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.
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
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.
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 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
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
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
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.
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.
@@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
@@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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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. ^___^
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
"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 -"
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.
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"
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.
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.
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 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
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
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!
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.
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
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!
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?
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.
@@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?
@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
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
@@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.
social media is designed to make you feel angry and miserable. the sad thing is,many things online is starting to do the same things. I just want to relax and not arguing with some strangers, now social media actually makes you more lonely and isolated.
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.
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”
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. 😭
@@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.
@@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."
"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-😭😭
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
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!
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.
@@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!!
“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
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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 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.
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.
"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
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.
@@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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.”
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.
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
Absolutely losing my mind because drew said "whether it's getting interrupted in the main menu to show you two separate ads" [25:28] and then I had an ad sir-
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.
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 🤷♀️
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
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
@@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 (:
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.
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
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
@@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
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
@@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.
i was starting to think that movies have also gotten longer but thought i was making it up until i watched this. i’m glad somebody else has noticed this sort of effect!
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
@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
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
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
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 :(
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.
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 "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!"
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
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?
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
@@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
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.
RUclips itself has also been diving into the trend of "make the experience of your product terrible and then charge people money to make it better." I complained about this to other people and they make me feel like I'm crazy for thinking that companies should be prioritizing the user experience and not just milking them for as much time and/or money as humanly possible before they simply give up using the product.
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.
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.
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
@@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. 😂
@@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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
"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??"
I love when Drew provides examples of other RUclipsr videos/channels that go above and beyond, because it either makes me happy to already be subscribed (shoutout Jenny Nicholson) or gives me a vast expanse of content to explore. :)
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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)
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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 👍
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
This video was so validating. If I have to choose to watch a subject from a RUclipsr I regularly watch versus a Netflix documentary, I'm going to choose the RUclips video every time. There's no tense or startling editing with fast camera shots or scene reenactments and incessantly repeating information which bloat out the episodes; it's just someone sharing their thorough research about a subject in a concise runtime. Additionally, I can put the RUclipsr on x1.5 speed if I feel like they're talking too slow. I can't do that with Netflix.
100% agree I love watching long, well-researched videos and often speed them up actually, Drew is about the only creator I don't speed up, since I want more time to enjoy his words
I used to love sports documentaries but I've stopped watching them entirely. All those black and white slow-mo shots from head to toe are so melodramatic. I also stopped watching history documentaries because of those reenactment scenes with bad acting and dialogue. Just get rid of all those fluff and give me a straight-forward documentary.
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
Hey drew, I just wanted to say thanks. I had a real screentime problem when this video came out, and I did download the app you recommended. I've gotten my screen time down from 9 hours to under 5. It's honestly been life changing so thanks pal
on the youtube part - I've always appreciated how the ad reads are in the middle of drews videos and while they intercut a point, i dont usually skip them because they have some type of comedic value, as opposed to someone vaguely introducing me to a topic and then advertising to me for 2 minutes
@@AngelOfRukoit’s funny, I feel like that used to be the standard, that most channels would put it at the end. But now that seems to be rarer and rarer.
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.
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 🖤
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. 🖤
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)
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!
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.
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
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!!
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.
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
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 ^^
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-
@@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
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.
The Sofi ad transition was phenomenal. Drew’s creativity never ceases to amaze me- love being here since the vine days!! My nickname in high school was Guy after Guy Fieri, so every time Drew says “hey guy” I like to think he’s speaking to me. God bless the longevity of this mans career.
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 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.
Who are you, why are you on my screen, im trying to have a skype with my grandson please LEAVEQ
okay
@@bastiensignoret7058 grandpa?
he’s drew
can you be my grandma
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"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
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.
@@zamfi11037Was it schaffrillas productions
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
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.
I like to put them in the background.
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
Both things can be true, younger folks nowadays literally cant sit still for 5 minutes.
@TheCakenukeism who is "younger folks"? Have you ever just sat for 5 mins doing nothing?
