We all know it’s no secret that there are some people out there saying subtitles or captions distracted them easily. When I said “some people”, I do not mean hearing people only, there are deaf people out there saying same things as well.

Before we start on this, I want you to read this article. Sara Cox wasn’t happy to know that there was subtitles provided in the theater she went to. 

Now this remind me when I started vlogging about 4 years ago, I added subtitles to all of my videos (started using closed caption about 2 years ago). I had to deal with some deaf people and they complained that my videos with subtitles were too distraction for them. I received plenty of ugly comments and emails demanding me to stop adding subtitles and such. 

What’s wrong with getting used to it? I can watch ANY videos with subtitles even if I don’t need it, I can ignore it easily. Jes, my hearing boyfriend, have no problem watching shows and movies with captions on with me, in fact even without me around, he still leave it on. He said he’d feel weird watching without one because he got used to it.

Ah… I remember when I was dating my old boyfriend back in 2000, he was working at a restaurant and I stopped by to pick him up but I had to wait for a bit longer than expected. So he turned CC on for me to watch TV. There were about 10 TVs but he turned on just one close to where I sat. I ordered food, enjoyed my evening watching TV for a while before he finally got off.

Next day, he got into trouble saying he is NOT supposed to turn on CC because some people complained that CC was too distracted. Really? He almost got fired for THAT!

What’s wrong with people… why is it so bad having subtitles/captions everywhere?