Closed captioning is rather cruel, if you ask me.
Sometimes I like to flip on closed captioning, just for kicks, because it tends to be quite hilarious. But how horrible is that? There are people who actually need to use it and it's all so awful!
example time:
Someone in a sitcom might quip, "That's what SHE said!" and the caption will read,
THatis
what she says
< < audience laughter > >
ALSO, I was watching X-Weighted the other day, a GLORIOUS Canadian weight-loss reality series, and the trainer said, "You'd better bust your ass this week!" My eyes were horrified to see that the caption replaced "ass" with "[beep]". THERE WAS NO BEEP. IT WAS A HORRIBLE LIE! THEY ARE LYING TO THE DEAF. Are the hearing impaired not allowed to engage in cursing? If they're watching Slice, then they're probably as immature as I am! They can handle it!
I understand if television is live and the person simply can't keep up (kind of like this guy) but if it's prepared then there's really no excuse. You might as well just insert random snippets of other television shows out of nowhere if you're going to FUCK UP THE PUNCHLINE or straight up LIE to your viewers. Maybe just copy & paste Viagra spam? Lines from Harry Potter fan fiction?
And how about we fix terrible subtitles to asian movies, too? NO WAIT DON'T!!!