulo213 Месяц назад +189

      The best/worst part is I didn't even notice it when I first watched it

    • @thefluffywaffle8388
      @thefluffywaffle8388 Месяц назад +122

      I got suspicious as soon as he said the word superfluous. I love the word, but who uses it that seriously lmao

    • @youtubeuserdan4017
      @youtubeuserdan4017 Месяц назад +23

      @@thefluffywaffle8388 Me. I'm who.

  • @PeanutButterGamer
    @PeanutButterGamer Месяц назад +6225

    I am so here for the NBA 2k slander. It's the most exploitative game ever created, and it doesn't get nearly enough criticism.

    • @cameronpierce4997
      @cameronpierce4997 Месяц назад +167

      oh shit the first channel I ever subbed to is here

    • @g-rated3514
      @g-rated3514 Месяц назад +113

      Thankfully Arthur would never waste anyone's time.

    • @turntechFreakhead
      @turntechFreakhead Месяц назад +50

      oh my god its that one guy

    • @arch1vst
      @arch1vst Месяц назад +53

      everything he said in this video was what i’ve been thinking this past month and it scared me when he brought up the one game that accumulated it all. He’s really me fr.

    • @cxc.taytae
      @cxc.taytae Месяц назад +66

      HOLY SHIT PBG IN THE DREWNIVERSE

  • @Spidersune
    @Spidersune Месяц назад +40

    10:10 the way he says “no” with a genuinely horrified look makes me laugh everytime the delivery is so good 😭😭

    • @conorkelly947
      @conorkelly947 12 дней назад +1

      How many times have you watched it?

  • @feliciascorner9795
    @feliciascorner9795 Месяц назад +3879

    I'm a music teacher, I've always known you were a clarinet player. It's something we've learned in school to feel in our guts.

    • @SieMiezekatze
      @SieMiezekatze Месяц назад +102

      What a beautiful skill

    • @ashtons.8501
      @ashtons.8501 Месяц назад +62

      what gives us away

    • @strangeaelurus
      @strangeaelurus Месяц назад +33

      How do you clock them lmaoo

    • @feliciascorner9795
      @feliciascorner9795 Месяц назад +169

      @@ashtons.8501 usually a quiet, reserved, nerdy person that comes more alive and energetic when in their trusted group of people. We typically notice that there are very similar personalities that gravitate towards particular instruments. Just like pop/rock bands certain personalities are more drawn to lead guitar versus drums versus rhythm guitar.
      I'm a cellist so I'm overly sarcastic, wildly passionate and a giant pain in the ass. We swear like sailors, question everything, and snark constantly. We also have our niche nerdy interests we tend to get really attached to.
      But Drew being a clarinet player, is the least shocking thing I've learned this year.

    • @feliciascorner9795
      @feliciascorner9795 Месяц назад +44

      @@SieMiezekatze it can actually be quite useless unless we are helping students choose which instrument they want to learn how to play. We also tend to apply it retroactively to people we meet. Like if we have a conversation with someone and they reveal what instrument they play us musicians tend to be like, "I KNEW IT! You're so XYZ."

  • @milodoesntknow2090
    @milodoesntknow2090 Месяц назад +6591

    gasp?? a dig at airup?? this IS surprising considering its the darling of sponsors in the commentary circle at the moment... drews gone rogue

    • @cleo5090
      @cleo5090 Месяц назад +1051

      good! it’s such a stupid idea. drew’s scam videos have taught him well

    • @stevenstokes6306
      @stevenstokes6306 Месяц назад +263

      Am I mistaken or was he sponsored by them by some point?

    • @milodoesntknow2090
      @milodoesntknow2090 Месяц назад +786

      @@cleo5090 yeah im glad too, it just caught me off guard considering danny, jarvis and kurtis (might be misremembering on that one) have all had airup sponsors

    • @milodoesntknow2090
      @milodoesntknow2090 Месяц назад +477

      @@stevenstokes6306 not that i remember, but i doubt it considering he seems to dislike it. at the very least hes probably not in any contracts with them

    • @sun-dried-onion-noodles
      @sun-dried-onion-noodles Месяц назад +313

      ​@@stevenstokes6306You're probably thinking about the other commentary guys, they have been yeah.

  • @grfrjiglstan
    @grfrjiglstan Месяц назад +8690

    Making a documentary on Elisa Lam and interviewing the internet sleuths who obsessed over her death is a bit like making a 9/11 documentary and interviewing 9/11 conspiracy theorists.

    • @hollyhobgoblin8838
      @hollyhobgoblin8838 Месяц назад +589

      For real. That seemed really insensitive to her and her family.

    • @oc5297
      @oc5297 Месяц назад +37

      I think I saw that conspiracy documentary on the history channel

    • @stargold222
      @stargold222 Месяц назад +373

      People will do backflips to ignore the fact that mental illness can make you act very oddly and lead to tragedy man

    • @Mama_Bear524
      @Mama_Bear524 Месяц назад +116

      @@stargold222very true. The thing that didn’t make sense was how she was able to pull the cover over her because it’s heavy and had to he awkward. But it’s basically been proven that she did it.

    • @MayorOfEarth79
      @MayorOfEarth79 Месяц назад +29

      And then there's a video game based off it called Yiik

  • @natinatyoutube
    @natinatyoutube 22 дня назад +9

    I usually hate the ironic and "too cool for school" tone in these type of videos, but you just have the most perfect balance between "legitimately fed up" and "respectfully bashful" with actually good arguments. Instant subscription.

  • @Simon-tl6hz
    @Simon-tl6hz Месяц назад +3083

    The part about scrolling is so real. I will literally be scrolling through a hundred garbage reels and still not exit the app because as soon as I do, I somehow know I'll become conscious of the time I've wasted and start feeling like shit about it

    • @klaratehcoolcat
      @klaratehcoolcat Месяц назад +66

      Oh shitttt epiphany

    • @jmb1922
      @jmb1922 Месяц назад +188

      there is truly the gambling dopamine part of it too where you're like "but the next one COULD be good!"

    • @GalacticalHistorian
      @GalacticalHistorian Месяц назад +99

      I completely agree, and as a person with ADHD, time blindness and the inability to stop scrolling even though I know I should be doing something else are horribly real, and social media companies are only making my symptoms worse!

    • @hel2727
      @hel2727 Месяц назад +16

      and I doom scroll to escape from the voices in my head, we are not the same

    • @zombieedrea
      @zombieedrea Месяц назад

      God, that happens to me SO MUCH. I’ll go on insta usually to look at a few specific accounts, but i don’t see it on my homepage, so i go to the search engine for their @ and literally every single time, i end up wasting over an hour watching reels. It irritates me every time.

  • @bethfazio1842
    @bethfazio1842 Месяц назад +2572

    That shot of him at the table is just him showing off his avatar posters. And it’s working I cannot concentrate on what he’s saying

    • @kyndalcolon23
      @kyndalcolon23 Месяц назад +91

      No Fr I NEED to know where he got these

    • @Kai-u9n
      @Kai-u9n Месяц назад +18

      i think its a big joel reference lol it is really impressive collection

    • @sophiajoson3308
      @sophiajoson3308 Месяц назад +22

      If anyone figures out where he got them, please tell me immediately

    • @shaggyellis
      @shaggyellis Месяц назад +32

      Sylvan Design Co. !!

    • @marshmalli.mp4
      @marshmalli.mp4 Месяц назад

      ​@@sophiajoson3308 i've had a tab open of these posters for months and they're by Sylvan Design Co.!! they've got ones for other fandoms like Star Wars and Zelda too!!

  • @d.olluwu
    @d.olluwu Месяц назад +5899

    drew not being able to finish cyberpunk because the npc just starts giving him the silent treatment is so funny😭

    • @QueenViolet6969
      @QueenViolet6969 Месяц назад +181

      fr takemura just decided he doesn't get to play the game anymore, I love cyberpunk but man it was rough on release

    • @RisingRevengeance
      @RisingRevengeance Месяц назад +79

      @@QueenViolet6969 Yeah it's nice that it works well now but man it was basically a scam at launch. Especially the last gen console versions, do they even work now?

    • @QueenViolet6969
      @QueenViolet6969 Месяц назад +12

      @RisingRevengeance not sure I play on PC but last gen didn't get 2.0 update or the DLC so pretty shitty for ppl who bought it on there. I still think the game is worth it just for the writing alone tho

    • @btox571
      @btox571 Месяц назад +18

      i got really into the story and then a few hours in i couldn't continue because an npc spawned in the ground and i couldn't talk to him no matter what i tried and how often i resetted he was always there xd

    • @God_Is_An_Atheist
      @God_Is_An_Atheist Месяц назад +14

      @@RisingRevengeance I actually played it on base PS4 after patch 1.6 released iirc. Worked fine, but it had insanely long loading times and barely any traffic because the console couldn't handle too much going on on the screen. There were still a few glitches here and there, but nothing that would break the game. I don't know how it runs now, but I think CDPR stopped updating for last gen consoles.

