• Ilandar@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    It has nothing to do with “culture”.

    About one-quarter of subtitle users say they turn on captions because they are watching while multitasking.

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      2 days ago

      I don’t understand how you read the subs while looking away. Or are they listening to something else while watching the screen?

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        2 days ago

        The gist is that I can read faster than the person on TV speaks. I read the line, and then I can go back to reading my book. When the person is done saying the line I just read, I read the next line on the tv, rinse and repeat. If they stop talking I know I need to look because something other than dialogue is about to happen.

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            1 day ago

            No I hate tv, it’s the worst medium for me. I just watch out of social obligations, I have people who like the medium and want to talk to me about it.