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I got cancelled for my 2x speed

2026-04-25 · Short · Ali · recording, 1:13 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books and reading · mode: Personal story

In a Short, Ali recalls that a video of his about watching TV and anime at double speed drew so much hate that he unlisted it, and says consuming media fast is fine if you get more from it, though he watches really good shows at normal speed.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — The double-speed video that got him cancelled

  • ★★ A few years ago Ali made a video about watching TV and anime at double or sometimes triple speed; it got more than 50% dislikes, and people on Reddit called him toxic productivity. — 00:00:00 · Reddit

00:00:29 — Why fast consumption is fine, and when he watches at normal speed

  • ★★ Ali says the hate over his double-speed TV and anime video made him feel very bad, and after a while he unlisted the video. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ Ali thinks that if you get more value out of consuming media quickly rather than slowly, that is totally fine; he recently listened to an audiobook at 2.5x speed. — 00:00:29
  • ★★★ Ali listens to audiobooks mostly at speed multiples and fast-forwards the boring bits of a slow TV show, but watches a particularly good TV show or film at normal speed to immerse himself in it. — 00:00:29

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Mentioned

Central: speed listening

Also: Reddit

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