  • @WiseAsianGirl
    @WiseAsianGirl Месяц назад +36

    0:26 i always wondered that too lol

  • @SmashedTomatoes
    @SmashedTomatoes Месяц назад +1619

    This is why I kinda like animated shows on streaming services the most, they literally cannot waste your time as badly because extending the episode by 1 minute is already a larger waste of their money than of my time.

    • @username.exenotfound2943
      @username.exenotfound2943 Месяц назад +33

      nah they are TOO short now at least in the west like ffs AFTER 2 YEARS you make only 8 eps?(goes for some live actions shows tbh)

    • @SmashedTomatoes
      @SmashedTomatoes Месяц назад +87

      @@username.exenotfound2943 I mean, that's how long animation's always taken, only the anime indistry goes at a turbo speed. I quite enjoy 8 well done episodes after a buncha years like in Arcane a LOT more than 24 crappy episodes like many live actions do in 1.2 years.

    • @Maya-yu6pg
      @Maya-yu6pg Месяц назад +5

      except big mouth

    • @SmashedTomatoes
      @SmashedTomatoes Месяц назад +15

      @@Maya-yu6pg big mouth complainers don't know about super drags.
      I know every good and bad Netflix animation, I've seen them all.

    • @alexisdogbo7958
      @alexisdogbo7958 Месяц назад +1

      @@SmashedTomatoesyou seen pantheon? That’s a really good one.

  • @micahberlin8332
    @micahberlin8332 Месяц назад +1497

    “The algorithm is teaching me that I shouldn’t cut things out of my video if the feel superfluous or unnecessary or repetitive or if I’m saying the same thing over and over again in slightly different ways”
    I love this man’s writing

    • @121scoobydoo
      @121scoobydoo Месяц назад +25

      i was dying at this😂😂 glad others caught on hahahah

  • @nateleavy5189
    @nateleavy5189 Месяц назад +9499

    Bo burnham talked about this in an interview. We ran out of land to colonize so now we have to colonize time and attention to continue corporate growth.

    • @romillybuckett
      @romillybuckett Месяц назад +275

      literally my first thought when I read the title was this bo burnham interview

    • @zumpsumbus27
      @zumpsumbus27 Месяц назад

      Bo burnman's a big dong though

    • @EvaChance-dq1is
      @EvaChance-dq1is Месяц назад +170

      This is such a good way to think about it

    • @zachspeck9030
      @zachspeck9030 Месяц назад +167

      Holy shit I have never thought about it like that. Genius insight.

    • @nina4343
      @nina4343 Месяц назад +38

      do you guys know what's the interview called or where we can find it?

  • @ZombieOwl12
    @ZombieOwl12 Месяц назад +24

    7:08 You know, I WANT to be intrigued enough to not feel like I need to have my phone out.... I don't want to be on my phone constantly 😭

    • @BoneBugg
      @BoneBugg 28 дней назад +1

      yeah, its not a positive that i can be on my phone at the same time as your show. that means youre boring me

  • @WunderWulfe
    @WunderWulfe Месяц назад +1355

    the worst part is all this “entertainment” thats *supposed* to make you happy just ends up making you miserable

    • @laith8116
      @laith8116 Месяц назад +73

      EXACTLY! It feels like every time I open my phone and watch RUclips shorts I end up getting cynical or pessimistic videos, and I end up closing my phone without having gained anything, nor having had fun.

    • @great2831
      @great2831 Месяц назад +15

      You think Is supposed to make you happy? Have under a rock lately perchance? Is supposed to keep you ocuppied

    • @turbotaco3244
      @turbotaco3244 Месяц назад +14

      Happy people don’t spend as much money.

    • @Window4503
      @Window4503 Месяц назад +55

      @@great2831Don’t be condescending. You know that’s how entertainment is presented to people as an excuse. OP is talking about that. You’re talking about the real motivation. You’re just focused on two sidesof the same coin.

    • @triq4250
      @triq4250 Месяц назад +6

      U might just be miserable and blaming the media you consume instead of looking inward

  • @morg728
    @morg728 Месяц назад +2284

    the biggest difference i feel between channels that waste time and channels that don't: it's genuinely a g*ddamn treat when people like you post a longer video, because i know you have more to say and i'll eat up every second of it. also thanks for all the great channel recs, i love knitting while watching ashley norton

    • @meowmeow7796
      @meowmeow7796 Месяц назад +20

      Ya it helps when adding context on certain things like for example I want a longer "medevil times" video becuase it was a long stretch of time but the history of toliet paper should be max 30 mins

    • @albertlassiter8608
      @albertlassiter8608 Месяц назад +5

      I also made note of the channels he recommended haha

    • @blueghost4769
      @blueghost4769 Месяц назад +9

      Yeah, also idk how others feel about youtubers going on random tangents in a video, i can find it funny, but i had to stop watching some people because they'll start rambling about a random (mostly unrelated) thing every few minutes and i can't even comprehend what they're talking about anymore.

    • @monicapitlock6669
      @monicapitlock6669 Месяц назад +1

      YES! I just finished watching Ashley norton's newest video while knitting :D

  • @SaintJulesDay
    @SaintJulesDay Месяц назад +3201

    Every writer knows, keeping yourself short is a skill of its own.
    It's not like I wouldn't enjoy a 3-6 hour essay on an appealing topic but it usually becomes quite obvious that even the creator didn't intend for me to watch it with both eyes primed and open. When I notice a script for a video is getting overly long, I map out what's necessary and what's filler and get some feedback. Trimming almost always makes a video better, it's just a painful process for the creator. And I guess it takes some self-awareness, too.

    • @thesidelines2125
      @thesidelines2125 Месяц назад +16

      Hey, love your videos! Probably one of the best examples out there of super high effort essays without the typical RUclips filler, super underrated tho

    • @Suo_kongque
      @Suo_kongque Месяц назад +6

      There is a creator that really does good videos that are really long. Flawed peacock. Love his stuff.

    • @heyna.
      @heyna. Месяц назад +21

      Reminds me of the Woodrow Wilson quote “If it is a ten-minute speech it takes me all of two weeks to prepare it; if it is a half-hour speech it takes me a week; if I can talk as long as I want to it requires no preparation at all. I am ready now.”

    • @Bug10ten
      @Bug10ten Месяц назад +3

      "Every writer knows, keeping yourself short is a skill of its own." Why did I read this in the Grammarly Ad voice.

    • @maddieb.4282
      @maddieb.4282 23 дня назад +3

      Ironically this comment is a great example lol

  • @aeryn6275
    @aeryn6275 Месяц назад +18

    We hope that you and your family stay safe during Hurricane Milton, Drew!!

  • @Audrey_Hall
    @Audrey_Hall Месяц назад +3153

    I'm so glad you brought up Defunctland, he just makes such incredible content and I would rather spend a day watching his nearly two-hour long video about Disney's Fastpass rather than bingeing an 8 episode Netflix show that rots my brain

    • @henrymars6626
      @henrymars6626 Месяц назад +106

      I have spent multiple days watching that same video and it is worth it every time.

    • @karazehner7535
      @karazehner7535 Месяц назад +55

      My favorite shirt I own is my shapeland shirt. I love the people going to Disney wearing shapeland shirts 😂

    • @shaynalange7488
      @shaynalange7488 Месяц назад +4

      I also love them and expedition unknown

    • @mac2040
      @mac2040 Месяц назад +7

      I love learning new things in what I’m watching

    • @jessip8654
      @jessip8654 Месяц назад +41

      His Kid Cities video is hands down one of the funniest videos I've ever seen on RUclips while also being incredibly informative on a topic I've literally never thought about.

  • @loucam08
    @loucam08 Месяц назад +1477

    "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter"
    Highly relevant to most youtube videos these days. They're not long because of effort, they're long because of the lack of it

    • @elusivemayfly7534
      @elusivemayfly7534 Месяц назад +21

      One of my favorite quotes!

    • @scrittle
      @scrittle Месяц назад +13

      Keep things brief is a writing target from highschool, people tend to type less when they know more about something (unless it's code).

    • @ranimeRAT
      @ranimeRAT Месяц назад

      ​@scrittle and now you have to do the opposite again.

    • @vitoc8454
      @vitoc8454 Месяц назад +1

      I think Tom Nicholas mentioned that quote in his video "Griftonomics." There's an AI writing assistant with a function of making your written work *longer,* and Tom cannot think of any reason why that would be useful.

