Skipping Cut Scenes/Game Intro

How do I skip all of these already seen but now annoying as a splinter in the eye cut scenes? Also how do I skip the silly ride into town once I've already done the ride once with an alt? If there isn't a way, why hasn't Square learned that some players like to skip cut scenes they've already seen?

Right now, repeating cut scenes just waste my playtime. Oh yeah!!!

Hit escape a few times. Can only be done on some cutscenes that don't require player input. The opening cutscene has a question where your choice affects which ring you start with.

If you hit escape twice when a text dialogue isn't up (like when it's in between closing one and starting another), it'll ask if you want to skip them.