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
@@TheCakenukeismwhy do yall always generalize younger generations so extremely lmao
@@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
"this isn't second-screen enough" is a terrifying line
seriously, who knew that was a thing?!
terrifying but not surprising at all
This is why I'm skeptical of any movie made by netflix
@@HS-dv4nw you gotta be, dawg, it's crazy what they'll put out these days :/
i actually had to pause the video for a second
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
Bro got the blue comment on RUclips😭
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
@boonis00 Get your money up not ya funny up, beggars can't be choosers it's your life 😅🤷
Save your brain cells.
Why do you even have that app in first place ?
Good video guy!
Great comment eye!
Hello Jack who seems to have a septic eye
It's you
Good gamer guy!
guy and eye...?!
finding out drew played clarinet feels like finding out fish have to stay in water
I'm glad to find out I wasn't the only bullied clarinet nerd 😄
he's so squidward coded
So my goldfish goldie didnt like to get a tan with me?
@@Inexpressable hes much more expressive i feel
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.
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
adhd lol
cinco de mayo
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.
@@diluelizabeth that would be me 😔🙏
I’m that friend
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.
Geek 🤓
Because it's too common now. The ironic memes is . . . ironically becomes mainstream.
@@aryan6201 huh ? I'm the literal opposite of geek I don't get it.
@@ShatteredGlass916 Precisely. I don't know if it's Gen Z or millennials' fault tho.
@@natinatyoutube instant subscription ☝️🤓 bro nobody talks like yo geeky ass
gasp?? a dig at airup?? this IS surprising considering its the darling of sponsors in the commentary circle at the moment... drews gone rogue
good! it’s such a stupid idea. drew’s scam videos have taught him well
Am I mistaken or was he sponsored by them by some point?
@@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
@@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
@@stevenstokes6306You're probably thinking about the other commentary guys, they have been yeah.
jokes aside, i love the slightly cynical and self aware philosophy direction drew's videos have been heading in lately
yes!!!!!!!!!!
Hell yeah! I hope he keeps it up!
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
same
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
you’ve been wasting my time for the last ten years. But I’ve stuck by your side.
pin
Felt that
Yeah
time is fleeting, drew gooden is forever
my favorite love poem
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
do you have a link?
GOD I watch that video all the time
I need to know the title of the video😭
@@lukafichtl8215 “The Music of Cats (2019) Is Worse Than You Think” by Sideways!
me with a video about the dear evan hansen movie 😭
That mr beast progress bar is actually insane
It’s so intentional like wow
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.
Yeah seriously! Its so deceptive I'm almost angrier about that than all the other stuff he does
About time people actually took notice of this stuff. "But he donated to charity, so it's all good, right guys?"
I'm so happy it's becoming more and more normal to dunk on Mr breast
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.
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.
😇
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
I really wish it worked on me 😐
@@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. ^___^
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
too accurate LOL i aleays wonder who its for
yea they also describe each step of the cooking process with a 300 word essay
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
"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 -"
They do that so the recipe doesn't get copyright claimed
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.
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"
I thought you meant Logan Paul for a sec but then I realized you meant the maintenance worker
Before watching this video, I also thought that this was some kind of satirical thing about Logan Paul😂😅@@dirtpig02
@@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
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.
@@oakydoke6202 ?
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.
You have to buy like 2 subscriptions to get rid of ads and then a third for premium content
Me when I'm trying to watch the handmaids tale on prime and they give me 10 ads every episode
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.
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
@@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
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
If they make less episodes they can make more seasons and re-ignite hype everytime a new season drops
@@TeenPerspektivabuy "more seasons" you mean one more season.
@@TeenPerspektiva thats if they dont cancel it, which they keep doing (esp to queer shows.. and fantasy too lol its a weird pattern)
@@biacherrylikeme Fr it's insane. Any show with good queer representation gets cancelled immediately
@@TeenPerspektiva if only that was true lmao
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!
I have that app and it does help
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.
oh shit the first channel I ever subbed to is here
Thankfully Arthur would never waste anyone's time.
oh my god its that one guy
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.
HOLY SHIT PBG IN THE DREWNIVERSE
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
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!
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?
Every “retrospective” video essay ever.
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.
