That's optimistic rule

I am avoiding tiktok style videos like the plague but it's hard to escape youtube shorts.

On the other thand yesterday I finished the new Down The Rabbit Hole - EVE: Online by Fredrik Knudsen - about 6hrs runtime

Edit: escaping shorts in the sense that some of them are actually well made, informative and/or funny

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I think there is an extension to hide YouTube shorts, or you can probably use unlock origin too to create a filter for it

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- Indeed you can
  
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it's hard to escape youtube shorts

I don't get it

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Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

the new Down The Rabbit Hole by Fredrik Knudsen - about 6hrs runtime

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

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Here's my uBlock origin custom rules for blocking youtube shorts:

! Block Youtube Shorts on front page
youtube.com##ytd-rich-section-renderer > .ytd-rich-section-renderer > .ytd-rich-section-renderer[is-shorts=""]
youtube.com##yt-formatted-string:has-text(/#shorts/):upward(ytd-rich-item-renderer.ytd-rich-grid-row)
 
! Block Youtube Shorts on the subscriptions page
youtube.com##ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[overlay-style=SHORTS]:upward(ytd-grid-video-renderer.ytd-grid-renderer)
 
! Remove Shorts on sidebar menu
youtube.com##a.yt-simple-endpoint.ytd-guide-entry-renderer[title=Shorts]:upward(ytd-guide-entry-renderer.ytd-guide-section-renderer)
 
! Block Youtube Shorts on the search results page
youtube.com##ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[overlay-style=SHORTS]:upward(ytd-video-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer)
youtube.com##span.ytd-reel-shelf-renderer:has-text(/Shorts/):upward(ytd-reel-shelf-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer)

I am much happier having this real estate back. Fuck yt shorts!

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I have a redirector rule that redirects youtube.com/shorts/whatever with youtube.com/watch?v=whatever, so it uses the good player when I open a short.

details here

Example URL: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/abcdefghijk
Include pattern: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/*
Redirect to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1
Pattern type: Wildcard

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- Now that is good to know
  
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- Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  
  www.piped.video/shorts/abcdefghijk
  
  www.piped.video/shorts/
  
  www.piped.video/watch?v=$1
  
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  
  I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
  
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yup, i watch 20+ hour VODS of someone playing a game instead of just playing the game myself.

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It's quite similar to watching sports on TV instead of playing sports yourself. 3rd person enjoyment if you will

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- Although playing video games is still fun for me. Playing sports just reminds me of how old and decrepit my body has become over the years.
  
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I do that cause I can't play the game myself.

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I buy a game then put the vods of other people playing on my other monitor

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- This is what I do as well. That's when my middle-aged ass realized I've actually turned into my 9yo nephew lol
  
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i ain't got time for that 10 hour bullshit.. someone have a tl;dw summary of what's in that paw patrol episode?

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The police dog shoots a child on a routine traffic stop

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- Readers suggested additional context: Inside the stopped car there was a terrorist holding a child hostage and threatened to explode the car if demands weren’t met. Police dog took a shot and miserably failed, resulting in 30 casualties
  
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I am also here for the Paw Patrol lore.

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Nobody watches videos anymore. Back in the days, video recorders were invented so we don't have to watch TV anymore, now there is a watch later list on YouTube.

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- do i spy a Dirk Gently reference? i say it's a bit of a stretch, but that you should choose a video recorder for the metaphor... well, nothing is ever a coincidence.
  
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Yeah, in the end it turns out the cops killed them and hid the bodies

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Both videos are Copaganda served to you by the Global Centralized Police Department powered by Google, colloquially known as the GGCPD.

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Jenny Nicholson has entered the chat...

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The longform video format is highly underrated.

Some days I want to watch a 20 hour retrospective on Skyrim.

Other days I want to enjoy 20 hours of an AI voice recapping a Korean manhwa about the world's most powerful necromancer from another world that's like a video game...

YouTube shorts also have their place for micro hits of dopamine.

So long as it makes us happy, it can't be that bad?

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Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

20 hour

retrospective

Korean manhwa

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

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I do watch some scientific/historical YouTube channels, but I try to keep them limited and vetted. I don't mind (and actually enjoy) listing to someone passionately monologue regarding their hobby/favourite piece of media. That's a low stakes topic where even if they're giving me wrong info it's not terribly harmful.

Not to say that 'professional'(syndicated/broadcasted) documentaries are all truth, considering the History channel. I just like my background noise to not lead me down an awful rabbit hole.

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Even National Geographic is going down the pseudoscience rabbit hole.

I try to Listen to True Crime stuff on youtube, but it's really hard now that the name of basically every felony has to be censored out of the video to avoid demonetization

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- That's because Fox now owns National Geographic.
  
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Holy shit Erik on Lemmy.

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Fediverse, baby.

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They probably meant 2023*

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That is pretty much the state of it. Until some insane crazy person kills someone, and youtube considers a specific character to be a dog whistle showing support to the crazy person.

Yes this actually happened to Danny Phantom fans.

I imagine when Nickelodeon smash comes out, all of the videos showing off the Ember character are going to get flagged. I already had an Ember related video that got flagged for criminal Behavior and they turned down my appeal. Thankfully YouTube is not my job.

Maybe I'm a sucker for choosing to be a janitor instead of a YouTuber, but I at least have labor laws protecting my 13 an hour...

Better than "Fuck you because we're Youtube" with a side of "We are falsley accussing you of being a groomer because you're famous and we want attention"

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Shout out to Aesir Aesthetics making long form video essays about FromSoft games.

Here's his video about Sekiro with a 6.5hr runtime: https://youtu.be/V7Bo0Wp6v7A

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Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/V7Bo0Wp6v7A

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

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It's time for Idiocracy 2: Still Stupid

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Here's the post link

https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden/111346682693404828

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Permanently Deleted

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