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Some people say they are addictive, but to me shorts are an absolute nightmare, I despise them, I hate them, I'm allergic to them.

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

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

Anyone else feeling like this?

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

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

It might be worth considering telling her that you think it's unhealthy, and asking if she'd be up for testing blocking them and seeing how it makes her feel. After a month (or whatever you decide) if she wants them back you can do that.

Knowing my parents, they wouldn't agree to this no matter how good or reasonable it seems. They aren't addicted to shorts, but they are to conservative media, and it seems really unhealthy for them and seems to have made them worse people. Maybe you'll have better luck though. I think if you do it without her consent it'd be even worse if/when she finds out.