Five Things You Can't Do On British Television

[@TomScottGo]

This video has a correction! The final "sixth thing", the rule on advertising breaks, was superseded in 2008 by a different rule that requires that "the integrity of the programme is not prejudiced" and adverts must be placed "where natural breaks occur". The old Code is still on Ofcom's site, and I missed the replacement. Back when Millionaire started, those throws-to-commercial were definitely not allowed, but it's now more ambiguous. You can see all corrections on this channel at www.tomscott.com/corrections/

[@shorv]

I wonder if this new pin is why it reappeared in my algorithm even though I've watched this before

[@drabberfrog]

Thx for the update :)

[@Pits750]

When ITV went to a break on the last lap of the F1 and pissed off a nation

[@jonbowman7686]

@@shorv It just appeared in my recommendations too, even though I've watched the video before. Glad it did though. It's nice to get updates on older videos.

[@lotuseater7247]

cut down on the the MDMA mate

[@ADCArtAttack]

That use of an ad break, I just had to watch the full ad out of respect.... That was smooth

[@pokingrandomthings7393]

Thanks for spoiling it, really

[@AceStrife]

@@pokingrandomthings7393 Watch the video before reading comments?

[@MaartenvanHeek]

I was like, why can't I go back? Oh it's a real ad...

[@netsong2239]

Me too. Because it was unskippable and 13 seconds long.

[@aturchomicz821]

Imagine getting Ads in 2020 lmao

[@bnknsy]

Bravo for posting your mid roll ad right when Clarkson says “Time for a break” 😂

[@hippieduck]

Ad placement is quickly becoming an art form.

[@butteredcoffee4210]

The ads are placed by an algorithm, not him

[@tonylock7657]

Does the content provider (ie Tom) get to chose exactly where the mid-roll ads go?

[@DJ_Maysonic]

@@butteredcoffee4210 I thought you could place where the mid roll ads should occur if you wanted to

[@SirShanova]

@@tonylock7657 Yes, bigger channels have that ability

[@Hyblup]

That “time for a break” straight to an ad cut is just _brilliant_

[@jaredapas9092]

ikr

[@giddy1337]

Oof

[@Rose-ec6he]

F*cking brilliant!

[@AyrtonTwigg]

To me it felt more as a middle finger

[@SRQmoviemaker]

Almost like it was planned

[@GreatFox42]

As an American I envy that 12 minutes of advertisement per hour rule so damn much. We're lucky to have 12 minutes of _show_ per _half_ hour. It's gotten so bad that re-airings of older episodes of different shows have had parts of them completely cut out (with no effort spared to smooth the transition), not because of censorship, not because of offense, but just to squeeze in more frickin' ads.

[@trumpetperson11]

For real. Honestly, I think this is a subconscious reason why many people, including myself, have switched to mostly non-traditional video media (KZbin, Netflix, etc.) over TV. Obviously there are other reasons, but adblock is fantastic for youtube and many other streaming services don't even have ads. Like, why would I pay hundreds of dollars for a TV package that is just 33% ads, when I can pay 20 for netflix and get no ads at all.

[@arx4-571]

@@trumpetperson11 as someone who lives both in Belgium and the US, I was surprised how many ad breaks there are on American television, even for the same shows. But cutting the cord may also be a big thing to Americans because I feel like they pay way more for internet and TV, and arguably the service is… worse. I pay less than 0.1% of my income for 2000 TV channels. Where I lived in the US, you couldn’t get cable for under $50/mo. In the UK for example, you can get like 70 channels for free (which is what those towers in the video are for), including video on demand. Free TV doesn’t exist in Belgium anymore (although all public channels are available online, and you can get free, basic access to the internet to watch those). I’m not aware of alternatives like this where I lived in the US (California). I can absolutely understand people wouldn’t wanna pay close to $100 on TV and internet, and find alternatives. In fact, Hulu is very reasonably priced, but if you add Live TV, it becomes insanely expensive. Not sure why but this + all those ads… I can understand people are tired of it.

