• ThrowawayPermanente
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    il y a 7 mois

    ‘video essay’ is such a cringe attempt at re-branding. You’re too lazy to fucking read and won’t consume any content unless it’s effortless and entertaining.

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      il y a 7 mois

      You’re too lazy to fucking read

      Incorrect.

      won’t consume any content unless it’s effortless and entertaining.

      Correct. I’m trying to enjoy my leisure time, not write a thesis paper.

    • psud@lemmy.world
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      il y a 7 mois

      I call a class of video video essays, and I think the term has value. Those videos have the form of an essay, they follow an essay structure. Lindsay Ellis makes video essays

      That’s different to a video lecture, which is a much more common type. A video lecture tries to teach you something. Lindybeige, and Astrographics and many others do lectures

      Then there are a dozen other genres. I think it’s the lectures that get long.

    • K0W4L5K1@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      il y a 7 mois

      I watches a four and half hour video on string theory I can tell you it was not effortless. it was entertaining but holy fuck I had to stop a few times to even wrap my head around some concepts