Fluff: Do you watch TV with the subtitles on?

British shows, always, as I have a hard time distinguishing British accents from our American accent.

It's not just "old" people!  My 24 year old dd has watched TV and movies like that for years!  Drives me nuts when I watch with her!   

I'm old but I don't use them unless people have a really thick accent ...

So I just started doing this. I was re-watching The Witcher in preparation to watch S3 and a friend said to watch with the sub-titles on. OMG what a difference it made. So many one off comments in the first season that clearly points to multiple timelines. So now I'm watching EVERYTHING with sub-titles. What else am I missing???

I don't typically. But I started doing it for Ted Lasso because sometimes I had a hard time with the different British accents when they were talking so fast.

Yes, it helps me comprehend what is being said. I have four kids and a DH who plays loud video games, I can only turn the TV up so much to drown out whatever noise they are making before it rattles the walls... subtitles save our sanity. I sometimes us them when watching Youtube, but they are much typo-ier and incorrect than regular TV.

I definitely notice it's missing when I'm watching TV at other people's houses or at movie theaters.

I do, I can't focus otherwise.

Not sure you needed to randomly post show spoilers in this thread.

I do, depending on the tv that I'm watching ... if I'm in the bathtub or working in the kitchen, I always have subtitles so I don't miss anything when I turn on a faucet or hood vent!

I only rarely watch movies or TV shows but it depends. Am I watching with DH? no because he will pause and re-wind to make sure he catches every single word in the subtitle...he's a slow reader and has fairly recently developed some vision issues which makes that worse. Am I watching by myself? YES and I'll quite possibly mute the volume.

My daughter too! Her friend group is insane and talk through everything and have side conversations, so no one has any idea what's going on without subtitles. 

Did you know that movie theaters offer CC? If you ask, a device is provided--it sits in the cup holder--and you can
adjust it so that the captions appear at the bottom of the screen.

I watch the subtitles more than the actors and get distracted by them. Now if they could get a bouncing ball to go over the words as the actors say them, at least I could be entertained.

For the love 🙄

I have no idea what I’m talking about, so I’m going to comment.

I use them when there are accents like Wrexham or Outlander.

However, a friend told me if you use subtitles a lot, you sometimes weaken your sense of hearing? Like I guess it is a crutch so then your other sense is lessened. I am not sure about that. I do know if I watch TikTOk or watch tv with subtitles too long, my eyes are more tired.