    • @loucam08
      @loucam08 Месяц назад +1

      @@vitoc8454 Funny you mention him since I don't watch his videos for this exact reason, that "why youtubers hold microphones" video could've been ten minutes but he stretched it to an hour. Tom Scott did a similar video about clapping at the start of videos and it only took him four minutes.

  • @DucklezEmpire
    @DucklezEmpire Месяц назад +2665

    The conclusion to this video encapsulates exactly how I feel. I have so much stuff I want to do before I have to start working a regular 9-5 job with no summer break, but I can't help but feel like I'm making the wrong decision every time I choose to do something even when I enjoy it.
    I overthink everything so much that most of the time I just don't do anything, and I end up screwing around on my phone until 3AM instead of just watching the show that I've been thinking about watching for two days.
    I constantly feel like I'm wasting my time no matter what I do, and it feels like I've wasted my entire life hesitating to take the first step of doing anything I wanted. I tell myself that I have all the time in the world to do what I want, but that kind of makes me feel less motivated knowing that I have all this time and I'm still somehow wasting it.

    • @Luneytoon
      @Luneytoon Месяц назад +128

      You do not have all the time in the world. We can go at any second. GO GET IT DONE! We believe in you, and we believe in you believing in yourself!

    • @gurcereal
      @gurcereal Месяц назад

      Figure out how to get rid of the stuff u screw around on til 3am! I have a time limit on insta so I have to actively make the decision to use it (sometimes I still use it by reflex 🫠). But usually! I actually choose not to use the app and put on a movie I’ve been meaning to watch.
      Also u could just delete it obvi but i think most people don’t feel like they could bc then ur out of the loop yk. It’s the only social media I have tho 🤷‍♀️

    • @Latoka1738
      @Latoka1738 Месяц назад +40

      Ur so real for this, cuz same

    • @A0891BNAS
      @A0891BNAS Месяц назад +158

      what capitalism does to a mf

    • @MimiUsagichan
      @MimiUsagichan Месяц назад +63

      thats exactly why i cant watch anime and shows for some reason because i procrastinate what i watch for some reason

  • @mebehigh
    @mebehigh 9 дней назад +4

    Kid, you're a credit to your generation. Speaking from a Gen X pov... take from that what you will, you're outlook on the world and generalized sense of humor regarding it is outstanding. I love your channel, keep doing what you do. Thanks.

  • @ked0801
    @ked0801 Месяц назад +1179

    i’ve been saying for YEARS that not every game needs to be open world. As someone who also is a completionist i HATE when i go through a bunch of pointless side quests that are just “go to this area and give this person a thing that you have to spend 3 hours getting and also it doesn’t give you anything in return :)” Nothing makes me want to stop playing a game more.

    • @RaeEwe
      @RaeEwe Месяц назад +57

      Yeah!! And needing to open 50 boxes/chests/etc. in every area just in case something useful is there- I feel like I waste so much time I could be enjoying a story putting things in my inventory

    • @heatherofhyrule9050
      @heatherofhyrule9050 Месяц назад +60

      As much as I liked BOTW and TOTK in Legend of Zelda I’m so ready to play a normal Zelda game that isn’t gonna burn me out 😭 I didnt even finish Tears of the Kingdom bc its just too much for someone who wants to do everything

    • @DodderingOldMan
      @DodderingOldMan Месяц назад +18

      I do get it, but on the other hand... I also really like sprawling open world games with lots of diversions and distractions...

    • @michealwestfall8544
      @michealwestfall8544 Месяц назад +2

      My playing breath of the wild right now, I'm not collecting everything.

    • @Free2Flay
      @Free2Flay Месяц назад

      A phrase I've been repeating for years: Games are allowed to end.
      If you're a completionist but don't want to spend tons of time, there's two genres you really should not play, and I mean this sincerely: Open world games and RPGs.
      @@DodderingOldMan Yeah, there's a sweetspot. It's not really an open world if there's no diversions. That said, I really liked ER and BotW for the same reason Drew pointed out: less quest markers, more doing what I want to do. It's way more organic than most open world games, and I like seeing the *option* of tons of stuff without that nagging feeling (or worse, the explicit requirement) that I *have* to do tons of stuff.

  • @kookiespace
    @kookiespace Месяц назад +1402

    Man thank you. I've gotten so frustrated with youtube "video essays" where it's just people talking non stop with no editing or coherent story. Or they do analysis and it's just the most basic and surface level shit ever

    • @liv97497
      @liv97497 Месяц назад +128

      What really gets me is the ones that reach no conclusion. If they didn't say "Well, that's it for this video" you'd have no idea you've reached the end. It makes me really appreciate the people who clearly have a strong script, and it's crazy that both types sort of get bundled together in public consciousness. There's some stuff on RUclips that's truly incredible, like Lindsay Ellis' series on The Hobbit, or Dan Olsen's Line Goes Up. Things that you kind of can't believe you're learning for free. And then you see other channels trying to replicate it but they're just not doing the legwork.

    • @grayciii2554
      @grayciii2554 Месяц назад +73

      the worst ones are the ones that frame the video to be some deep analysis on a nuanced and delicate subject and the whole video is just them showing videos on tik tok that are kinda related to the topic as if that’s their evidence.

    • @meowtherainbowx4163
      @meowtherainbowx4163 Месяц назад +56

      One thing that gets me about the subpar video essayists is that they tend to repeat themselves a lot. Even those who properly edit their audio will still keep making the same point over and over again as if they don't remember the writing fundamentals they were taught in grade school.

    • @morbidleaf
      @morbidleaf Месяц назад +45

      and their conclusions are always "this thing is bad.. but maybe it has its good sides too?"

    • @AbdellatifMohamed
      @AbdellatifMohamed Месяц назад +16

      I wish there was a way to evaluate the value of a video without checking every comment, like a thumbs down or smth

  • @VinylSteel3
    @VinylSteel3 Месяц назад +1383

    I'm really glad we as a society are becoming aware of how much we & the media waste our time. I'm 22 & have struggled with social media/phone addiction since I was 15, my average screen time was 12-14 hours daily. I deleted everything and now only use youtube for an hour daily, I've started collecting old movies on DVD, vinyl records & journaling with pen & paper again. I also go outside WAY more. My quality of life has improved drastically, I feel like a different person. There's great satisfaction in just being able to watch a movie or listen to music with no ads/interruptions, I hate how commercialised our society has become. To anyone out there struggling, it can and will get better if you put in the effort & try new things! ❤️

    • @BrightAwake
      @BrightAwake Месяц назад +52

      Totally agree about how much healthier I feel by focusing on physical media over a thousand streaming services. I can walk over to my wall of vhs tapes / blu rays / dvds, pick one, and when it's over instead of feeding me back into a menu algorithmically designed to suck me back in, the movie is just over and I can have a moment to think "maybe I'd like to do something else now." It's so nice!

    • @zane6817
      @zane6817 Месяц назад +27

      yes! i've been starting to phase out social media use and it's been much better for my mental health. also starting to collect my favorite media in physical form (dvds/cds are my form of choice) and it feels so good to actually OWN something, not pay a subscription to pay to rent something ...

    • @enemyspotted2467
      @enemyspotted2467 Месяц назад

      I’m the same age. I deleted all social media 4-5 years ago. Got rid of instagram well before reels, and never used tiktok. I focused on my hobbies, bought an old car to work on, started writing jokes, and playing guitar more seriously. My screen time was never nearly as high as yours, but I feel like an entirely different person. I have no idea what’s trending nor do I care, I don’t understand any of the new slang, nor do I feel the need to pull my phone out at every slightly dull moment, and it feels fucking great.
      Many of my friends heavily use instagram and tiktok. I still love them, but I have to say they are much less interesting people to be around than they used be. I find that to be true with most young people as well.

    • @Pluralofvinylisvinyls
      @Pluralofvinylisvinyls Месяц назад +10

      I didn’t even get a smart phone until k was 24 lol. I would hate to have gone through high school in the age of social media.

    • @weekachawchaw6304
      @weekachawchaw6304 Месяц назад +14

      this is so inspiring! i’m gradually trying to lower my screentime and doomscrolling, focus on writing and watching movies :))

  • @k1tkatnat
    @k1tkatnat Месяц назад +4

    omggg that character analysis of cat valentine WAS SUCH A GOOD RUclips VIDEO!!!! every point he made was interesting and i was never bored for the whole hour or more it was

  • @b4tmandy
    @b4tmandy Месяц назад +1513

    genuinely, you’re my favorite youtuber, drew. it’s refreshing to see someone so self aware & acknowledge the things everyone either notices but never seem to mention, or just never pick up on.