[@trumpetperson11]

@@arx4-571 It doesn't help that a lot of companies will bundle their TV and internet. So, you feel like you might as well get the TV package. But then I never ended up using it, other than for sports.

[@hannahk1306]

I'm British and I like playing "spot the American ad breaks" on your sitcoms that are imported here. There's normally a transition screen (like the atom one on The Big Bang Theory) that you'd get an ad in, but we just get the next scene.

[@sumgirl720]

​@@arx4-571 The UK also has a TV tax (TV license), which there would be rioting if the US government tried to do that even though it would allow us to fund free access channels and reduce cable costs. Well, rioting but mostly lobbying from private broadcasting corporations.

[@Kaskobi]

Placing a mid-roll ad at 7:48 was utter genius, Tom.

[@DrAgoti-jk2ff]

Yes, it really was genious.

[@Koriyama]

Came to make this comment. Thumbs up!

[@999goat]

Yes

[@LewisSkinner]

I didn't get one! 😭😭😭

[@tfr]

I am egg

[@VixVixious]

I was expecting something silly like “you can’t show the Queen from the back on Tuesdays”, but these all seem very reasonable

[@timtranslates]

Football on a Saturday afternoon at 3pm.

[@sydssolanumsamsys]

t u e s d a y

[@rice_frying_shrimp]

They can't show footage from the house of commons in a satirical context. John Oliver has talked about that multiple times on Last Week Tonight!

[@josephharold808]

@@rice_frying_shrimp well. You gotta enshrine it in law that you can't make fun of it when your legislation is done through people arguing with weird noises, sarcastic "his honorable goodness" and some guy screaming "oh-dah, oh-dah"

[@maga6403]

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[@aaronbill3]

Not gonna lie, I’ve never laughed- nevermind literally laughed out loud- at a midroll ad before. Absolutely well played.

[@inkasaraswati7625]

I was expecting it because I've read the comments. Still laughed.

[@joer7888]

I was just about to make the same comment 😂 perfectly timed made me laugh

[@vinstinct]

@@inkasaraswati7625 I was confused by this, but I have KZbin premium. I thought there was some sort of in video ad that I missed.

[@Codebreakerblue]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one XD This is peak comedy folks We've done it

[@shadowfaxdog9733]

Ha I didn’t get it But I don’t have premium or red or anything so why not 🤔 Could it have to do with being on mobile maybe there’s less adds or something

[@van-hieuvo8208]

I've always respected Tom for including subtitles. I'm not hearing-impaired, but there are occasions where I can't watch with sound on, and Tom's reliability is very much appreciated.

[@Taalul]

I love the hot sauce video subtitles, he even said “subtitles team you can go all out, normally you over-describe things but now you can do that as much as you want” (that’s definitely not a direct point but conveys the same meaning)

[@draklia]

As someone just as passionate about subtitles, I really want to hear Tom's subtitle rant

[@pinkmandymoo]

You can put automatically created subtitles on, they could be better though!

[@-M0LE]

Yes I find a lot of subtitles miss out or replace entire sentences

[@endmysuffering7903]

it genuinely angers me when someone bothered to put subs but they're wrong they're like, "hey I wanna add captions to my video" then turn around and write... well now I'm so worked up about it I can't even remember what I was gonna say oh well anyway it's like malicious compliance without the compliance! It's obvious what they're saying so type it out correctly, jeez end of crappy, badly worded rant

[@Cdog-vl3gk]

I agree with the rant like. Please your THIS big and don't have proper subtitles? H e h?

[@JxsonKing]

@@endmysuffering7903 sh- like that is why community contributions got removed 😡

[@mobimaks]

Subtitles are also useful for non-native speakers of your language, whose listening comprehension isn't on that level yet. That how you can expand your auditory for new people who are also interested in your channel. If you translate your subtitles - it's even better. Source: I was one of them for English videos, and right now I am using subtitles for the Spanish ones

[@leea8706]

You definitely need them for Spanish, I have decent reading comprehension of Spanish, but they speak so bloody fast I may as well know zero Spanish. I believe it’s the second fastest spoken language which makes sense.

