god's weakest soldier is scrolling tumblr instead of being productive or participating in any of their hobbies

Skimmable, SEARCHABLE instructions. If they're long, there should be a hyperlinked table of contents.

I work in science communications and I am constantly hearing about how we need to try to do video to appeal to the newest generation of scientists and it's like do you think physicists who can't read are a good idea?

Gen z and please just give me text!

A written tutorial is required for regulatory work and we still get companies trying to sell software that only offers videos (and the now obligatory chat bot that refers to video tutorials...)

My dual learning style millennial butt needs to be able to READ ALONG with any spoken instructions (and ideally make handwritten notes) otherwise The Thing will not be absorbed (which is why I am SO terrible about name retention)

Emphasising this line from cinemaocd above because it really nails it: do you think physicists who can't read are a good idea?

Is there a popular game releasing today? There’s a line outside Best Buy and they don’t open for a few more hours

It was Pokémon cards apparently

I absolutely blame Facebook for this shift. Words cannot describe how freaking WEIRD it was in the mid-00s when there was suddenly this popular website where you were required to use your real, brickspace name and encouraged to post photos of yourself. Every single bit of Standard Internet Safety prior to then said that you should never ever ever do either of those.