    • @andrewstone1240
      @andrewstone1240 Месяц назад +25

      for some reason it wasn’t until this video that i realized he’s my favorite youtuber too. i guess it’s because i finally recognized the amount of incredible videos he’s made. dude puts so much effort into these and it shows

    • @legospaceracer123
      @legospaceracer123 Месяц назад +3

      This exactly!

  • @evelinahbs
    @evelinahbs Месяц назад +1048

    that second screen thing is so damn insightful. my whole family does that and it drives me crazy because they're ALSO INSANELY picky about what they want to watch like it even matters. I tried watching a movie with a very simple plot while on my phone and it was literally like 5% comprehension. Listening to a podcast or a RUclips video I understand, but there is a significant amount of information conveyed in a movie from just the visuals.

    • @boopsnoot163
      @boopsnoot163 Месяц назад +73

      Exactly!! I watch TV with my mom and she’ll be on her phone the whole time. Something visually funny happens and I look at her on her phone like “did you see that?!” And obviously she didn’t so I always rewind for her

    • @Haunted_Plush
      @Haunted_Plush Месяц назад +24

      I finished the subtitled version of an anime recently, and I'd heard the English dub was good, so I figured I could watch that in the background. I still ended up with my butt in front of the tv facing the screen so I could see what was going on during a show I had already completely watched through. Sometimes you need to give your full attention to something

    • @boopsnoot163
      @boopsnoot163 Месяц назад +6

      @@Haunted_Plush yeah, I always try to put on something I’ve already seen in the background, but it never works out lol I’m aaaalways staring at it and not doing what I intended to do

    • @schedar_cassiopeia
      @schedar_cassiopeia Месяц назад +7

      yes! i have audhd and basically need my phone to be able to focus but for a movie unless its boring i will never ever be on my phone.
      recently ive tried very obviously turning and tilting my ear at someone to show im listening to them very intently but im still told off for it. no one really gets it ya know. because if i put my phone away, i will NOT be able to listen to that person at all. im not even watching things like tiktok, im just playing a game to keep my hands and eyes busy.
      sorry to derail, it just frustrates me. especially with someone else who wanted to show it to you, you shouldn’t be on your phone/a second screen

    • @leann4265
      @leann4265 Месяц назад +2

      @@schedar_cassiopeiado you mean that while someone is speaking to you, you are on your phone playing game because your adhd requires you to be doing something with your hands? I could see why people would be offended or think it’s rude, even if you do turn your head/ear to them. But if they’re friends or family, they should understand. Especially if you preface by saying something like, I’m listening to you.. I just need to keep my fingers distracted or I really won’t be listening to you.

  • @Burialofagod
    @Burialofagod 28 дней назад +3

    I loved this and i deeply relate to your insights regarding everything you went into. Please keep making more videos like this. Your funny passive aggressive yet extremely valid ‘rants’ are exactly what the world needs rn and they are very satisfying to listen to. You are one of the good guys.

  • @nachomanrandysandwich4330
    @nachomanrandysandwich4330 Месяц назад +1045

    Runescape is NOT a game. Its a digital part-time job you have until you die.

    • @kayagorzan
      @kayagorzan Месяц назад +12

      I enjoyed it for about a week until I got bored of how sluggish everything feels

    • @ginjaedgy49
      @ginjaedgy49 Месяц назад +17

      @@kayagorzan count yourself lucky, you escaped

    • @SaraKkkkkkkk
      @SaraKkkkkkkk 21 день назад

      Every once in a while I go back for nostalgia sake. It was a huge part of my childhood, which is kinda unfortunate... 😅

    • @TRaWi
      @TRaWi 19 дней назад

      ikr, spent 10 years straight of my life there and from time to time still go back to check things up

  • @eyesofthecervino3366
    @eyesofthecervino3366 Месяц назад +1253

    Ironically I'm convinced this is a big part of what's destroying people's attention spans, too. When everything's stringing you along and wasting your time, it's just a matter of time before you stop being able to immerse yourself in something in the good faith it's taking you someplace worthwhile, and instead are trained to keep an eye on every loose second something asks of you and immediately cut it loose if it seems like it's dragging too long. Already I go immediately to the comments of any video I'm watching, in no small part so that if they're wasting my time I can find out as quickly as possible, and that is itself morphing into me scrolling and only half-listening to stuff way faster than I know what to do with.
    I didn't used to be like this, you guys T-T

    • @MaizeSnallygaster
      @MaizeSnallygaster Месяц назад +1

      Edit your comment, you wrote ironically when it is very clear from context you meant unironically. Fix your typo

    • @phoebexxlouise
      @phoebexxlouise Месяц назад +52

      Bro same, I'm scrolling the comments right now. On Netflix I follow a ten minute rule. That's how long they have to hook me. Cause classic movies like The Goonies or Back to the Future are already incredibly interesting by the ten minute mark

    • @Clownleyyy
      @Clownleyyy Месяц назад +104

      ⁠@@MaizeSnallygasterthere were like. Hundreds of ways you could've said this nicely, but for some reason you picked this version.
      If it's clear they meant unironically, it's not a big deal that they wrote the wrong word (:

    • @Squorzel
      @Squorzel Месяц назад +6

      Me too. Now I just read a bunch of comments before and after watching any video.

    • @CentreMetre
      @CentreMetre Месяц назад +12

      I genuinely think I had a longer attention span when I was 10 vs me being 20 now

  • @gtokkki
    @gtokkki Месяц назад +886

    "you don't have to do it" followed by "i literally do, i signed a contract" before an AD read is so real

  • @TheSandySasquach
    @TheSandySasquach 18 дней назад +11

    I really appreciate the ad "loading bar" that creators put on the screen because I NEVER sit through the ad, no matter how short or long it is. I mash the right arrow (or double tap right side for mobile) to skip through it and the loading bar helps.

  • @baylieelder3548
    @baylieelder3548 Месяц назад +893

    If it makes you feel better i saw the notification for a new drew gooden video and i waited till the next day to watch it on my Big TV rather than my Bad Phone Screen. you get that kinda special treatment in this household

    • @socksbenjelloun5196
      @socksbenjelloun5196 Месяц назад +15

      i did that too LMAO

    • @AzureRT456
      @AzureRT456 Месяц назад +1

      What phone are you even using that "has a bad screen"
      Even the cheapest phones have good screens until it's using some ultrabudget display

    • @baylieelder3548
      @baylieelder3548 Месяц назад +38

      @AzureRT456 "bad screen" as in the small, 2nd screen that drew is referring to. As in the quality of my screen is not bad, it's that I chose to watch his high quality video on a larger higher quality screen than just half-watching it off my phone

    • @CassandraFae
      @CassandraFae Месяц назад +9

      @@AzureRT456compared to a good tv yea a phone screen is bad 😂

    • @textlingo
      @textlingo Месяц назад +1

      LOL same here

  • @macaronisex
    @macaronisex Месяц назад +2248

    That’s my favorite Tears for Fears song

    • @tesscarlson5552
      @tesscarlson5552 Месяц назад +117

      literally read the title to the tune of the song without even hesitating

    • @ks_cerealkiller
      @ks_cerealkiller Месяц назад +2

      ​@@tesscarlson5552Yep! Same.

    • @MissDraiha
      @MissDraiha Месяц назад +25

      But his hair is Flock of Seagulls!

    • @Cooki_Cat
      @Cooki_Cat Месяц назад +1

      @@tesscarlson5552same!!!

    • @Retr0ver4
      @Retr0ver4 Месяц назад +2

      The working hour

  • @kingofpigs6630
    @kingofpigs6630 Месяц назад +769

    I feel like some shows have the opposite problem where they hyperfocus on moving the plot forward and don't slow down to world build or show us the characters interact with each other. Animated shows used to have 20 episodes a season and now most have 8 to 12 and lately I've been feeling that it's often to the detriment of my immersion it connection to the story and characters

    • @oncreativemode5486
      @oncreativemode5486 Месяц назад +19

      this is me and netflix's adaptation of yu yu hakusho. the plot revamping is fine but why did they gave urameshi the charisma of a wet tissue 😭😭😭

    • @SieMiezekatze
      @SieMiezekatze Месяц назад +20

      Honestly I don't feel what Drew is describing in this video , seems everything since so fast paced , series have never been shorter like 4 episodes ?? 5 episodes ? On average , and even in school the idea that our attention spans are slower so we cant handle big lessons , everything right now feels made to be catching and fast

    • @kyoyameganebereznoff
      @kyoyameganebereznoff Месяц назад +54

      I’ve noticed both. Both are ways of trying to maximize monetization: keeping eyes on screens for longer by front-loading the screen time into unnecessarily long videos or keeping eyes on screens longer by having things end just in time for the new thing to come out.

