the internet needs to stop forcing me to not read!

[saraandmichael]

fucks sake, man! 

if i wanted to watch a video, i would watch the damn news on my television.  when i want to read with my eyes and the sound of my own voice running through my head as i read it, i expect not to hear something start telling the story before i am ready!

[shostakovich]

I hate video news stories online. Or, on Buzzfeed, etc. I hate when they trick you on the homepage into thinking it's a written post, and then you click on it, and BAM, video! Which I can't even watch until I watch an ad for a stupid car I would never buy.

[gretchenindisguise]

Yes. I really really hate that. Just give me the damn story in words, that's why I'm looking and not watching douchenuggets.

[pantsparty]

I don't know what's worse. A video or a goddamn slideshow.

[isabel]

That is the worst! Sometimes I can't watch a video. The whole point of a news story is to read it. I can't stand it when I get to the page and the only option is a video.

[TrickyBob]

That drives me nuts. I don't like having to watch a video and half the time, the video lags so bad or doesn't work anyway. Or they have stupid hosts that try to be funny.

[livinitup]

Amen, sistah.

[zoidberg]

Same here.

ANDY ROONEY SMASH!

[kristie]

Yup, I don't watch the videos and get irrationally annoyed when the title sucks me in and then the letdown when I have to go back out.... Words, I want to read words!

[Mrs.Rad888]

Nov 12, 2013 23:19:28 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

Yep. I am so annoyed with Upworthy.

MAYBE I WANT TO KNOW THAT STORY BUT I'M SURE AS SHIT NOT *WATCHING* IT.

Same here. Then, the handful of times I've watched an Upworthy video, it's always had some lame-ass music in the background. Look, if the story isn't going to make me cry, the music isn't going to either.