I got used to listening to people in 1.5x and 2x as a video editor, and now it frustrates me when I can't speed people up IRL.

I suppose I'm in the minority here, but I avoid video or audio content entirely in these situations. I don't want to listen to somebody babble on about something, whether it's a news story, a documentary, an opinion piece, whatever. Just give me an article or even a blog post that I can read at my own pace, and easily scroll up to refer back to previous parts.

Ctrl+F is my best friend, and you can't do that in a video or podcast.

I can listen to podcasts at 1.1x speed, and it basically just sounds like they tightened up their delivery a little bit. More than that and it sounds artificial.

I might go as high as 1.25x for some review videos, but I get the distinct impression that those guys are slowing down their delivery so as to pad out the runtime.

I've upgraded this ability to 2.5x-3x speed for some YouTubers and I feel like a god.

I just can't watch 4 hours of analysis on Tyler Perry at 1x speed.

I've been doing this so long that 1x sounds torturously slow. I've even gotta bump it up to 2.5x for some videos, 1.5x is the minimum if the speaker already talks quickly or the information is super dense. 1x is strictly for music.

my partner does this, it drives me nuts lol. makes me leave the room

depends if its a content im subscribed for, or a slow talking indian dude realising where he is before telling me what to do

Depends on content.

Easy digestable content? 1.75 or 2 Technical? 1 to 1.5 Lifestyle vlog I enjoy watching? 1

Jyst wait till u try automatically gradually slowing them. Waaayyyyy more addictive+relaxing

Its also kinda cool to do the same thing but accelerating gradually but (depending on the timeframe/duration) i can find it somewhat anxiety inducing. It definitely increases heart rate and blood pressure likely.

During the whole DOGE debacle, i kept hearing the Silph Co takeover theme from Pokemon Blue gradually speeding up. Like, i programmed it to do that in my app for that but i cant unhear it

Not a fan of doing this, personally

Yeah I often watch videos at 1.2 or 1.3 speed just because it barely changes anything in the end.

My brain doesn't work that way, but I envy you. Even on a good day I have to go back and replay parts of audiobooks or podcasts that catch my attention just to make sure it's really sinking in. It's not efficient at all but it works.

I try every now and then but it's not better if i miss more stuff and need to go back 50 times because i zoned out 1 sec XD

This is a great idea I can't believe I've never thought of this