Does anyone just put it on subtitles?

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I always have the subtitles on, except for the news, sports events, and reality tv coz I can't stand when the subtitles don't match the timing of the speaker.

Anyways, I started putting them on for several reasons. I got frustrated when I was watching something and everyone around was talking and I couldn't hear what they were saying.

Sometimes I can't understand what they are saying.

Other times I just like it coz I am such a visual person that I feel comfortable reading and seeing things that pop up on the screen, and in doing so I catch things that I miss.

Here in Finnland, almost everything is subtitled (except children's movies). But I do have problems understanding finnish or swedish movies, that of course are not subtitled

I always use subtitles as well.

I keep the sound on, but often like to have the subtitles on as well, in case I don't catch something.

The only problem I have with subtitles is that often times I find myself only reading the subtitles instead of watching what's going on the screen. Does anyone else have this problem?

Gf is hard of hearing so I've gotten used to it to the point that it's now my preferred way to watch.

I have subtitles on for PC games but not on the tv:

-here at least the tv subtitles end up covering a decent chunk of the screen with a solid black background, and the text is gigantic. In games the subtitle text is a reasonable size and doesn't block out what is occuring behind it. Its like size 36 vs size 12 font.
-tv subtitles often end up out of sync with what is being said at the present time (either 10 seconds behind or ahead of itself), when I am attempting to hear all the words and only using the subtitles as a backup it does not help if the backup isn't present when its supposed to be. in games they're quite reliable.
-tv i have other sources to try to understand what they're saying (mouth movement, body language etc). in games its just the voice.
-in games when an NPC is speaking slowly and i've already read what they're going to say, I can just press enter to skip their line and speed it up

tl:dr subtitles on the tv get very annoying very quickly and this detracts from their purpose as an aid to understanding, games do it right.

I remember doing this when I was a kid.

I often use subtitles since it makes it easier to follow the plot of the movie since you remember what was said better if you read it along with hearing it at the same time.