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
drew not being able to finish cyberpunk because the npc just starts giving him the silent treatment is so funny😭
fr takemura just decided he doesn't get to play the game anymore, I love cyberpunk but man it was rough on release
@@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?
@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
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
@@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.
social media is designed to make you feel angry and miserable.
the sad thing is,many things online is starting to do the same things.
I just want to relax and not arguing with some strangers,
now social media actually makes you more lonely and isolated.
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.
maybe it controls your life but i dont let it control mine what are you on about
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”
WAKE UP SHEEPLE, USING DIFFERENT WORDS IS RUINING MY LIFE
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. 😭
Right?! I mean, you cant even say midget or tranny anymore. Sad.
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.
What a beautiful skill
what gives us away
How do you clock them lmaoo
@@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.
@@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."
"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-😭😭
Just another example of him being one of the funniest people on RUclips (who still has cogent, relevant things to say).
drew durnil
The best/worst part is I didn't even notice it when I first watched it
I got suspicious as soon as he said the word superfluous. I love the word, but who uses it that seriously lmao
@@thefluffywaffle8388 Me. I'm who.
We hope that you and your family stay safe during Hurricane Milton, Drew!!
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
Oh shitttt epiphany
there is truly the gambling dopamine part of it too where you're like "but the next one COULD be good!"
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!
and I doom scroll to escape from the voices in my head, we are not the same
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.
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
No Fr I NEED to know where he got these
i think its a big joel reference lol it is really impressive collection
If anyone figures out where he got them, please tell me immediately
Sylvan Design Co. !!
@@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!!
“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
i was dying at this😂😂 glad others caught on hahahah
0:26 i always wondered that too lol
The reason is because it makes it feel like an “authentic “ interview, and in most cases it is, but that’s the reason. It is still annoying.
the worst part is all this “entertainment” thats *supposed* to make you happy just ends up making you miserable
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.
You think Is supposed to make you happy? Have under a rock lately perchance? Is supposed to keep you ocuppied
Happy people don’t spend as much money.
@@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.
U might just be miserable and blaming the media you consume instead of looking inward
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.
For real. That seemed really insensitive to her and her family.
I think I saw that conspiracy documentary on the history channel
People will do backflips to ignore the fact that mental illness can make you act very oddly and lead to tragedy man
@@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.
And then there's a video game based off it called Yiik
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.
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)
@@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.
except big mouth
@@Maya-yu6pg big mouth complainers don't know about super drags.
I know every good and bad Netflix animation, I've seen them all.
@@SmashedTomatoesyou seen pantheon? That’s a really good one.
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.
"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
One of my favorite quotes!
Keep things brief is a writing target from highschool, people tend to type less when they know more about something (unless it's code).
@scrittle and now you have to do the opposite again.
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.
@@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.
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
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
I also made note of the channels he recommended haha
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.
YES! I just finished watching Ashley norton's newest video while knitting :D
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.
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
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
I do get it, but on the other hand... I also really like sprawling open world games with lots of diversions and distractions...
My playing breath of the wild right now, I'm not collecting everything.
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.
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.
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
I have spent multiple days watching that same video and it is worth it every time.
My favorite shirt I own is my shapeland shirt. I love the people going to Disney wearing shapeland shirts 😂
I also love them and expedition unknown
I love learning new things in what I’m watching
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.
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.
literally my first thought when I read the title was this bo burnham interview
Bo burnman's a big dong though
This is such a good way to think about it
Holy shit I have never thought about it like that. Genius insight.
do you guys know what's the interview called or where we can find it?
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
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.
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.
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.
and their conclusions are always "this thing is bad.. but maybe it has its good sides too?"
I wish there was a way to evaluate the value of a video without checking every comment, like a thumbs down or smth
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 😭
yeah, its not a positive that i can be on my phone at the same time as your show. that means youre boring me
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.
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
There is a creator that really does good videos that are really long. Flawed peacock. Love his stuff.
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.”
"Every writer knows, keeping yourself short is a skill of its own." Why did I read this in the Grammarly Ad voice.
Ironically this comment is a great example lol
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.
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
This exactly!
