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Charles Bastille's avatar

I don't know anyone, young or old, who doesn't use the subtitles function. The rolling pin function should be used on modern producers who induce their directors into creating today's Cinema Incomprehensible.

This was a rather beautiful and poignant piece.

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John Mendelssohn's avatar

Very kind of you, Charles, and much appreciated.

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William Farrar's avatar

I am deaf in the left ear, and high frequency loss in the right. I have the best hearing aids available courtesy the VA. (Artillery ears)

I only wear the hearing aids when I am going to a doctors appointment. They are a pain, and a couple of times one of them would dislodge and fall out. I had a man chase me through the market a couple of months back as one of the hearing aids fell on the floor.

I use headphones for watching TV. Bad thing with them though is that they block out other sounds like the telephone. But I don't have a cell phone, and my landline (home phone as the kids call it today) has caller ID, and 99 % of all calls are from an Indian or Philippine call center, All calls go to messaging.

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Anna Chen's avatar

Well, John, the oldies did warn us not to listen to that rockenroll at a million decibels and here we are decades later with the truth crapping all over us. Please tell the missus that I am having the same conversations with Him Indoors about getting his hearing fixed - I may take up the tip about a rolling pin to the noggin.

I had wondered if it was a failing soundbar, Virgin Media or modern acting techniques that made dialogue undecipherable. So now I know. Subtitles - great idea.

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