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[–] 32 points 1 month ago (13 children)

What pisses me off about subtitles is when they start displaying lyrics to songs playing in the background.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Although I love it when they subtitle the inaudible-but-foreshadowing news anchor in the background.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    SDH subtitles (subtitles for the deaf & hard of hearing) describe all the relevant sounds in a scene including background song lyrics, there is likely to be another plain subtitle track if you don't want that

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Oh if only. I've seen two tracks on occasion on streaming services but it's extremely rare. I think it was on Netflix or Prime and it's been years since I've seen it. As someone who is not hard of hearing but just has a little trouble understanding sometimes it's very useful to have the option that's exclusively dialogue.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    If the song lyrics are relevant to the scene, sure I could see them being there. Like those songs that are custom written to do a sort of 4th wall breaking live commentary on the characters. But a lot of songs? Not needed at all.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Or there's no lyrics but the subtitles keep repeating "heat" or "scary".

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