    • @Diana-tl8pn
      @Diana-tl8pn Месяц назад +16

      The issue is that shows in streaming sites are built on the binged model. That means a shorter number of episodes with a longer time. That really is bad for passing on both ends.

    • @iamnotalen7229
      @iamnotalen7229 Месяц назад +10

      I really felt this way about the new avatar the last Airbender live action. Visually, the show is stunning. However, they condensed at least 3 plot points into each episode. They altered the story so much just so it could fit into 8 episodes. I would much rather have the origional pacing of the show or just cut some things out. I would much rather have less of the remake than a condensed, rushed version that really falls short of telling a story that I really love.

  • @theankushgautam
    @theankushgautam Месяц назад +139

    i like how this video sums of the gist of the video itself "Everybody wants to waste your time". Why is your video 30:30 ? It could have been summed up within 29:61 :(

    • @dracula0
      @dracula0 5 дней назад

      What are you talking about

  • @hollykm
    @hollykm Месяц назад +1101

    I’ve always loved your videos but your latest work on this channel is becoming more and more compelling and relevant in a much larger sense than just some like, social media fads. You’re the best creator on the platform

    • @LilithPl3asant
      @LilithPl3asant Месяц назад +75

      don't forget the only one

    • @herb_rolls
      @herb_rolls Месяц назад +48

      He has brought a lot of important topics to the forefront, I remember when he released his video on how dangerous cars have become and I was so proud.

    • @leadisterrible
      @leadisterrible Месяц назад +24

      I've been feeling like this with Eddie Burback also

    • @SieMiezekatze
      @SieMiezekatze Месяц назад +9

      Honestly I have unfollowed so many RUclipsrs since their content adds nothing to my life

  • @matthewhildebrandt6828
    @matthewhildebrandt6828 Месяц назад +699

    I'm so glad you commented about the repeated dialogue in Netflix Avatar. The dialogue was so unengaging that i started playing metroid off to the side

    • @SylvandoNorberto
      @SylvandoNorberto Месяц назад +6

      Real

    • @superyeah4ever2
      @superyeah4ever2 Месяц назад +22

      thats what they want you to do

    • @moongirl-d9h
      @moongirl-d9h Месяц назад +2

      WHICH METROID it better be dread if it was samus returns i swear to god im going to HAVE A RATIONAL REACTION WHICH ENTAILS MILD CONFUSION, POSSIBLY IRRITATION, AND NOTHING ELSE

    • @eatingyoshi4403
      @eatingyoshi4403 Месяц назад +2

      @@moongirl-d9h It's very inspiring to have the courage to act like this, I could never in a thousand years.

    • @pixeldetective
      @pixeldetective Месяц назад +2

      @@eatingyoshi4403 ur allowed to be a silly little goose its okay

  • @internet-gremlin
    @internet-gremlin Месяц назад +662

    hey drew, i’ve literally been thinking about this for a good bit now. it’s easy for me to feel FOMO with my free time. in a way, this video feels validating; i’m not alone in this feeling at all. it’s comforting that so many of us are trying to navigate the commodification of every aspect of being human. it’s frustrating and it sucks.

    • @charloo5878
      @charloo5878 Месяц назад +16

      Absolutely agree. Its nice to feel heard

    • @internetgalactic
      @internetgalactic Месяц назад +11

      i’ve been dealing with serious decision paralysis lately because i constantly feel like i’m not using my time correctly. it’s driving me CRAZY. i have diagnosed adhd and this video helped contextualize why some of these dopamine systems are especially egregious for me to deal with. TLDR; i had a similar takeaway from this video. you’re not alone.

    • @albertlassiter8608
      @albertlassiter8608 Месяц назад +11

      yes. and knowing that, with the internet, I *could* be doing/learning almost anything with my time can add a different layer of complexity...
      my anxiety doesn't need that help
      I realize this comment seems a bit disconnected, but basically yes. I agree

    • @Tanwolly
      @Tanwolly Месяц назад +2

      @@internetgalacticAt this point, with internet addiction, phone addiction, decision paralysis, constant dopamine pumping, we are now at the point where ADHD is the norm. It’s not a coincidence that ADHD diagnosis’s have absolutely skyrocketed. Phone and internet have quite literally been rotting out everybody’s brains. For some reason, people with ADHD get really butthurt when you bring up this obvious point, as if it’s somehow invalidating their existence or trivializing their disorder. 😂

    • @internetgalactic
      @internetgalactic Месяц назад

      @@Tanwolly i think it would probably be generalizing to say all people with ADHD get butthurt over this. my ass is fine lol. usually i find the opposite problem: people being like, “everyone has ADHD these days!! 😡!” like, our attention spans have been completely eroded. but yeah

  • @nelumb000
    @nelumb000 19 часов назад +1

    🎉🎉🎉this hurts it all makes u feel so empty afterwards too like it wasn't fun even tho u wanted to see or play something to have fun and relax,its just more exhausting and less rewarding

  • @Fauxkerykes
    @Fauxkerykes Месяц назад +473

    It's like Drew is getting older and seeing things more clearly. I love his self awareness.

    • @Fauxkerykes
      @Fauxkerykes Месяц назад +36

      I also completely agree that games are way too big now. Everybody wants to have these massive open worlds but devoid of any real thing to do, or way too much fetch quests and side chores. I think the constraints of older technology made them really have to think and use innovation.
      Games as a service is a terrible idea and I hate it. And all these microtransactions with their own tokens that you have to buy coins for that you get gold for to get their own coins for sucks.

    • @enb3810
      @enb3810 6 дней назад

      He's always been pretty clear

  • @Patchouliprince
    @Patchouliprince Месяц назад +703

    Video games releasing broken and having to wait years sometimes to buy them in an actually enjoyable state REALLY reminds me of how I never bother to watch new shows even when they seem really good and super popular because it’s not worth investing in a show that will be immediately canceled. I have to wait years before I watch a lot of popular media because I’m waiting for more than one season to release so that I know it’s actually worth my time to watch

    • @geronimostiltonlover421
      @geronimostiltonlover421 Месяц назад +62

      exactly. thats why especially netflix has shot themselves in the foot because now no one wants to watch their new stuff because they know theres a 90% chance it will get canceled, even if its received very well

    • @WileyA-pk4qb
      @WileyA-pk4qb Месяц назад +12

      Same and I think this is the case for more & more people so it’s kinda stupid that the popularity of a show based on its initial week’s viewing figures.

    • @user-xz6de8nf3j
      @user-xz6de8nf3j Месяц назад

      "Video games releasing broken"
      PC problems.

    • @jojoexperience8693
      @jojoexperience8693 Месяц назад +4

      Anime is been the only consistent form of entertainment for me recently simply because I know that most have an ongoing manga that I can go to if the second season takes too long

    • @Ari180_RE
      @Ari180_RE Месяц назад

      @@user-xz6de8nf3j If only it was just a PC problem, lol

  • @anri6060
    @anri6060 Месяц назад +328

    29:08 THIS. You just put it into words perfectly - the constant feeling that you're consuming too much, yet somehow simultaneously feeling pressured for not consuming enough and missing out.

    • @ZelphTheWebmancer
      @ZelphTheWebmancer Месяц назад +5

      FOMO, Fear Of Missing Out. It's the fuel for today's online world. I'm trying to get away from it but it's a challenge.

    • @soupcangaming662
      @soupcangaming662 Месяц назад

      @@ZelphTheWebmancer "If you don't watch this week long video recapping the history of floors, you'll never know anything ever again, and you'll die in a day. Watch it NOW. I'm not fucking asking anymore! Watch it right now!"

  • @samuelwilliams-grant6516
    @samuelwilliams-grant6516 Месяц назад +3

    Loved seeing you leave your desk and film in a few different locations around your house, Drew! A really neat way to switch it up!

  • @lps-emily
    @lps-emily Месяц назад +667

    I am SO glad someone else felt the same way about the Cecil Hotel doc. That was the content that not only made me question what kind of media I was viewing, but the ethicality of the true-crime I was watching. Who is benefitting from me sitting here watching this? Was this information gathered in an ethical way from reliable resources? Why am I watching a "web sleuth" tell me about his Reddit grinding and why does he think he's better than the FBI?

