are the movies shit? do you take into account that every movie stands on the shoulder of all the films before it and so rehashes the same shit usually the same way? can you appreciate that the good filmmakers raise the bar on what is acceptable and that a lot of the slop coming out can't pass it?

I've given up on giving a chance to substandard crap. oh it picks up in the 2nd halp or third season or whatever - get fucked. how can pluribus grab me in the first five minutes? how can hell or high water do the same?

What does "intermission" mean?

Were they trying to watch Melania? From what I hear that would be understandable.

I also heard math students won’t solve all the maths. What gives??

I will always blame the teacher when the students aren't engaged.

HOWEVER. I managed to block shorts form content, yt-vanced on mobile, and some browser extensions on my laptop, and uninstalled yt entirely from my tv until I get the time to install vanced there as well.

noticed a sharp improvement in my mental health, no less mindless scrolling for hours, and my attention span improved. even if my attention span remained the same, I'm happy about the change.

that being said, there were some good short content creators I liked and are allowed in my subscriptions. just that 99.99% of all short form videos are utter garbage.