Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turned on?

Re:Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turne... by Entinel on Saturday September 17, 2022 @08:08PM (#32882959)

I grew up watching anime with subs and at a certain point it just became natural to have subtitles on even when the content is in English.

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Re:Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turne... by CoastalCoder on Saturday September 17, 2022 @08:15PM (#32883004)

For the longest time I couldn't follow anime with subtitles, it kept me from watching the action.

I think practice helped, but so did reducing the size of the video frame. Turns out having the whole frame in my field of view was a big deal.

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Re:Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turne... by dylan604 on Saturday September 17, 2022 @08:51PM (#32883244)

Depending on the title you're watching, the subs are easier to read. Like one of the episodes from DBZ.

Goku: AHHHHHH!

Vegeta: ARGHHHH!

Goku: OOOMPH!!!

Vegta: HMMMMM!

The visuals were just as simple. For like most of the episode

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Re:Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turne... by PuppyTailWags on Saturday September 17, 2022 @11:39PM (#32884200)

I think it depends on your reading speed and ability to skim. If you can read faster than people can talk, subtitles aren't really distracting because you can glance down and then go back to reading the visual expressions and background details of the dialogue.

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