    • @bigbobpataki5659
      @bigbobpataki5659 Месяц назад +34

      When they spent almost an entire episode saying it was this one guy and then they interview him and he’s like “I wasn’t even there at the same time”. Get out of my face dude my time is precious

    • @Flameclaw123
      @Flameclaw123 Месяц назад +8

      I'm shocked they didn't get the YIIK guy in that documentary if they were just going to pull random people from internet forums

    • @RaeEwe
      @RaeEwe Месяц назад +4

      @@Flameclaw123 Never thought I would see someone mention YIIK in a Drew Gooden comment section

    • @Biggums_Tyrone
      @Biggums_Tyrone Месяц назад +17

      Yes! I don’t like true crime (idk if this is part of what you’re touching on but you’re comment made me think of it) but to me, it creeps me out that we have such a strangely obsessive culture around it. Like the person/people being brutally murdered…they were someone’s mom, dad, brother, child etc & we’re watching this horrific crime people actually traumatically experienced purely for _entertainment_ …Like *why* ? and what does say about us as a society that we are so entertained by it & so flippant about it. it’s just so disturbing to me.

    • @wormdoodles
      @wormdoodles Месяц назад +8

      I felt that way about Don't Fuck With Cats. How much of that documentary was taken up by the story of web sleuths who made it all about themselves and actively impeded the investigation at times and that one guy they accused of being behind the videos even though he was completely innocent and ended up killing himself. And then at the end of the documentary that one lady had the nerve to be like "you don't actually care about the case, you're just here for the sensationalism of it all" when the documentary itself made no effort to find out anything about the victim. Like, his best friend got interviewed maybe twice. That was it. It was all so bad.

  • @RedGraffityGirl
    @RedGraffityGirl Месяц назад +355

    I so relate to that frustrating feeling when you feel like using social media is actively making you worse and you still can't stop. It really feels like we're not in control of our life and our time anymore

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar Месяц назад +7

      Yet you can still think for yourself. I study history all the time so I see way more value in my life, whereas all Gen z has is modern technology and nothing else to look forward to. Then you have gen zs with mustaches and mullets, then gen zs dressed from the 1940s. They see so much more of life. I can enter a downtown in maine and name the dates the buildings were constructed, I also love color theory so the gray sky combined with the beautifully painted buildings, lighting, and foliage colors makes for something so much more special than what your average gen z 19-22 something is witnessing. So what I'm saying is to move to Maine.

  • @ZenkaiGoose
    @ZenkaiGoose Месяц назад +5

    The end of the video was so fricken cathartic lol these new video games are constantly wasting my time and I have no idea how much longer this can possibly go on 😅

  • @ConsoleKev
    @ConsoleKev Месяц назад +751

    I often get told that when I play games I have no patience. I've constantly tried to explain to people that it's not that I don't have patience, it's that there are so many things in games designed to waste my time that could be streamlined. I'm so happy Drew put this video out because now I don't feel alone

    • @cjtherou4427
      @cjtherou4427 Месяц назад +33

      I have such little free time right now that I can't play games anymore because it's not worth it to barely do anything in a game for the 2 free hours I have before bed.

    • @deewreltih2124
      @deewreltih2124 Месяц назад +22

      I’m like drew that I love trying to 100% a game. However I try to draw the line at “oh find this random trophy that’s tucked in a corner you can’t see” and I’ll usually look up the reward and if it’s just completionist crap I’ll not get it

    • @littlefishiesinthese
      @littlefishiesinthese Месяц назад +8

      please drop any adventure game recs you have where you don't get overwhelmed with meaningless side quests! I have ADHD and get overwhelmed by games designed like that so easily lol

    • @callmejason3520
      @callmejason3520 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@littlefishiesinthese the uncharted games are great although they are not open world and are linear but they offer a great fun story where you shoot stuff like a maniac and solve puzzles and look for treasures

    • @BrunodeSouzaLino
      @BrunodeSouzaLino Месяц назад +4

      And some games are are becoming worse in some aspects. If you take Zelda for example, they went from characters which didn't speak, to characters which did small grunts, to speaking small bits of a made-up language, to having spoken lines in small bits, to never shutting their mouths whilst they keep telling you what to do all the time.

  • @daverowe1081
    @daverowe1081 Месяц назад +1442

    "I'm a sucker for a comically in-depth review of a piece of media that I've never thought about for more than 2 seconds"
    And right there, Drew accidentally summarized half the reason I love THIS very channel. The other half is "road work ahead??"

    • @MisadventureMisty
      @MisadventureMisty Месяц назад +49

      Yeah, I sure hope it does.

    • @mooselove
      @mooselove Месяц назад +3

      Sort of freaky I read this the moment he said it on screen, and realized I’m doing the thing- I’m not paying attention fully.

  • @kavinsky909
    @kavinsky909 Месяц назад +833

    I don't understand why I should watch new content when I still have my perfectly good Shrek 2 DVD

    • @wfr878
      @wfr878 Месяц назад +53

      you havent lived until you watched the only dvd you have 12 times over

    • @novemberthewriter
      @novemberthewriter Месяц назад +48

      You got the movie, you got Far Far Away Idol DVD game, what else could a person need

    • @adrianporter5749
      @adrianporter5749 Месяц назад +8

      @@novemberthewriter fun fact about that- there’s only three “winning options.”
      If anyone else wins, Simon refuses and sings instead.

  • @ambrose9821
    @ambrose9821 20 дней назад +8

    Bro simultaneously used the tactics he was discussing lol

  • @metalcoregrayson
    @metalcoregrayson Месяц назад +3023

    babe wake up new drew gooden

    • @Rainguzzler
      @Rainguzzler Месяц назад +144

      There's a new one? Damn I'm stuck with this boring old one...

    • @edgysnarfbrownie5778
      @edgysnarfbrownie5778 Месяц назад +42

      Goo Drooden

    • @Therealjeffthethird
      @Therealjeffthethird Месяц назад +47

      Finally the old one was so annoying

    • @theowlyone
      @theowlyone Месяц назад +37

      New Gooden

    • @chaples_
      @chaples_ Месяц назад +25

      Can't believe they have to make a new one for every video, so wasteful smh

  • @maddy3852
    @maddy3852 Месяц назад +647

    I love how Drew just talks about what my anxiety has been terrorizing me over for the past, like, four years. The fear that you're just wasting your time and you need to be doing everything at once. I think it's a common way that anxiety disorders manifest themselves, especially when they're presented with other issues like OCD or ADHD that might make one feel like they're not good enough/doing enough already. Anyway, the video really made me feel seen and I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way in an era where everything is demanding our attention at all times. It's good to single-task sometimes, actually.

    • @nathanfranck5822
      @nathanfranck5822 Месяц назад +15

      "Or I'll die" was the real punchline - if you don't watch this thing then you could miss out on critical knowledge that will be the difference between a future life and death scenario (this is me for financial RUclips)

    • @reginageorgecostanza
      @reginageorgecostanza Месяц назад +20

      i saw a video recently of somebody making a joke about how she started multitasking/overstimulating herself with media in 2020 to disengage from the fear and stress of quarantine. i feel like that's probably true for a lot of people, and hasn't stopped because shit continues to get more stressful. people are in survival mode and trying to avoid avoid avoid

    • @OctagonCookies
      @OctagonCookies Месяц назад +11

      If you’ve got ADHD like me one thing I can tell you is to ditch all forms of social media. It’s incredibly liberating not feeling like you need to be up to date on anything and everything ALL the time.

    • @whup7181
      @whup7181 Месяц назад +4

      You just described exactly how I feel

    • @wagonet
      @wagonet Месяц назад +3

      yes 100%

  • @yeet-lj3dr
    @yeet-lj3dr Месяц назад +290

    sincerely so impressed with the direction you've taken your last few videos in, it feels really great to see a creator I love growing with his audience and taking a more philosophical approach to commentary, instead of just sticking with what worked 5 years ago in order to play it safe. the commentary space on youtube has really been feeling like it's in arrested development as of late, and two creators who I feel are doing amazing jobs at moving past it and creating a new pathway are you and Eddie Burback

    • @johnbotris8187
      @johnbotris8187 Месяц назад +4

      Hey, that's the name of the show!

    • @fyaot8146
      @fyaot8146 Месяц назад

      WELL SAID

    • @onza1317
      @onza1317 Месяц назад +2

      scott cramer is also good at this

  • @__yessm
    @__yessm Месяц назад +3

    I hope you and your family are safe Drew!!

  • @zerofic161
    @zerofic161 Месяц назад +530

    Drew never wastes my time. Whenever I get done with my monthly 10-hour video binge, I look back on all my hard work and well-spent time with gratitude.

  • @jade-dd7le
    @jade-dd7le Месяц назад +208

    I feel like this is why podcasts have increased in popularity over the last few years because its literally made for the background. Its basically a documentary/movie but its all happening in your ear rather than in front of you so you dont even have the guilt of looking at your phone for half of it. Youre supposed to be doing something else

  • @scrumpyminklemonk
    @scrumpyminklemonk Месяц назад +828

    I remember reading Fahrenheit 451 and one of the things that always stuck with me was just how apathetic rhe characters were. The main character's wife OD and it's treated like it wasn't that big a deal. A mother admits that she sends her children to school for most of the week and sticks them in the TV room when they're home so she doesn't have to deal with them. People like to go for long drives just to hit animals. Everyone wants to stay home to look at a screen.

