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[–] Dreckard@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s close. they forgot the suspense-building previews before every commercial break, so you actually see the same 5 sec of footage about 30 fucking times.

[–] Dav@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Coming up next on this thread: a video

[–] amphy@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

this is phenomenal

[–] evergreenemily@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

This is why I can't stand most American TV. Absolute sensory hell for me (autistic.)

[–] faltuuser@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Accurate af

[–] outer_spec@lemmy.studio 5 points 1 year ago

Misread as African documentary and was a bit confused

[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I got interested in spiders with the goal of picking one up (which I've done!), and my partner and I looked for a spider documentary to learn more about the interesting little creatures.

Must've stumbled across a US documentary because this is exactly what it was like.

THESE EIGHT-LEGGED TERRORS ARE EVERYWHERE: IN THE DESERT, IN THE FOREST, AND EVEN IN YOUR HOME! THESE NIGHTMARE-FUEL FUCKS WILL HIDE ANYWHERE, WAITING TO STRIKE... WILL YOU BE NEXT???

Totally not the vibe I was going for...

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Followed by a five-minute summary, then ten minutes of rabid content, then again a five-minute summary, ad neuseam.

I can only conclude that the only thing that makes American documentaries remotely watchable are the 20 minute ad breaks, I wouldn't know, I don't watch private TV and if there's ads on public TV then it's two minutes of ginseng tea before the news.