[@arghyam6]

I use English subtitles on some videos. I am not a native English speaker that understands different accents really quickly, so reading the subtitles along helps.

[@Leblribrbrrq]

I'm surprised Tom didn't mention this himself. Especially on this platform with its world-wide reach. You really do widen your audience. Depending on the dialect and speed (information density), a subtitle really helps. For everything else, I'm lazy and still turn them on.

[@the_drgoblin]

I believe it's good for the same reason for children's television

[@jaywincer7029]

And for noisy environments, or situations you need to be quiet.

[@FireCraftEntertainment]

7:45 " And the host says: *Time for a break* " (KZbin Ad Starts) Tom proved his point breaking the 3.5th Wall

[@sparky4878]

Very clever of him.

[@Goldv0]

That is amazing

[@DerVolman]

Jokes on you I didnt get ads

[@isaamthalhath4359]

adblock go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@funnyfisher7]

Ha ha! I noticed the same thing! XD Good job Tom Scott! 👍

[@superhappypenguin05]

THANK YOU!!! As someone who watches subtitles because they don’t have headphones, I am so happy with channels who use actual subtitles and not just the “auto generated” ones that never quite say what they are supposed to.

[@charliedobbie8916]

"...ones that never quite say what they are supine toad."

[@Someone-sc2hk]

I mean, does your monitor have speakers?

[@DarkStarCoreX]

@@Someone-sc2hk Most modern ones usually don't since headphones or external speakers are the norm now.

[@Patrick-Phelan]

@@charliedobbie8916 Those would be the otter Jenny raided subtitles, I suspect.

[@weRbananas]

@@Someone-sc2hk if you’re trying to quietly watch something, say in a public space like a bus

[@furyofathousanddoggos3703]

I'd really like to watch Tom's full subtitle rant. Actually, whenever Tom goes on rants, can they have their own seperate videos ? That'd be delightful.

[@danielm8855]

I second this opinion

[@kekow176]

I'd watch this

[@foolmatrix]

I third this idea

[@robertjohnpecayo8642]

Fourth

[@olipolygon]

fifth!

[@OmqSparklez]

I’m sure this comment has been posted but can I say, as a Deaf viewer... thank you for the captioning rant and resources. Yours is one of few channels I can consistently watch without the exhaustion of trying to parse autocaptions and fill in blanks of what I can and cannot hear/process. Accessibility is a responsibility !! It’s obligatory!! And your efforts are so appreciated and worthwhile.

[@absent612]

another reason why youtube removing community captions is stupid

[@hoddtoward5220]

@@absent612 I've actually seen a fan made subtitle that was so horrible it would've been more beneficial if it didn't exist. I'm of course talking about the english sub for "The Egg" by kurzgesagt

[@asmallyoutube]

Big Balls KZbinr Advice: Bought a Lamborghini? Buy some damn subtitles!

[@gliple]

@@hoddtoward5220 What was the sub?

[@Tommo.]

YOOO DID YOU HEAR THAT KZbin REMOVING COMMUNITY CAPTIONS

[@MadSideburns]

Jeremy Clarkson: "time for a break" *KZbin ad starts immediately* I'm not complaining this time

[@ivorreal]

When does tht happen

[@_jax]

@@ivorreal 7:47

[@Keallei]

I appreciated this placement.

[@youtubesucks4197]

Ewww you've got ads? Just set up the free trial on new accounts. Haven't had ads in months

[@_jax]

@@youtubesucks4197 i bet you watch twitch, dont even *TALK* to me.

