# TL;DW (Too Long Didn't Watch; I Hate, Hate, Hate Videos Replacing Text) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170 "2021-06-13T13:32:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170/81 "2021-10-28T22:44:20Z")
The deepest pit in hell is reserved for those who post instructional videos without any narration or explanation. Because when you actually do need to watch a video, those truly suck. Usually there’s some annoying mindless pop or dance music in the background on these. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170/82 "2021-10-28T23:28:37Z")
The worst are videos that are just a line of text at a time, with some shitty music in the background. It’s literally just text you are forced to read slowly while being tortured by bad music. Fuck whatever sadist comes up with that shit. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170/83 "2021-10-28T23:47:10Z")
How about the ones where the text flies in from an edge of the screen, one word or even one letter at a time? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170/84 "2021-10-29T00:26:39Z")
Even worse. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170/85 "2021-10-29T15:48:33Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > forced to read slowly while being tortured by bad music My machine has this little thing that allows me to not be tortured by music. Like, if I want to see cats do headers off the counter or into the tub, the score/narration is of little interest or value, so I make it not be there for me. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170/86 "2021-10-29T15:51:27Z")
Yeah there is always the mute button, so you don’t _have_ to listen to it, but they’re being an asshole for putting it in there. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170/87 "2021-10-29T16:42:36Z")
I remember a couple decades back when there was a tad of a fad of putting auto-play music on web pages. Seems to me the html coding at the time allowed the page to set your computer’s volume, which could be especially annoying. Luckily, it seems that that fad faded. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170/88 "2021-10-29T16:53:49Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > #100 > > (click) … > > #99 > > (click) … > > #98 > > (click) … > > #97 > > (click) … …And more and more often: #96 ( click ) Advertisement ( click ) #95 ( click ) #94 ( click ) Advertisement …and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170/89 "2021-10-29T16:54:23Z")
I can’t find the video online but Jimmy Fallon once had in his “Thank You Notes” sketch a thank you for web sites that have autoplay videos, for letting him play the game called, “Where the Hell is that noise coming from?” ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170/90 "2021-10-29T20:49:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Yeah there is always the mute button, so you don’t _have_ to listen to it, but they’re being an asshole for putting it in there. This. Besides, you normally leave the audio on when starting a video because you expect there to be useful audio content. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dw-too-long-didnt-watch-i-hate-hate-hate-videos-replacing-text/944170.md?page=4)