o-kau:

what do other people have against subtitles? like bitch,.. my ears are Not Friends with my brain, let me have my captions

I need the subtitles to be able to understand what is being said.

I also get distracted by the text, and sometimes just stare at the words.

For myself, it is still better to have the subtitles on (unless they are really bad) if they are available.