[@SingingWithMyself-Frozen]

I remember watching American shows on British TV (usually kids shows but not always) and noticing moments when characters would repeat something they'd just said, or there would be a weird transition in the middle of a scene. I now realise that these were where the extra ad breaks you're allowed in the US would go.

[@werbizzy]

i remember Cartoon Network at one point squeezing the credits into a small box on the side, then they showed the proceeded network's schedule.

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

6:25 when visiting the USA, it was almost a cultural shock to see Ad breaks that we almost longer than the show segments. Also Ad pop ups in the show. I don’t see pop up like that in the Uk.

[@randomuser5443]

Children shows make it to where all American children hate marketers

[@imabot4815]

ya

[@larryschrag6306]

Didn’t expect to see you here

[@kuartz.]

Why is iron here!? I’ve been watching you a bunch, got this video, went to the comments and you were here!? I feel like you are following me...

[@joshbrown5644]

would you do a red shirt decal for a churchill or something? britans answer to a life of boris decal on a tank

[@victorycry8849]

Tom: "This should apply to KZbin as well." KZbin: *Removes community captioning.*

[@Rosebrickwork]

WHAT?!

[@bazza_oz]

Please don't forget, KZbin Censor swear words on auto captioned videos.

[@bullracing1]

@@Rosebrickwork This is true.

[@Palmtop_User]

@@Rosebrickwork youtube used to have community subtitles, if a youtube video didnt have subtitles or was in a different language a user could fill out subtitles on the video. They no longer have this feature

[@bossyman15]

@@bazza_oz This! I find that very insulting to us Deaf people.

[@HugoStuff]

I want the raw footage of Tom’s rant.

[@ashtar3876]

Same

[@eclecticsoffy]

Same here

[@minion0470]

I can't find the link to the text in the description

[@simplyspectrum7490]

Same

[@iwonderwhy9681]

Same

[@imdoneplus]

As a person with a disabled partner it’s of paramount importance that subtitles are available. If you had trouble understanding people’s verbal speaking you wouldn’t be able to enjoy telly without subtitles and it’s important to remember that.

[@letsmakeit110]

@Anonymous because people with this opinion are homosexuals.

[@karlovisttimes8271]

@@letsmakeit110oh my jode?!?! gays!?!??! craaaaaaaazy

[@letsmakeit110]

@@karlovisttimes8271 here's a homie with an extra chromie. you must be that guy's "partner"

[@karlovisttimes8271]

@@letsmakeit110 lmfaoooooo

[@lilaclizard4504]

@Anonymous cause wives get offended when their husband accidentally refers to them as their fiance after the wedding, so "partner" avoids the problem :)

[@unofedeo]

I love the sudden cut to “Ooh look at me I bought a Lamborghini - Buy Some Damn Subtitles!”

[@danatronics9039]

Best Tom Scott line, possibly ever

[@zapfanzapfan]

Slagging off some car youtubers there I feel... :-)

[@westcheap]

Also-

[@startrick7390]

I love Tom so much 😂

[@rajdeepdas272]

I won't ever understand those teens bragging about thier moms new car on yt. And why they are so popular that in few days the said teen might buy one for himself and make another brag vid about it

[@m0al0com]

Hey Tom. Deaf bloke here. Just wanted to say thanks for fighting the good fight for captions. I love that, no matter how soon I view one of your videos after it goes up, I can view it with captions. You know, though, I just don't get why everybody doesn't do captions by default. (Don't get me started on the number of KZbin purchases I've had to return for lack of CCs, and of course there doesn't seem to be a way to check prior to purchase...) Something like 3% of the population needs CCs to really engage with media - if I worked for a media company and I went to my boss saying that I could get 3% extra revenue for bugger-all spend, you'd think they'd take notice, wouldn't you.

[@junan6183]

+++

[@highpath4776]

It should be easy if working from the script, it is more difficult for current affairs real time events

[@TheAnikazone]

I don’t know why when I read that I read it in a slightly louder inner voice.

