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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“Elder millennial”/Oregon Trail generation here, and I’d generally rather read it, too. I’ve found it often only takes 5 minutes to read an article where the video would be 20 minutes. Sometimes a video works better for a how-to, but often an article will be a faster choice.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago

It's also much easier to retain information skimming through text compared to a video of just a person talking.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Oregon Trail generation

Holy shit, you're 185 years old? What's the secret?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Surviving dysentery is probably the big one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It’s better to not diss Terry at all if you can help it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

It's so hard. He's got a girl's name.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

*Jerry Seinfeld enters the chat*

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

So… underage girls?

I think I’d rather die young.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

…huh; I guess that's one way for me to learn about this.