invisible-goats:

prochoice-or-gtfo:

jackwynand:

it’s so weirdly common to be rude to people who need subtitles or want subtitles as if it’s some kind of nuisance to have subtitles, but honestly? normalize having subtitles on everything. overall it can help people with language barriers who can read better than they can listen to a language, it helps people with comprehension issues, it helps people who have trouble hearing, it helps in general so whatever you’re watching isn’t interrupted by someone asking what someone just said, just put subtitles on! what the hell!

My brother isn’t hard of hearing, but he used to watch everything with subtitles when he was a kid. I think it helped him to concentrate on what he was watching as he’s more visual than auditory. I used to think it was strange, but now that I’m older, I do it too. I use them to help me catch dialogue that might be too quiet or quick, so there are all sorts of reasons to use subs. Really shouldn’t be a big deal at all.
-V

Meanwhile my Dad’s hearing is going and instead of putting on subtitles he puts the TV on so loud you can hardly talk to each other