A tumblr post of a Twitter screenshot saying “accidentally watched 30 minutes of a breaking bad episode at 1.5x speed didn’t even realize it was like damn these dudes are hauling ass today” and a second reply saying “same but opposite energy” with another Twitter screenshot saying “Better Call Saul is so good that I accidentally paused a scene where Bob Odenkirk was sitting in a chair and I thought it was just a character study of him in silence. I watched a paused screen for 2 minutes and thought it was such great choice.”

  • paol@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    On YouTube, I change the speed constantly, and, sometimes, I think I’m watch at x1 when I’m actually watching at x1.5 or even x2.

    I can usually differentiate x1 from other speeds, but when there’s a slow talker and no music, it’s actually quite easy not to be able to tell unless I think hard about it, or realistically just check, especially since I’m very used to it, having done that for around two years.

    However, watching a show for 30 20 minutes without realizing it is unrealistic, especially since there are a lot of sound effects and it’s 30 20 minutes!