[@cyberash3000]

i have 2 members of my family deaf, and 1 member of my family is blind

[@cyberash3000]

but i agree there should be captions on EVERTY video for the deeaf, in blackpool we used to have deaf weekend, i dont know if we still do but they turned the musics base and especially for the deaf community

[@PiersKittel]

As a profoundly deaf person who relies 100% on subtitles - THANK YOU! Also THANK YOU SO MUCH for being awesome enough to add in proper subtitles in all your videos before release! You cannot understand how much I appreciate it! Yes, most videos have auto-subtitles which isn't too bad but still low quality. Some videos disable auto subtitles though, I don't understand why...

[@Ink_25]

Any automatically subtitled video that does not have near talk show-levels of audio quality and clear, uninterrupted speech has rubbish subtitles in my experience. Especially in other languages than English :-/

[@inkasaraswati7625]

Do you find newly added videos tend to not have automated CC, and it's something that's added later even though it is automated? I suspect that's the case, although I don't really understand why that's the case. I never really confirmed it though. Disclaimer, I'm not hard of hearing, I just use subtitles for convenience. It must be frustrating if you can't watch something you want.

[@olipolygon]

as someone with ADD, i also rely on subtitles a lot and agree heavily with Tom. you arent alone!!!!!

[@corywalters9072]

Ayyy a fellow deaf person can ppl please do subtitles

[@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078]

I don't have hearing issues but I have some auditory processing issues since having a stroke. It is a very odd thing. I'm not even sure how to begin describing the phenomenon. I am hearing sound. But sometimes, it is not being translated in my brain as language, per se: it may only register as rhythmic sound. A song being tweeted by a particularly talented bird. Pleasant, thoughtful; but not entirely discernable as speech. Captions help immensely. Somehow, the visual cues can reestablish the thread of sound - to- language processing within my mind and I can connect the processing again as before.

[@hernanpk7429]

Im not a native english speaker, and I'm always thankful for those who puts subtitles in their videos, because it's so much easier to understand what they are saying, since most of the time I can't clearly figure out what's the idea because of the accent, slangs, etc. So again, thank you very much for doing and promote it. This channel fascinates me

[@Thurzin_hz]

Too..

[@El_Sueno591]

writes the best sentence in english and says sorry for bad england.... youre all the same and thinkyou foreigners are bots

[@austin5060]

“Time for a break” *Ad plays* Damn you Tom!

[@mrkeefor]

I saw no adverts in this video at all and no I'm not using any blockers I'm on my phone

[@mrtalos]

Did it for me too

[@Dalenthas]

I was cackling.

[@austin5060]

@@mrkeefor the very end at the Who Wants to be a Millionaire clip.

[@commenturthegreat2915]

Me who uses adblock: I don't have such weakness

[@rootb77]

As someone who relies on subtitles (I have auditory processing disorder) I cannot tell you how much it means to me to see you passionate about subtitles. Thank you so much for making your content accessible, you're one of the few channels who do subtitle every video, and it makes a huge difference :)

[@solicoli]

same.

[@liniasuma9434]

।

[@MartinWastlund]

I didn't know this was a thing! Thank you for sharing this knowledge!

[@junan6183]

+++

[@abyssstrider2547]

So you can hear everything but you can't understand it?

[@thewanderinggamer1369]

'I could do a whole video on advertising, I still intend to.' Tom. PLEASE do. This is genuinely interesting.

[@sameermohideen4913]

“Oh look at me, I bought a lamborghini” “BUY SOME DAMN SUBTITLES” ~Tom, 2020

[@zerg230]

Someone could include that in a new Tom Scott out of context video

[@xenon3148]

Legit made me chuckle

[@TheMrRuttazzo]

That cracked me up way more than it has any right to. xD

[@GoldenThunderYT]

E

[@thessalonikiosmusv]

@@zerg230 anyone who do Tom Scott out of context should do subtitle too.

[@Laittth]

COME ON reading Tom's subtitle rant isn't the same as seeing and hearing it! Upload an uncut version as unlisted and put the link in the description!

