Hey Frost, just wanted to voice what I know about the whole short-form content thing

I’m currently studying biomedical engineering at a university and I recently did a paper on short form content. My research yielded multiple studies showing a direct correlation between doomscrolling and negative effects on motivation and attention span. Our brains are trained to release dopamine when receiving new information, so the overly rapid influx of information results in an irregularly high amount of dopamine. Since we don’t get that level of dopamine doing everyday things or watching a longer video (where we receive information at a slower rate), it results in a higher inability to complete everyday tasks. I believe you are right when you say we’ve always been this way, meaning attracted to slop, but short-form content does create a very real deficit in attention span, especially in younger people who’s brains are still developing. Hope this helps!

4:20
i have to say i personally found you because of the nuzlocke invitational and am currently catching up on every single sts 2 video you made.

Pre-nerf synchronize was probably my pick for most satisfying defect card, getting +4 or +8 focus on any amount of orbs feels so good but especially if you have bonus orb slots and a bunch of frost

8:25 "you probably have a few accounts you watch regularly and are not subscribed to"

Scrolls down

"damn he's right", subscribes

10:06 I just pressed the “show me fewer shorts” on the shorts recommended on the homepage twice then refreshed, haven’t seen a single short be recommended for like 2 weeks now.

8:13 hey that's precisely me with this channel!

Your hair reminds me of the mother who smoked ciggs during Christmas but simultaneously told her kids to hold up their gifts so they can show everyone what they got.

1:31

i find it annoying whenever ppl are like "everyone misses school", or "you'll miss being in school soon enough". like, no. i couldn't do things when i was a kid that i can do now. my cvlothes aren't hand-me-downs. i have bought and built my own pc, and bought several games. school was nice, but i have done so  much more since i left.

I use my subscription page to watch you and speedruns. The rest is just restoration videos, which I listen to with my toddler to put him to sleep

Love that you and baalor both posted defect runs with crazy orb shenanigans

I actually found you because of the nuzlocke invitational.  Started watching the streams too.  Love the stuff!

14:20 I don’t think attention spans have gotten shorter it’s just it takes a much more titillating stimulus to hold onto our attention

I’m shattering on the climbing wall.

Ah yes, just in time for lunch..

The most STS1 Defect feeling STS2 run I’ve ever seen hoooollyy

11:28 me when I walk into the summer clothes aisle in the store

19:13

I think you're partially right, but also partially wrong.

We've always had poor attention spans, but previously we've not had the availability of content. People had to do harder mental work to get the distraction they want. E.g. making up stories, drawing, etc.

Now with the abundance of short form content, people have hacked into our brain's pre-disposition for having a short attention span (we like "new" things) to push people into constant, instant gratification and dopamine seeking.

I mainly use my subscription page. I use the homepage for shorts and to find new content though. I also don't sub to people who livestream on youtube because if I do watch a livestream I do it on twitch and because the youtube livestreams fill up my subscription box and there's no option to filter out livestreams so I just hope that their videos pop up in my homepage and I don't miss anything. I never use the shorts tab lol.

I sucked at swimming but I did a full season of it in Highschool and had fun and that’s what really matters

Sub 5 is definitely impressive at 15, I think I broke 5 either 14-15 but I’m not sure I beat 4.4 or not at that point. So definitely impressive.

In fairness, I enjoyed fly a lot more than free but still.