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[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

I feel the same way. I feel like I would love his subject matters he picks, but he's being so disrespectful of the viewers time that I can't stand it. Just the clickbait title alone is enough to put me off.

[–] dusty_raven@discuss.online 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

I'm surprised to find so much Veritasium hate on Lemmy. I always thought Derek and the team did a good job as far as edutainment goes. I also don't like clickbait titles, but it's worth noting that all of the videos are a real production with a crew of people who work full time and deserve to get paid.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] dusty_raven@discuss.online 4 points 1 day ago

That video is more of a (justified) takedown on sponsored content on Veritasium from 4 years ago and yeah, sponsored content sucks. I'm not saying that Veritasium is perfect, I'll just have to keep an open mind while watching their videos going forward.

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