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Do you watch tv with subtitles on?

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justincredible Honorable Admin
37,969 posts 250 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Feb 27, 2024 10:43 PM

Saw this tweet and thought there's no way. Then I read the comments. I am apparently in the minority as a millennial in that I do not turn on subtitles (unless it's foreign language).

friendfromlowry Senior Member
7,778 posts 87 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Feb 27, 2024 11:14 PM

I do, but very rarely am I watching anything alone quietly. My kids are usually nearby being loud or something.

I won’t have them on for sports. 
Devils Advocate Brudda o da bomber
4,899 posts 101 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Feb 27, 2024 11:14 PM

I turned them on regularly if I am doing work on the computer or surf the Internet. The sound is sometimes too distracting when I’m trying to get something done and it helps me concentrate if the noise of the TV isn’t up all the time in fact, I have one TV that is constantly on ESPN channel and it ever changes. I turn on the TV sound and turn the subtitles off if I’m just sitting down and watching TV
Laley23 GOAT
33,369 posts 134 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Feb 27, 2024 11:19 PM

Only for Michael Mann movies (kidding).

But no. Closest I have done is turned them in and rewound a conversation I couldn’t make out.
MontyBrunswick Senior Member
1,065 posts 18 reps Joined Mar 2015
Tue, Feb 27, 2024 11:56 PM

I normally do. I digest the content way better when subs are on. It is especially helpful for names.

jmog Senior Member
7,737 posts 52 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 4:46 AM

I am too old to be a millennial but I do have them on at times.  


Mainly because I have some hearing loss from working in industry around loud industrial furnace equipment for decades.


My main loss is if anything or anyone else in the area is talking/making noise I can’t make out what the TV is saying. I can’t concentrate on any one “sound” in the room.
iclfan2 Reppin' the 330/216/843
9,465 posts 100 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 6:33 AM

I have them on. Have a 6 and a 4 year old so it’s usually loud in the background and captions help. I don’t usually read the captions but it’s always there. 
Automatik Senior Member
15,737 posts 99 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 8:26 AM

Cable TV, no. It's laggy.

Anything streaming....movies or a series. Yes, 100% of the time.
brutus161 The Navy Guy
1,688 posts 25 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 8:30 AM

I don’t, but my wife and daughter do…so yes, I watch tv with subtitles. 
geeblock Member
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 8:54 AM

I actually prefer subtitles because I dont hear that well, especially british or foreign shows,  but my wife absolutely hates them and does not allow them when she is around.
justincredible Honorable Admin
37,969 posts 250 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 8:59 AM

This is wild to me. I would have never guessed.
Laley23 GOAT
33,369 posts 134 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 10:43 AM

You are all psychos and I am contemplating leaving this site. I am now scared of everyone but Justin. 

I mean fuck, I dont even like subs on in the bar when the TV is muted. 
BRF Senior Member
11,621 posts 111 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 10:56 AM

I like the closed captioning, but the others in my family hate them. 

When I was teaching, I would run the closed captioning as I learned in a grad course that they are helpful for teaching reading and spelling. (A problem with that is sometimes the closed captioning has misspelled words)
justincredible Honorable Admin
37,969 posts 250 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 11:01 AM
posted by Laley23

You are all psychos and I am contemplating leaving this site. I am now scared of everyone but Justin. 

I mean fuck, I dont even like subs on in the bar when the TV is muted. 
Automatik Senior Member
15,737 posts 99 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 11:04 AM

It just became habit for me when I met my GF. English is her second language so she watches everything with subtitles. I usually only for foreign or British TV shows. Now I can't watch without them.

Now I'm trying TV in English w/ Spanish subtitles. It's not going so well. 
Heretic Son of the Sun
20,517 posts 205 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 11:35 AM

When watching foreign films, duh. When I'm watching an Italian slasher, I'm not trying to pick up a new language solely off context.

Other than that, rarely. Usually when I'm watching something where there are either strong accents (like, when I watched mob movie Sexy Beast, there was a character or two whom I had trouble understanding due to the nature of their Brit accent, so I found subtitles helpful in consistently understanding them) or the audio mix is questionable and the music/sound seems a bit loud compared to voices.

Ironman92 Administrator
56,729 posts 169 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 11:50 AM

When the subtitles come on when I’m staying at a hotel or Air BNB….I basically lose my mind until I figure how to turn it off. 

I have capable hearing….if I wanted to read I’d grab me a book.
Laley23 GOAT
33,369 posts 134 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 2:15 PM
posted by Ironman92

When the subtitles come on when I’m staying at a hotel or Air BNB….I basically lose my mind until I figure how to turn it off. 

I have capable hearing….if I wanted to read I’d grab me a book.

You can join the sane people circle. 
j_crazy 7 gram rocks. how i roll.
8,623 posts 30 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 3:30 PM

never. i just realized like 3 weeks ago that my 15 year old daughter watches with them on.... she did not like my line of questioning when i discovered this.
Automatik Senior Member
15,737 posts 99 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 5:02 PM

Weirdly hot topic here. Reminds me of when a had a member enraged over the concept of brunch. 
justincredible Honorable Admin
37,969 posts 250 reps Joined Nov 2009
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 5:14 PM
posted by Automatik

Weirdly hot topic here. Reminds me of when a had a member enraged over the concept of brunch. 

This is vaguely familiar.

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