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LiberalArkie

(19,028 posts)
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 07:42 PM Sep 24

GREAT: Humanity Met the Galactic Empire--And Couldn't Stop Laughing HFY Best Sci-Fi Stories




This is most fun I have had listening to this..
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GREAT: Humanity Met the Galactic Empire--And Couldn't Stop Laughing HFY Best Sci-Fi Stories (Original Post) LiberalArkie Sep 24 OP
Almost 45 minutes.. Earl_from_PA Sep 24 #1
It is good.. However I grew up on radio broadcasts and stories like the Firesign Theater, LiberalArkie Sep 24 #2
I too grew up with radio programing Earl_from_PA Sep 24 #3
I'm pretty sure I've read this a as short story drmeow Sep 26 #4
I think most of the audio stories on YouTube are AI read short stories. LiberalArkie Sep 26 #5
yeah, it was clearly AI read drmeow Sep 26 #6

Earl_from_PA

(294 posts)
3. I too grew up with radio programing
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 08:14 PM
Sep 24

But that was a lifetime ago. A 45 minute video would kill my phone's battery. As time marches on, our collective attention span shortens. Ten years ago, when I used a desktop exclusively, I would have watched. But today, it's gotta be 15 minutes or less via the phone.

LiberalArkie

(19,028 posts)
5. I think most of the audio stories on YouTube are AI read short stories.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 02:46 PM
Sep 26

Cheaper for me than the audible.com

This one was neat with the snarkiness of it.

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