Do you watch shows with the subtitles on or off?

[Forehead]

Sometimes...I think it was covered with earlier responses.  No subtitles on things like sports.  I think the majority of the time, it's when I'm watching something with more adult themes and language like Game of Thrones or Succession type shows, where I don't want my kids to overhear it and also want to be able to pause if I hear them coming into the room.  So I keep the volume low enough where I can understand most of it but have the subtitles on to make sure I didn't miss anything or hear it incorrectly.

[CobraCommander]

Sometimes you find gems.

 

 

 

 

 

[Die Hard]

Of course this pops up in my newsfeed yesterday.

 

https://www.axios.com/2023/08/20/gen-z-millennials-tv-movies-subtitles

[GoDeep81]

On 8/19/2023 at 7:25 PM, ixcuincle said:

Dramas comedy and taped television yes

 

Live TV like news and sports no 

Same here. 

[ixcuincle]

You know what pisses me off, when the advertisers and videos on youtube make subtitles mandatory. Have you noticed that? Some of the Rocket mortgage ads have required subtitles, or if you check social media subtitles will sometimes be part of the social media video. Why is that?

 

We have ears. We can hear what you're saying.

 

Why make subtitles for everyone without an option to turn them off?

 

Take a look at this for instance. I was watching this afternoon after work and they have subtitles for what the people are saying.

 

 

[PokerPacker]

3 hours ago, ixcuincle said:

You know what pisses me off, when the advertisers and videos on youtube make subtitles mandatory. Have you noticed that? Some of the Rocket mortgage ads have required subtitles, or if you check social media subtitles will sometimes be part of the social media video. Why is that?

 

We have ears. We can hear what you're saying.

 

Why make subtitles for everyone without an option to turn them off?

 

Take a look at this for instance. I was watching this afternoon after work and they have subtitles for what the people are saying.

 

 

I assume there's some nefarious psychology going on where the subtitles draw your eyes and cause you to actively read it and more absorb what they're thrusting upon you.

[Jabbyrwock]

1 hour ago, PokerPacker said:

I assume there's some nefarious psychology going on where the subtitles draw your eyes and cause you to actively read it and more absorb what they're thrusting upon you.

 

[goskins10]

As I get older I much prefer subtitles. I do not starre at them therefore missing the show itself. But it is nice to have them for clarification when I don't fully hear what they say. The volume seems to go up and down so much, sometimesI jsut cannot hear them without increasing the volume which is a pain. 

 

I do agree it should be optional as subtitles really annoy some people. Give people the option. 

[mcsluggo]

i usually don't want 'em (except when watching "Derry Girls").   However, i have an autistic child that has trouble processing all the audio language while also trying to process the confusing physical social interaction, and the subtitles help.    

 

i also love love LOVE the option  "rewind 10 seconds with temporary subtitles".  ...   LUV it.  

[ixcuincle]

Dear ad companies stop showing subtitles on your products. Thanks

 

 

This is just a Netflix trailer for One Piece it doesn't need subtitles

[Kosher Ham]

Wife sleeps lightly, so  only at night or she is just talking a hole in my head ....so then it is on.

[purbeast]

Hate watching english shows with subtitles on, because I can't NOT read them, and then I can't see wtf is going on the screen cause I'm reading the damn subtitles.

 

Always watch foreign stuff with subtitles though to watch it in the native tongue.  I cannot watch dubbed stuff.

[skinswillwin06]

I'd prefer not to watch with subtitles because a lot of the time it spoils a funny line or important dialogue before it's actually said, which kind of ruins the acting. But more often than not I end up turning them on because I can't understand what folks are saying.

[Skinsfan1311]

I watch anime with subtitles on, and some series, and the occasional movie, because my hearing is banged up.

[Die Hard]

Being a moderator on ES back in the day when the community was much larger…. I learned how to read/process very quickly.

 

So reading subtitles on a TV doesn’t interfere with my viewing experience.

 

Actors mumble, they soft talk, they talk to fast, some characters have accents which make it difficult to pick up certain words, audio goes up and down, etc.

 

My wife always tries to get away with not turning on subtitles because she detests them unless necessary. But almost every show, she inevitably has to put them on.

 

Every show, she has to ask me multiple times, “What did he/she say?” and I have to tell her I don’t know. And if I miss parts of the script.. I don’t follow and I’m not invested in the show.