Almost as if I’m a compulsive reader!

I have never met a person who has said “I couldn’t see the movie/show from all that reading I had to do”. And in the movies there’s subtitles in two different languages, while a third one is being spoken. (Officially bilingual country and city so all shows at the theatre have both Finnish and Swedish subs.)

I’m not presuming anything. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying the “visual medium”. You’re just not used to reading, clearly, meaning you’re probably not a big reader.

I’m from a country which prefers subs over dubs, and my personal experience (and studies such as the one Stephen is talking about) has shown that keeping subtitles on will improve literacy.

You say you have a newborn. So I thought it would be a good time to suggest that maybe you should try getting used to subtitles, because if you do, then you can keep them on by default and increase your child’s (and anyone else watching) literacy, just by doing that.

No-one is saying you should do this thing or that thing. Studies are showing that literacy improves if you use subtitles. That’s it. End of story. Not even a suggestion as to what you should do or how you should value literacy as a skill.

You do you man.

The only subs that really bother me are hardcoded asian subs with a hard black background, taking like a third of the screen and I don’t even understand the text. But then I just delete that version of whatever it was and find a new one. So I do understand personal preference and wanting to not have needless things you aren’t used to.

You make you own choices, I can’t, or rather won’t make suggestions. Not my place. But I can say what I think is factual. Like “using subs improves literacy”.

What on Earth are you talking about?

Edit oh, I’m not denying that club culture is dying and more unaffordable, I’m merely glad I wasn’t that out of the loop, thought there’s a new word for “club”

Oh. So, you’re saying you don’t go to clubs. I thought you might have been saying it’s an outdated expression.

Alright then, carry on.

What? What term would be preferable to you?

My brain can’t opt out of reading them.

Neither can your kids. And that’s a good thing. Not much into reading, are you?

Stephen Fry talks about turning on the subtitles

Google has a page ranking, but it’s actually a Page ranking, from “Larry Page”.

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Good thing I’ve noted this now and shall keep an eye out as mine get more unruly

I don’t think that though.

I’m just pointing out how the Finnish bit is by accident, most likely.

Although there are a few game designers who do seem to be fascinated with Finnish things. One in league at least.

Oh.

I’m getting out of touch old.

My bad

Every Sperm is Sacred - Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life?

Are there any women here today?

My deepest apologies sire, I know I lack familiarity with the greatest comedies. I know it is my duty to know them, especially when I listen to them out of my mind on laughing gas.

Don’t be sexist. Gray is gray.

English, W is an upside down M.

Well yes, because he’s the opposite. But I don’t think English gets to take part just because of one letter. Apologies. I mean, that letter defines what can be used as opposites, but… like… no.

Sorry.

Edit im out of touch old

some entity we trusted.

We can trust each other, just takes a little chemical and/or psychological manipulation.

“Estimate age from selfie”

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I’m saying he is Mario’s shadow.

Sometimes y’all too cynical to think things through.

Ugh, no, thats not cynicism. If you constantly end up in biased results which are like “there’s nothing to do”, that’s cynicism.

Exactly this.

That’s why it won’t work that you’d just stop a movie and pick the colour, because the colour you pick is influenced not only by the colour of the thing you wanting to pick, but also the light that’s on it, and the light that’s surrounding it.

And digital to analog is a whole other step. Digital colours are accurate, simple, clear. Analog colours from digital colours? Uff. Takes a bit. Like RGB into CMYK or some bullshit like that.

edit llms are bullshit but I think this will make it clearer for some people without them needing to google more shit: Converting from RGB to CMYK is necessary when preparing images for print, as RGB is an additive color model primarily used for digital displays, while CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key/Black) is a subtractive color model used for printing. The conversion process involves translating colors from the RGB gamut (which is wider) to the CMYK gamut, which can result in a perceived color shift due to the differences in color ranges

That’s a great observation!