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tblue37

(67,869 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2025, 09:21 AM 20 hrs ago

I use closed captioning because I am severely hearing impaired, and sometmes the captions [View all]

are hilariously wrong but still comprehensible. For example, "sicko pants" for "sycophants."

Just now the CC for an article I was reading rendered "Pulitzer Prize" as "pullet surprise."

LOL!

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I use closed captioning because I am severely hearing impaired, and sometmes the captions [View all] tblue37 20 hrs ago OP

But hey, technology is better with more A.I.! (sarcasm intended) OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #1

Or not. Perhaps at this point just really, really sad. Biophilic 20 hrs ago #2

Yes. OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #3

Yup. Biophilic 19 hrs ago #7

The language recongition melm00se 17 hrs ago #20

LOL! applegrove 20 hrs ago #4

I sometimes used closed captioning because the audio is poor or absent bucolic_frolic 20 hrs ago #5

I think a lot of us play this game for one reason or another rurallib 19 hrs ago #6

Good ones! MLAA 19 hrs ago #8

Brilliant! Just give TACO the "pullet surprise". He lays tons of eggs and he'll never know the difference! marble falls 19 hrs ago #9

The same issues arise when providing transcripts for the videos that I post here. TexasTowelie 18 hrs ago #10

Ha! Me, too. pandr32 18 hrs ago #11

My favorite CC was "Patsy Baloney" for WH atty Pat Cipollone during Jan 6 hearings wishstar 18 hrs ago #12

I came here to say this. That was just hilarious! Scrivener7 18 hrs ago #14

I wonder how they would have treated the daughter of R.I. Politician "Buddy" Cianci DFW 17 hrs ago #18

We use closed captioning all the time. I turn it off only for sports. Emile 18 hrs ago #13

My wife and I use them too, even though I wear hearing aids. I've read that closed captions are widely used for a number Martin68 17 hrs ago #15

I use them also... joanbarnes 17 hrs ago #16

My wife has the same problem and we often use CC. patphil 17 hrs ago #17

I can't recall what show it was but there was an early scene where a guy goes out to light a bonfire chowder66 17 hrs ago #19

My favorite was....gang green..... dixiegrrrrl 17 hrs ago #21