    • @northstarjakobs
      @northstarjakobs Месяц назад +176

      This also ties perfectly into the destruction of literature. Why would anyone want to read something that makes them feel emotions, especially difficult ones, when they can remain wrapped in that blanket of comfortable apathy?

    • @nox1839
      @nox1839 Месяц назад +73

      wasnt the whole concept of that book to be like what the author thought the future was going to look like? because it doesnt seem like they were really far off.

    • @Antigen__
      @Antigen__ Месяц назад

      ​@@nox1839According to Ray Bradbury, the primary message was "teevee bad" but y'know these days it doesn't seem that far-fetched anymore

    • @gurcereal
      @gurcereal Месяц назад +39

      That’s so true bc just an hour ago, my 6 yr old brother was complaining abt how he doesn’t wanna play sports bc he’d rather be on his iPad 🤦‍♀️ I feel doomed as his big sister 😭😭

    • @melonyrobinson9944
      @melonyrobinson9944 Месяц назад +29

      That book is straight up prophetic at this point. One of the best dystopia imo

  • @ramsoomair
    @ramsoomair 20 дней назад +4

    Oooooh, it's almost time for a new Drew video. If he could just ramble for an hour about whatever comes to mind, that'd contrast with this video so well.

  • @EthelJung-j5w
    @EthelJung-j5w Месяц назад +2461

    can we talk about how tiktok / reels / most mobile games remove the time from your phone screen ENTIRELY so you don’t realize how much time has passed

    • @testacals
      @testacals Месяц назад +57

      chat, is this a bot ?

    • @naiba8948
      @naiba8948 Месяц назад +95

      @@testacalschat, yes this is a bot

    • @jellycloudz_
      @jellycloudz_ Месяц назад +33

      no they dont what

    • @jjwang7597
      @jjwang7597 Месяц назад +17

      Blud is just straight up trippin

    • @humanhuman5024
      @humanhuman5024 Месяц назад +10

      @@testacalsI don’t think it’s a bot but the person is certainly trying to comment on everything they come across in hopes to promote themselves.

  • @jeanetteballetta9162
    @jeanetteballetta9162 Месяц назад +558

    This phenomenon is exactly what led me to stop watching some youtubers I used to enjoy quite a bit. iNabber is the perfect example of this where I recently watched him again and realized he just repeats himself so much that it becomes basically unwatchable and just plain frustrating. I love longform content but its getting so unnecessarily long that it feels like I’m being scammed out of both information and time.

    • @leadisterrible
      @leadisterrible Месяц назад +123

      I used to watch inabber YEARSSS ago and recently went on his channel out of curiosity. I was so shocked by how long his videos were because???? He just makes drama videos?? Like why do they need to be an hour plus when he's talking about fucking gabbie hannah lmao it's ridiculous

    • @benji7577
      @benji7577 Месяц назад +6

      Omg me too!! 😢

    • @alyssaaaaaaaaa
      @alyssaaaaaaaaa Месяц назад +37

      literally me too!!!! i thought he would have some great insight especially if the video is so long but all he does is repeat himself, doesnt add any new information, and/or goes on unrelated tangents and doesn't cut them out. its so infuriating!!! almost impossible to watch his content nowadays. so glad its not just me feeling this way!!

    • @bbeeq
      @bbeeq Месяц назад +34

      was looking for this comment! 7hr videos on small internet dramas are actually unacceptable like there’s no excuse for wasting that amount of time 😭

    • @crosschecked
      @crosschecked Месяц назад +55

      he was the first person who popped into my mind! nobody on planet earth needs a 7 hour long video on nikocado avocado of all people... and he's quite literally only repeating himself and recapping things that are common knowledge- he adds nothing to what he's doing "video essays" on outside of lukewarm opinions or unoriginal speculation. and maybe this is a nitpick on my end but he's... atrocious at speaking for somebody whose career is speaking. the overuse of certain words/phrases and complete butchering of others in ways that can't just be excused by him being british make him borderline unwatchable these days.

  • @olivia-sy7jz
    @olivia-sy7jz Месяц назад +496

    it’s actually funny how he mentioned screen zen being a big reason he stopped using social media as much. i saw the dopamine video when it came out and downloaded the app soon after, it quite literally makes me feel like im not wasting nearly as much time as i used to on social media. if you’re legitimately struggling to close out social media apps, get screen zen, after it tells me i’ve used up my 10 minutes it reminds me i could be doing anything else, reading, doing homework, checking up on my friends, something so much more productive than the mindless scrolling

    • @splendidpheasant9192
      @splendidpheasant9192 Месяц назад +5

      If anyone sees this, do you know of any versions of this for a computer browser? Thanks!

    • @tezzla6358
      @tezzla6358 Месяц назад

      @@splendidpheasant9192 start a 10 minute timer when you open up youtube, no problem

    • @mrjohnnyk
      @mrjohnnyk Месяц назад +36

      Now I realized how much time I waste scrolling comments here lol

    • @karlovisttimes8271
      @karlovisttimes8271 Месяц назад +5

      I use it in conjunction with my phones screen time limiter and it's great. I used to watch 2 hrs of yt a day and now I usually can't be bothered to

    • @lmr3053
      @lmr3053 Месяц назад

      @@splendidpheasant9192 I just downloaded StayFocusd after I saw that part of the video - I saw one positive review and have had it downloaded for 1/2 an hour. Good so far. It's on the Chrome web store and possibly other places too.

  • @Deochar
    @Deochar 24 дня назад +1

    These types of videos from you have been awesome lately, loving just covering these topic that are interesting and a little more serious with fantastic humour still

  • @noiseformusic
    @noiseformusic Месяц назад +768

    when Drew is talking about advertising "a water bottle that smells bad" and the camera is zooming back out I wanted nothing more than to see Danny Gonzalez and Kurtis Conner standing on either side

  • @babysnowowl
    @babysnowowl Месяц назад +502

    Jenny keeps me hooked all throughout. I don't even realize a whole hour went by. Glad you talked about the difference between a video like hers and other videos that intentionally make their videos long.

    • @AstroPsych_
      @AstroPsych_ Месяц назад +40

      And Hbomb. I’ve somehow watched both the plagiarism and the Oof videos all the way through like 3 or 4 times. They’re more consistently engaging than plenty of actual movies I could name.

    • @ELHersh431
      @ELHersh431 Месяц назад +19

      Same with mikes mic I never hear people talk about him and his videos are literally amazing

    • @refillpan
      @refillpan Месяц назад +6

      @@ELHersh431ya idk if he started it but i associate the “appropriately unhinged recap of x” genre with him

    • @refillpan
      @refillpan Месяц назад +1

      @@AstroPsych_those videos are masterpieces

    • @ELHersh431
      @ELHersh431 Месяц назад +1

      @@refillpan yeah def and I live for it I love that 99% of his content is internet sayings but not in a way that wastes time

  • @melanietorres4587
    @melanietorres4587 12 дней назад +1

    genuinely every single video you upload is perfection

  • @NoiseDay
    @NoiseDay Месяц назад +283

    Currently overcoming my addiction to social media by being so depressed that the cheap ploys to get my attention no longer spark interest

    • @tamia8298
      @tamia8298 Месяц назад +12

      A win is a win?
      Seriously tho I'm sorry you're going thru that, I hope you have some moments of reprieve

    • @saikinist
      @saikinist Месяц назад +4

      you win some, you lose some :c
      but seriously, just the way that everything is structured is so dystopian and simply draining, and you're not alone to feel like this nor responsible for the way that your brain decides to cope with everything. I hope once you get to a better mental state that you'll retain the resistance to predatory social media/viewer retention tactics ^^

    • @danik0011
      @danik0011 Месяц назад +1

      r/2irl4meirl

    • @itsclownn7592
      @itsclownn7592 Месяц назад

      LOL🫵🫵

    • @Hevvvyyy
      @Hevvvyyy Месяц назад +2

      3000 IQ play

  • @1silenthunder1
    @1silenthunder1 Месяц назад +394

    This honestly explains why I’ve become a “boring” person. I don’t game anymore. I ended a bunch of subscription services. I watch maybe a movie a year. There’s a realization that my time is too precious to waste on things I barely like or even hate. I’m just grateful for RUclipsrs still being people and not money machines. Yeah, it happens, but it’s much easier to find someone relatable, passionate, clever, etcetera on here than anything Netflix puts out. Thanks for the insightful take. Also the contractually agreed ad bit made me laugh-

    • @Cobalt985
      @Cobalt985 Месяц назад +44

      Instead of consuming, create. That's my advice. Draw, play, sing, write.

