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Yeah. It's a minority I'm not ashamed to be in.

I also prefer blog posts to YouTube videos for most things I can skim read 10x faster than someone can speak.

I can't understand why people tolerate spoken instruction (the visual side of video content is a different thing entirely. That I understand)

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Many people can’t read as quickly as you can. My husband for instance speaks English as a second language. Reading is a large investment of time for him; conversely if he does read something, his comprehension is greater than mine. On the flip side, for spoken content I tune out almost immediately, while he is immersed.

I know not everyone is ESL, but it shouldn’t be surprising that different people have different levels of speed and comfort with reading vs audio content.

> I can't understand why people tolerate spoken instruction

Not only do people tolerate it, some people prefer it! I'm going out on a limb here as I have no data to back this up but I'm willing to bet that the average person has not done any dense reading since they finished their schooling. With that context, it's probably not hard to imagine why most people prefer video instruction over blog post and what not.

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