basically, i have an Auditory Processing Disorder that (sometimes) makes it difficult for me to process spoken word. I can hear perfectly fine and I understand that words are being said, but sometimes I am unable to understand spoken word as anything more than a jumble of noises. I’m totally fine 80% of the time, but some days are definitely worse than others and accents, background noise, and volume level can make it harder for me. It often takes a lot of concentration to understand every word being said to me. 

Anyway: 

I usually turn on captions when I’m watching stuff. Some people in my family HATE the captions and will go as far as to complain about it while turning them off. They really seem genuinely bothered by the captions: “It ruins comedy for me if I read the punch line first.” “It distracts me from the show and I can’t enjoy it.” I know that tons of people seem to be similarly annoyed by captions or feel that it ruins their experience, but sometimes I just *cannot* understand what the hell is going on if I don’t have captions on, so it really sucks for me when they’re off. 


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So, AITA for wanting captions on when I’m watching stuff with other people even though everyone else seems to hate them/feel it ruins their experience? I always feel pretty bad about it knowing that the other person watching with me is probably annoyed with the captions, so I only ever put them on if I’m watching alone. 