Read, usually. I almost always get annoyed when I click on something and it turns out to be a video. Plus sometimes if I’m in a computer lab at school or in public i don’t want to blast a video about a body that was just discovered in a ditch, or whatever.
Depending on the story. If it’s an action and has video of it happening (i.e. “School bus nearly collides with candy factory, children disappointed”) then obviously the video.
@Grisaille LOL! Dang, missed the candy factory! Bummer. @pdworkin I said, “Perusing the news”—Oh wow! Learned something new! I looked it up. I always thought perusing meant to casually look through, kind of meandering. It means just the opposite! It means to read carefully, in detail. Well, thank you for that, PD!
@Sarcasm “Skimming over,” and “looking at closely” are opposites so it can’t be both. From Dictionary.com
“pe⋅ruse
/pəˈruz/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [puh-rooz] Show IPA
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–verb (used with object), -rused, -rus⋅ing.
1. to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
2. to read.
3. to survey or examine in detail.”
@pdworkin LOL! Adamant about our definitions, are we?! BUT, you can, therefore, peruse a video. You can watch it very carefully, and rewind to make sure you didn’t miss anything, and THAT is how one can peruse a video!
I prefer to read. The videos are always ½ commercial, and they skip and jump on my computer, because I have a built-in glitch that only connects to the wireless intermittently.