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Originally Posted by Christopher Ferro
Personally, the embedded YouTube usage across the web is annoying. I understand it, but it is still very annoying to me for 2 reasons.
1. It appears lazy. If someone has a point to make, make it. Don't just slap a YouTube video there.
2. YouTube is blocked by the firewall at work. I admit I browse a lot at work, but usually when waiting for processes to finish or during breaks. It sucks that I am increasingly unable to contribute to discussions because I can't see what the heck everyone is talking about.
CJSF
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I second both points. And for me, a 2B is that I have a dial-up connection at home, and am not going to waste my time downloading some HBer's rant.
I also suspect that it is a symptom of some deterioration of our culture, that 2kb of well thought out writing is considered less convincing to the masses than 200MB of video nonsense.