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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: New Pet Peeve, and it's not about Korea |
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I hate when I go to a news website and the link is to a video clip. Who else prefers to go to a written article that can be skimmed and where you can find what you want quickly? I hate having to download some crap clip where you have to watch the whole thing, often times having to watch an ad too. The best of both worlds is a story with a clip to watch if you prefer. This signals another step into the world of "info-tainment". ugh. |
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Mashimaro

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: location, location
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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me too, I never watch those clips.. I suppose for countries where widespread broadband is relatively new, it's a bit of a novelty. Personally I'd rather read the text version. If I wanted to watch TV, I'd watch... TV! |
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Lizara

Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, me too. When I'm online I'm almost always either listening to music or watching something, and I hate to have to interrupt whatever I was already listening to to watch something else when I could just as well have read the story.
on another note, I wish the entire Internet would stop trying to make me watch YouTube videos. I've seen maybe three that were genuinely funny. The rest were not worth the interruption. |
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shifter2009

Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Location: wisconsin
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah. No kidding, cnn does that all the time now. Instead of an easy to skim article its a video link. Ticks me off. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Add me to the list agreeing with you. |
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djsmnc

Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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It's fahking outrageous |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:11 am Post subject: |
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I don't mind listening while I'm reading or doing something else online. My time is short man. |
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