Absolutely losing my mind because drew said "whether it's getting interrupted in the main menu to show you two separate ads" [25:28] and then I had an ad sir-
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.
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!
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 🤷♀️
Ur so real for this, cuz same
what capitalism does to a mf
thats exactly why i cant watch anime and shows for some reason because i procrastinate what i watch for some reason
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
Edit your comment, you wrote ironically when it is very clear from context you meant unironically. Fix your typo
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
@@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 (:
Me too. Now I just read a bunch of comments before and after watching any video.
I genuinely think I had a longer attention span when I was 10 vs me being 20 now
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.
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
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
@@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
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
@@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.
i was starting to think that movies have also gotten longer but thought i was making it up until i watched this. i’m glad somebody else has noticed this sort of effect!
Runescape is NOT a game. Its a digital part-time job you have until you die.
I enjoyed it for about a week until I got bored of how sluggish everything feels
@@kayagorzan count yourself lucky, you escaped
Every once in a while I go back for nostalgia sake. It was a huge part of my childhood, which is kinda unfortunate... 😅
ikr, spent 10 years straight of my life there and from time to time still go back to check things up
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
i did that too LMAO
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
@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
@@AzureRT456compared to a good tv yea a phone screen is bad 😂
LOL same here
"you don't have to do it" followed by "i literally do, i signed a contract" before an AD read is so real
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!
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
Real
thats what they want you to do
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
@@moongirl-d9h It's very inspiring to have the courage to act like this, I could never in a thousand years.
@@eatingyoshi4403 ur allowed to be a silly little goose its okay
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
don't forget the only one
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.
I've been feeling like this with Eddie Burback also
Honestly I have unfollowed so many RUclipsrs since their content adds nothing to my life
That’s my favorite Tears for Fears song
literally read the title to the tune of the song without even hesitating
@@tesscarlson5552Yep! Same.
But his hair is Flock of Seagulls!
@@tesscarlson5552same!!!
The working hour
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 :(
What are you talking about
It's like Drew is getting older and seeing things more clearly. I love his self awareness.
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.
He's always been pretty clear
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.
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.
@@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!"
babe wake up new drew gooden
There's a new one? Damn I'm stuck with this boring old one...
Goo Drooden
Finally the old one was so annoying
New Gooden
Can't believe they have to make a new one for every video, so wasteful smh
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
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?
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
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
@@Flameclaw123 Never thought I would see someone mention YIIK in a Drew Gooden comment section
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.
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.
I don't understand why I should watch new content when I still have my perfectly good Shrek 2 DVD
you havent lived until you watched the only dvd you have 12 times over
You got the movie, you got Far Far Away Idol DVD game, what else could a person need
@@novemberthewriter fun fact about that- there’s only three “winning options.”
If anyone else wins, Simon refuses and sings instead.
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
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.
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
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
@@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
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.
RUclips itself has also been diving into the trend of "make the experience of your product terrible and then charge people money to make it better." I complained about this to other people and they make me feel like I'm crazy for thinking that companies should be prioritizing the user experience and not just milking them for as much time and/or money as humanly possible before they simply give up using the product.
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.
Absolutely agree. Its nice to feel heard
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.
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
@@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. 😂
@@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
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
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 😭😭😭
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
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.
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.
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.
"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??"
Yeah, I sure hope it does.
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.
I love when Drew provides examples of other RUclipsr videos/channels that go above and beyond, because it either makes me happy to already be subscribed (shoutout Jenny Nicholson) or gives me a vast expanse of content to explore. :)
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
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
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.
"Video games releasing broken"
PC problems.
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
@@user-xz6de8nf3j If only it was just a PC problem, lol
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
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.
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.
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.
Same with mikes mic I never hear people talk about him and his videos are literally amazing
@@ELHersh431ya idk if he started it but i associate the “appropriately unhinged recap of x” genre with him
@@AstroPsych_those videos are masterpieces
@@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
genuinely every single video you upload is perfection
I remember one of the best pieces of advice I received at film school was ‘no one ever wishes your film was longer’
Not according to the Internet.