[@Altoclarinets]

SECONDED

[@bartholomewdan]

PLEASE Tom. PLEASE.

[@cheesi]

RELEASE THE SUBTITLE CUT

[@koobyn]

OH MY GOD PLEASE

[@lyrqk5829]

(banging on table) SUBTITLE RANT! SUBTITLE RANT!

[@TotallyNotCalledEvan]

"You are not allowed to disrupt a show with an ad." "Oh no" [Ad break] "Anyway"

[@NetheriteMiner]

genuinely funny. nice.

[@ryan_custard13]

"Is it the Dacia Sandero?"

[@lyrimetacurl0]

Wait. That's illegal.

[@Mega-Brick]

On the topic of ads in the US, even little kids' shows are prone to it. One time, it played the credits of the end of an episode, then cut to commercial. Then it came back from commercial to play the intro theme of the next episode, and then went back to commercial.

[@MasqueradeCrew]

This explains why British shows are longer than US shows. There are literally fewer commercials.

[@aturchomicz821]

@John Reynolds based

[@SamC-fd4sj]

When we have American shows on British television we either get a slightly longer version that is shown in the US or they end up only taking up a 25 minute slot instead of a 30 minute slot.

[@Blitterbug]

'sgood, isn't it?

[@joegillian314]

They would have to be a minimum of 48 minutes, which I think is around 5 minutes longer than most programs in the United States meant to fill a 60 minute slot.

[@SupaDanteX]

@@joegillian314 yup

[@Huvada]

As a Dutchy, it's astounding to me how many ad breaks there are in the US. I used to watch a lot of discovery channel, which airs a lot of shows from the US. Every fifteen minutes there would be a clear slot in the program to allow for a cut to ads, but in the Netherlands they skip over most of them.

[@omikronweapon]

I haven't watched TV in YEARS, but as a kid I was always confused at the end of shows like Roseanne airing in the Netherlands, when there's some voice over going "we'll be right back after THIS" and they'd only cut away for a single frame. And later when realising that was a removed ad break, that the show only continued to deliver a final punchline...

[@katierasburn9571]

same in the uk

[@Malkmusianful]

no wonder why American TV all resembles the Gift Shop Sketch

[@Gary_Harlow]

same in sweden, and i noticed that the shows migth be 40, 45 or 50 minutes long instead of one hour because a lot of advertising was cut

[@doc-holliday-]

15 minutes? Lmao Guess again. More like 5. The clear ad breaks aint the only time they go to commercials.

[@sarahp6512]

I wish subtitles were more common on KZbin. I'm not deaf or hoh, but I have some language processing difficulties and being able to read the words while someone is talking makes it much easier to understand. I love it when a creator subtitles the videos themselves (or in the good old days when viewers could do it) and inserts little easter eggs and snarky comments, so that the subtitles add to the experience rather than being an afterthought. It pisses me off when people just don't bother, because there's literally no reason not to include them, and there's a ton of people who rely heavily on them, so if you don't subtitle your videos they just can't watch them. It's also super irritating when someone puts text in the video that gets covered up by the subtitles so that I have to pause and turn subtitles off to read it. I know it's a minor thing but it's a pet peeve of mine, especially when it happens so often that I end up just turning the subtitles off.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

And some people mumble alot or swallow a word once in a while, so that it becomes unintelligible. Hollywood movies do that alot. Especially Afro-Americans movies are often very hard to understand. Additionally, the music and sound effects of US shows are far too loud and the people too quiet.

[@ktcd1172]

The creator for for the channel "Primitive Technology", actual name of the channel, uses the Closed Caption option to place detailed explanations of what is happening on screen as there is no spoken dialog on the channel. You either read the description, figure out the action based on what you see and your prior knowledge, or you turn on CC to get an in depth understanding of the actions. Your choice of how you do things. If you have an interest is doing things the very, very old ways then you will probably find this worth your while. Who knows it may even inspire you to create your own stone axe and build yourself an clay tiled wattle and daub cabin in a rainy forest somewhere. Not sure that his area of Australia qualifies as a true rainforest.

