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I don’t know how people find time for listening to podcasts 🤷‍♂️

I can mostly do 30 mins without feeling like I’m wasting time.

sommerfeld 2y ago

Listen at 2.5x speed while washing the dishes or cooking

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CensorThis 2y ago

2.5x?! You can hear that?

sommerfeld 2y ago

Yes. The human brain can adapt very well. If you progressively go from 1x to 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.5, you don't quite notice the change and they seem to be taking at a normal speed.

I plan on raising it soon to 2.75

CensorThis 2y ago

I max out at 2!

Do you feel you retain the info?

sommerfeld 2y ago

Yes. Unless there is external noise or distractions or the audio quality is bad. It's not like most podcasts are discussing String Theory

HoloKat 2y ago

You sure you’re human? 😆

tanel 2y ago

How does one even retain information at that speed and not lose focus 🤯

pukka 2y ago

Speed

SMS 2y ago

sommerfeld 2y ago

People read books much faster than a podcast/audiobook at 2.5x. Information processing is not the bottleneck.

LWB 2y ago

Wtf, I'm not English native speaker so I max out at 1.5x, but even at that speed, it looks gibberish and unnatural

sommerfeld 2y ago

Trust the process. Your brain will catch up eventually

JoySun 2y ago

I can only do 1.25x. So same conclusion as you.

pukka 2y ago

I’ve done this before. Your brain adjusts

SMS 2y ago

Rodent fucks

pukka 2y ago

You’re a bit off topic

CensorThis 2y ago

😆

SMS 2y ago

Emery 2y ago

And then when talking to people IRL it becomes annoying when they can only talk at 1x.

sommerfeld 2y ago

Yes, everyone irl sounds retarded after I listen to a podcast

JoySun 2y ago

😆😆

JoySun 2y ago

😆😆

L 2y ago

Frankly I cannot listen in normal speed anymore. It would be different if I needed to write transcriptions.