Shorts are terrible, they suck you in and 15 mindless videos later you can't even remember what you've seen. I almost only want to search for videos or check subscriptions, the main page with recommendations is full of traps...
It's like shorts are a brain glitch where you can artificially quench your desire to do stuff with empty filler.
a lot of hot takes, stimulating social disputes, interesting logical constructions, but it is all gone within 5 minutes of getting up.