Even having one deleted scene is enough to ask for a director’s cut.
@@adrianporter5749 no dude
Iiterally wrong. There are so many films/series people would die for if they could be longer
@@annteczthese are called exceptions. Most people are not the exception.
And yet every big movie these days is 2 and a half hours long and they wonder why nobody is going to cinemas anymore 💀
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.
"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)
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
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.
You just described exactly how I feel
yes 100%
I hope you and your family are safe Drew!!
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.
well said
You should read I'm starting to worry about this black box of doom by Jason pargin
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
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.
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
Hey, that's the name of the show!
WELL SAID
scott cramer is also good at this
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 👍
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
This video was so validating. If I have to choose to watch a subject from a RUclipsr I regularly watch versus a Netflix documentary, I'm going to choose the RUclips video every time. There's no tense or startling editing with fast camera shots or scene reenactments and incessantly repeating information which bloat out the episodes; it's just someone sharing their thorough research about a subject in a concise runtime. Additionally, I can put the RUclipsr on x1.5 speed if I feel like they're talking too slow. I can't do that with Netflix.
100% agree
I love watching long, well-researched videos and often speed them up
actually, Drew is about the only creator I don't speed up, since I want more time to enjoy his words
I used to love sports documentaries but I've stopped watching them entirely. All those black and white slow-mo shots from head to toe are so melodramatic. I also stopped watching history documentaries because of those reenactment scenes with bad acting and dialogue. Just get rid of all those fluff and give me a straight-forward documentary.
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
Hey drew, I just wanted to say thanks. I had a real screentime problem when this video came out, and I did download the app you recommended. I've gotten my screen time down from 9 hours to under 5. It's honestly been life changing so thanks pal
on the youtube part - I've always appreciated how the ad reads are in the middle of drews videos and while they intercut a point, i dont usually skip them because they have some type of comedic value, as opposed to someone vaguely introducing me to a topic and then advertising to me for 2 minutes
And sometimes he puts the ad read at the end of the video! I don't think any other RUclips channel I watch does that. It feels really considerate.
@@AngelOfRukoit’s funny, I feel like that used to be the standard, that most channels would put it at the end. But now that seems to be rarer and rarer.
Thank you for not wasting our time by putting all these topics into one video instead of making four separate videos.
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.
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 🖤
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. 🖤
Same here, we're all in the same doom scroll boat 😂
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)
I feel this! I hope you have an easier day too and give yourself the love you deserve
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!
Bro simultaneously used the tactics he was discussing lol
hi drew, as an autistic person with auditory processing issues, thank you for having subs on your videos! it really helps me understand them lol
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.
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
Omg me too!! 😢
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!!
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 😭
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.
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
Air up reference?
@@Lord_foog_da_2st Air Bud reference
Kurtis is a coke user
@@jasminaritchot7772 What?
Not Kurtis :/
I gotta be honest, I think this is your best video.
That's really saying something cause you've made some GREAT videos!
Currently overcoming my addiction to social media by being so depressed that the cheap ploys to get my attention no longer spark interest
A win is a win?
Seriously tho I'm sorry you're going thru that, I hope you have some moments of reprieve
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 ^^
r/2irl4meirl
LOL🫵🫵
3000 IQ play
Thanks for interrupting my lunch
Made my lunch miserable.
I got the notification while in school I'm in the school bathroom rn
@@just_a_n0rmal_person its sunday bro go home
Made my supper nice!
This absolutely ruined my lunch.
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-
Instead of consuming, create. That's my advice. Draw, play, sing, write.
why are you boring?
@@Cobalt985 That's exactly what I do 👍
@@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
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.
The Sofi ad transition was phenomenal. Drew’s creativity never ceases to amaze me- love being here since the vine days!! My nickname in high school was Guy after Guy Fieri, so every time Drew says “hey guy” I like to think he’s speaking to me. God bless the longevity of this mans career.
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
If anyone sees this, do you know of any versions of this for a computer browser? Thanks!
@@splendidpheasant9192 start a 10 minute timer when you open up youtube, no problem
Now I realized how much time I waste scrolling comments here lol
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
@@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.