I've never 'got'

fully disagree.
when yer hands are hard and numb you aint rolling shit

full finger or bust

why fingerless gloves

why short sleeve jerseys

For cycling? Or wearing in general?

Worked well enough for me.

Because Ash Ketchum

Podcasts. If you want to put your idea on the Net for me to peruse, write it down. I will read it at my leisure, in the order of my choosing, with the option at any time to compare one part of your text with another (or with somebody else's writing). I don't care about the sound of your voice. I'm not interested in your "banter". If you can't put it in writing, it probably isn't worth considering. If you will not, I suspect your motives. Podcasts are favoured by charlatans and demagogues.

Because doing anything in long finger gloves sucks.

Stupid cold Europe and its stupid long gloves.

Nah. Spoken word.

Sitcoms? Forget it mate, just read the scripts yeah?
Stand up comedy? Write it down and I'll read it later.
Blind people? Fuck 'em!
Want to listen to something other than music while driving, running, riding a bike, walking the dog or mowing the lawn? JUST READ SOME WORDS YOU LOOSER.

Non-live stand up comedy is pretty shit in any format.

Where there's only one person talking, I kind of agree with you (more so with videos though, as they require full engagement on their timescale). When there are multiple people interviewing/discussing/performing/etc then nah.

Millions of DVD and album purchasers would disagree.

By that logic I should "get" appalling music, political views etc. Just because people like something, pay for it or vote for it, doesn't give it obvious merit.

But some live stand up (on DVD) is great. Some is shit. The medium is not important, timing, context and delivery are.

What about people talking to each other?

That's a slightly late reply, also fingerless gloves are great, I have to work outside all winter and they're great for that and for the time in between needing no gloves and full gloves. And for smoking.

It'll never catch on

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On the podcast vein, I hate videos showing me how to do stuff, unless it is something not obvious or especially tricky.

Write it down and give me pictures so I can read and do at my own pace. A fucking video of how to disassemble a washing machine is totally fucking stupid.

Even worse. Video reviews. Of a phone. What? Why?

Unboxing videos. As distinct things from the review of the thing.

Mega bonkers.

Getb£££ for unboxing yo.

I do hate videos of how to fix things, just give me words and pictures.

cycling

hahahahah, podcasts are bad. Youtube is the worst.

unboxing vids.?!?!

Any youtube vid of a person just talking to the cam could be a podcast, and should be just written (a la, an article) as said before.

Narcissism.

Hating yourself is always much more en vogue, these young trendy types... so much to learn

no.

But if I wanted to tell him about my night in the pub I would text him and not edit a 10 minute long vid of wacky angle shots of my face.