The correct length for a relaxing YouTube video is 8 hours

This post is part of Hard Refresh, a soothing weekly column where we try to cleanse your brain of whatever terrible thing you just witnessed on Twitter.

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To the extent that “relaxing” online is possible, YouTube is full of relaxing content, from hot knife ASMR to unedited dog show footage. But sometimes I don’t have two hours to watch the 2017 Crufts sporting group competition. Sometimes I don’t have time to watch anything at all.

This is where relaxing nature sounds come in. When I find myself anxious but truly unable to take a break from work, I pop on a video from artist Johnnie Lawson’s YouTube channel to use as background noise. Read more…

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