Subtitles

 A friend in an online peer group that I participate in posed an interesting question this morning. The question was asking anyone in the group if they watched TV with subtitles.

I found this amusing because it’s a frequent topic of discussion at my house. My daughter watches with subtitles and I don’t care to. I’m such a slow reader that if I take the time to read the subtitles I miss the content of the show and for whatever reason if the subtitles are on I can’t not read them.

My wife and I recently started watching a new episodic show on a popular streaming service. In the opening scene a murder was committed. The music that was playing in the background was light hearted . I told my wife they were playing the wrong music.

Later in the episode a husband was sleeping with a woman that was not his wife. His wife was aware but despite the fact of her husbands infidelity she was still very loving to him. The consequences didn’t match the action.

As in life , I watch peoples reaction to interaction. The consequences of what was said more than what was actually said. Words don’t seem to hold as much weight to me as the reaction they precipitate.

People’s words often don’t match their intentions. 

I think the way I judge a situation on people’s reaction and not words that are spoken must be a “symptom” of being autistic.

Deciphering when a person’s words match there intentions is difficult for me to say the least.

In real life there are no subtitles, background music or foreshadowing scene that helps me to understand “the plot”. 

My responses are mostly reactionary to how I perceive others have reacted to a situation.

I should have been a politician 😊.