For transcripts of YouTube videos (where available): If on mobile browser, switch to desktop mode. Press “show more” under description, then “more” under the longer description, then scroll down to transcript and press “show transcript”, then scroll again for the actual transcript. (It’s on display in the bottom drawer of a locked filling cabinet stored in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard’.)
I just want to Ctrl+f some keywords in the text to find what I need, not listen to ten years of rambling back story
But if they don’t give you all the back story how would they segue into telling you how it relates to the wonderful sponsor to their video today?
I hate online recipes for this reason.
They’re all prefaced with some bullshit
Tutorials are videos because Youtube makes people a lot more money than a text website.
Online recipes have an entire fucking story glued on because without the story, the instructions aren’t copyrightable.
It’s profit motive all the way down.
Because we’re all swimming in debt and cash strapped. Now, dance monkey, dance.
Ctrl+F for cooking terms like cups or tbsp. Though the real problem nowadays with recipes is that they’re all AI slop
“Hmmm. Some chocolate chip cookies sound good.”
Searches for recipe…
🎄Every year at Christmas, my Grandma would make her famous... 🎄Scrolls down…
🎄...and that's how Grandma got run over by a reindeer.🎄“Ooh. I wonder who wrote that song?”
Spends rest of afternoon on Wikipedia. Does not make chocolate chip cookies.
For transcripts of YouTube videos (where available): If on mobile browser, switch to desktop mode. Press “show more” under description, then “more” under the longer description, then scroll down to transcript and press “show transcript”, then scroll again for the actual transcript. (It’s on display in the bottom drawer of a locked filling cabinet stored in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard’.)
And yeah, ugh!