    • @crimsonlightbinder
      @crimsonlightbinder Месяц назад +2

      why are you boring?

    • @1silenthunder1
      @1silenthunder1 Месяц назад

      @@Cobalt985 That's exactly what I do 👍

    • @1silenthunder1
      @1silenthunder1 Месяц назад +10

      @@crimsonlightbinder Because I don't keep up with conversation about pop culture. "Did you watch this?" "Have you heard about _?" No, I haven't. So people have a hard time keeping a flow

    • @randomisntavailable
      @randomisntavailable Месяц назад +11

      same here except i didn’t willingly opt out of “mainstream media” or something like that i was just so overwhelmed and absorbed by what trauma i had left unexplored that i just can’t keep up with much anymore. and also i do like playing games (all in moderation though) to ease my mind sometimes that too
      on the other hand, yes, i realize my time is precious, but now i cannot truly keep up with the people i love because there’s always something that will and has haunted me.
      is it worth it? i cannot tell.

  • @Nonyah123
    @Nonyah123 Месяц назад +467

    Some of the biggest culprits of this are those youtube 'documentary' channels that basically just regurgitate different celebrity and rappers wiki pages with some animations overtop. Sunnyv2 type channels. Literally contribute nothing but noise and wasting my time.

    • @stevenstokes6306
      @stevenstokes6306 Месяц назад +53

      That one filter that makes them look drawn

    • @2Ten1Ryu
      @2Ten1Ryu Месяц назад

      Is sunnyv2 making dragged out content in your opinion?

    • @Prederick
      @Prederick Месяц назад +55

      AI generated voices just reading wikipedia pages to us to make money off the algo. It's really depressing.

    • @MayorOfEarth79
      @MayorOfEarth79 Месяц назад +24

      Internet Historian. And all it's done is to make you feel rage.

    • @manfredstorm7599
      @manfredstorm7599 Месяц назад +10

      @@stevenstokes6306 i hate that filter , it looks so ugly

  • @suneater_zeef050
    @suneater_zeef050 Месяц назад +1

    also screen zen does help. makes me pause for a second - "do i really wanna waste my allocated 10 minutes of youtube while peeing or do i wanna watch something when i'm comfortable in bed instead?" it helps reframe how you use addictive apps while not turning you off them entirely and i found it very useful. very impressive streak drew!

  • @taabrams67
    @taabrams67 Месяц назад +417

    Hey Drew-I hardly EVER comment on youtube videos (read: NEVER), but I felt compelled to leave a comment on this one because it resonated so much with me. The past year or so, I've had this increasing feeling that my life and my time are being commodified, like I'm worth nothing more to the world than numbers on a spread sheet. I'm only worth as much as what ads I watch, what products I buy, what media I invest my time into. It's important now more than ever to break away from this, and try to find your own meaning in life. You only get one after all, and as you said-your time is your more valuable resource.
    PS: Your taste in music is great dude, I see your A Lot Like Birds shirt and I saw your Contortionist shirt in a previous video. Good shit.

    • @whisqey
      @whisqey Месяц назад +4

      well said

    • @sweypheonix
      @sweypheonix Месяц назад +4

      You should read I'm starting to worry about this black box of doom by Jason pargin

    • @ivydowling75
      @ivydowling75 Месяц назад +1

      ive been saying it over the last ear or so with people, your money and your attention span are the most valuable commodities. being brutally honest there is nothing more valuable than your attention span, be mindful of how they hook you into wildly unconventional addictions

  • @Hellojenii
    @Hellojenii Месяц назад +244

    Appreciate the bit at the end there where you talk about the constant pull towards feeling the need to have every moment occupied with something entertaining, something to do, something to learn, rather than to just exist in a quiet moment. Makes me feel better about my own experience with this

  • @haydenhuss8758
    @haydenhuss8758 Месяц назад +271

    Thank you for not wasting our time by putting all these topics into one video instead of making four separate videos.

    • @Savanna-e9m
      @Savanna-e9m Месяц назад +21

      Drew once said he usually releases videos near the end of the month because that's when the sponsored video is contractually due. He called himself "lazy" for it, but it got me thinking: his "laziness" results in a few high quality videos instead of a bunch of rushed ones.

  • @lumunni9184
    @lumunni9184 27 дней назад +1

    One youtuber who makes videos that are like 5-10 hours long but the whole time it’s ENGAGING and has a point is Flawed Peacock. Excellent guy, excellent videos. Deep dives and actually hearing his thoughts and opinions, while also being very entertaining. Highly recommend 👍

  • @p5ych0_w1tch
    @p5ych0_w1tch Месяц назад +536

    hey, Drew, just wanted to say, i really needed to see this today. the ending especially. the soul crushing feeling, that you've "not done enough fun things in your free time" and always feeling like you have to catch up to something, while simultaneously entering doomscrolling loops CONSTANTLY in exchange for minimal-to-no dopamine, has been hitting me very hard lately (along with general severe depression and burnout and emptiness and all that "fun" stuff) and somehow this video at least to some extent helped snap out of it a little bit - not the mental illness ofc, but the feeling of helplessness or lacking control, thanks to your words kinda validating/reminding of what we all know deep down, on how the platforms are designed as well as the content on them. while the reality itself is bleak, a step back and a shifted perspective can really change the intentional actions we can take.
    so, thanks 🖤
    and hope everyone reading this (yes, YOU!) has a good, or at least easier day. be kind to yourselves and stay hydrated 🖤

    • @sharkgummy
      @sharkgummy Месяц назад +12

      Hopefully this doesn't come out as dismissive, but I'm in a similar boat as you. Wishing you the best, it is though to get out of this "setting" but you've got this. 🖤

    • @margusiraptor9729
      @margusiraptor9729 Месяц назад +5

      Same here, we're all in the same doom scroll boat 😂

    • @mrblooper1994
      @mrblooper1994 Месяц назад

      I think you might need a media Detox. Throw your phone away for a week and if you can go on a technology free vacation or something. I think that would help a lot (also limiting access to instant gratification entertainment helps you appreciate the delayed reward of other stuff)

    • @rencunin
      @rencunin Месяц назад +1

      I feel this! I hope you have an easier day too and give yourself the love you deserve

    • @kirstenbass1968
      @kirstenbass1968 Месяц назад +4

      I’m working on my anxiety disorder and one of the main things we start on is relaxation. I was recommended to get 1 hour of rest per day. Rest is not recreation; you are literally doing nothing, at most reading a light magazine. Slowing down is a skill we learn and practice. I think the constant stream of content makes us all a little anxious and giving ourselves space and our brain time to rest can be very beneficial. I personally like to make some tea and sit outside. It’s a total reset for my mood and inner monologue!

  • @TheDanishGuyReviews
    @TheDanishGuyReviews Месяц назад +637

    I hear "progress bar in the ad", and I'm like: I have literally not seen an ad without skipping for 5 years.

    • @thecolourfulpill
      @thecolourfulpill Месяц назад +19

      Jay from Red Letter Media compared the way some VHS manuals and training tapes showed little circles filling up to this. In my expierience it has helped me with skipping the ad without going too far ahead.

    • @Lunabyes
      @Lunabyes Месяц назад

      If you don't want to have to skip them anymore, get RUclips Neuter!! It automatically skips over sponsorships and self promo, along with interaction reminders. It has saved me SO. MUCH. TIME. It's free, just a browser extension. That in conjunction with uBlock Origin and I legit haven't seen ads on RUclips in yearssss.

    • @sofiipote7
      @sofiipote7 Месяц назад +38

      I was already skipping ads when it wasn't technically assisted. As a teenager, I had learnt from my father the old zapping during commercial breaks technique: changing channels on TV as the ad break begins and coming back exactly when the show re-started

    • @TeenPerspektiva
      @TeenPerspektiva Месяц назад

      Hell yeah, my dad taught me that too lol​@@sofiipote7

    • @lowqualitygamers
      @lowqualitygamers Месяц назад

      @@sofiipote7 for example, even when you stream shows that have once aired have a specific run time, bc commercial breaks were set spaces for networks, if you fancy a channel, youll get a feel for how long the breaks are, many 30m shows appear as 22 minutes, =4, 2 minute breaks, in video advertisements will usually run up to a minute, but literally every single video is different on youtube, plus the random pop up ads, or the placed ones, the era of running to the kitchen for a snack before the show starts is over, youtube will soon be just like those sketchy sites we used to come across that have 50 adwalls