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Millennials and closed captioning.

Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:43 pm
Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
14520 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:43 pm
Can someone please explain to me why millennials watch everything with the closed captioning on? I thought it was just a strange deal with my step-daughters, but I come home from a weekend trip, and the house/dog sitter had the CC turned on with Netflix. I get it if they watched foreign shite, but this is English only programs. Why would anyone want to READ a movie/show if you speak the same damn language it is being broadcast in?
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
64197 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:44 pm to
They sound like zoomers. The youngest millennials are like 30.
Posted by Greace
Member since May 2009
4815 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:44 pm to
Movie/TV board. Also cause it's hard as hell to hear half of the dialogue in shows today.
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
26305 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:44 pm to
Hell my wife does it and she’s 56
Posted by FLTech
Member since Sep 2017
25682 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:45 pm to
I don't really mind it UNLESS it is Sports. That's a big fat no no for me
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49638 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:46 pm to
Because I’m fricking deaf.
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
51052 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:46 pm to
Imagine your basic millennial:



Now imagine them trying to pay attention to a conversation with their ears.

Got it?
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
155641 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:47 pm to
I use them all the time now. I actually prefer it.
Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
14861 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:47 pm to
Probably cuts down on the "what the hell did he just say?"
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
18957 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:47 pm to
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
62637 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:48 pm to
I’m gen X, an I do that.
Posted by TigerBlood17
Member since Jan 2014
1591 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:48 pm to
I do it if the accents are really strong and I can’t quite understand every word. I also do it for sci fi or fantasy and I want to catch every name and place and understand what’s going on. Peaky Blinders, game of thrones, etc.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
136761 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:49 pm to
I do it because I them don't have to have the volume up so high, especially when the room is busy
Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
14520 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:49 pm to
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They sound like zoomers. The youngest millennials are like 30.

Maybe. Whatever they called mid to late twenty somethings.

I just don't get it. You miss out on the facial expressions of the actors and you don't fully experience the director's vision when putting together the scenes. All because you are READING THE WORDS BEING SPOKEN, AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE frickING LANGUAGE!
Posted by Epaminondas
The Boot
Member since Jul 2020
5809 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:50 pm to
It's like texting that they're used to. They prefer it over actually speaking.

They will text each other when they're in the same room.
Posted by Pendulum
Member since Jan 2009
7940 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:50 pm to
I dont know if I'm getting old or what but starting about 5 years ago, I feel like you can't hear dialogue anymore in shows and movies. I remember the second season of true detective, I was astonished at how hard it was the hear the talking even with volume maxed and blowing me out of my seat.

So I watch everything with captions now and I can't go back.
Posted by The Cool No 9
70816
Member since Jan 2014
11041 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:50 pm to
I've been doing that. For shows I watch ftft (for the first time) it's a supplementary thing and it's not that distracting at all. It ensures I don't miss anything in the dialog
Posted by Iron Lion
Romulus
Member since Nov 2014
13799 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:51 pm to
quote:

I’m gen X, an I do that.

Same
Posted by Ping Pong
LSU and UVA alum
Member since Aug 2014
6079 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:51 pm to
I turn on CC for everything except sports.
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
23924 posts
Posted on 10/2/23 at 7:51 pm to
I think it’s horrible. Totally detracts from the primarily visual medium of a movie or tv show.
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