[@Rose01bloom]

Yes!! I'm so happy to see him rant about closed captions haha, people really should add them!! KZbin removing community captions is garbage, why did they even do that?

[@sohopedeco]

what does hoh mean?

[@skloox]

@@sohopedeco I think it might stand for hard of hearing

[@anthonygillette]

As someone who isn’t actually deaf, I have a hard time hearing and understanding voices. Even in real life it can be hard, so subtitles are a big deal. User created subtitles being removed from KZbin has made life hard

[@maxkorner1123]

KZbin spams me with subtitles on almost every youtube video. Its a feature i cant turn off on the ios app. I didnt know people had the opposite problem

[@nralbers]

Accessibility adjustments are for everyone who needs them. Subtitles are so damned necessary for so many different people, that mandating them almost everywhere just makes sense. :-)

[@maxkorner1123]

@@nralbers i get your point, but i should be able to disable them and not them forcing themselves on myself

[@nralbers]

@@maxkorner1123 Well obviously they should be a choice! But they should be available for those who want them.

[@nralbers]

And frankly, that's just bad app design.

[@RamonaRamona1308]

"Oh look at me, I have a Lamborghini BUY SOME DAMN SUBTITLES" Jeremy Clarkson: time for a break KZbin: AD PLAYS Tom Scott 2020

[@LaughingOrange]

The algorithm knows the meaning of those words.

[@tonylock7657]

Looks like the only one who was going to say exactly that!

[@humanperson2375]

@@LaughingOrange you can choose where to put ads

[@AnEmu404]

It’s because Tom put the ad there 😂 KZbinrs can choose when their ads are, it’s the lil yellow thing for anyone who didn’t know.

[@106640guy]

me: laughs in AdBlock

[@Pattoe]

Regarding the Subtitles issue on KZbin, we DID HAVE a really amazing community subtitle option on KZbin. I love Japanese Music and many of the music videos I love had fan submitted subtitles so I could enjoy the lyrics. KZbin has REMOVED these fan created subtitles because they deemed the effort in moderating them was not worth it as only 0.5% of users actually used the service. Now we only have channel submitted and automatically generated subtitles. Automatically generated subtitles, especially for Japanese content, are AWFUL, most of the time they cannot even detect that it is Japanese but mistake it for Korean. When It does detect japanese, usually only the subtitles "Wawawawawawawawawawawa" are automatically generated.

[@elenafahmi9955]

Even for English the autocaptions are awful; if there's any background noise at all, the captions will often just say "[Laughter]" or "[Applause]" and if there's lyrics in a song, it'll just say "[Music]" which is...not helpful. Also, a lot of KZbinrs I guess misclick occasionally, and then the captions are in the wrong language (most often it's in Dutch or Korean)

[@No-uc6fg]

@@elenafahmi9955 or Vietnamese.

[@Roadent1241]

Elena Fahmi Not to mention the completely long run on sentences that lag behind the audio, with no punctuation, no way to know who's saying what....! Ugh.

[@lalityamarathe1533]

I really liked that option, it gave us a nice hobby to pass time. Not to mention some channels which rarely uploaded subtitles and us viewers would add them later

[@4547466]

@@lalityamarathe1533 community subtitles got abused. Large channels had to turn them off because people were advertising their channels in them. Then youtube flipped the switch on it.

[@h-0058]

"Oh, look at me, I bought a lamborghini-" "BUY some damn subtitles! Also-" *Cutscreen* That cracked me up

[@imJojie]

Agreed, that was hilarious

[@NewGalaktos]

It wasn’t that long ago, when I had only 47 lamborghinis in my hollywood account.

[@bharathjoshua9332]

6:09

[@malinhellden00]

I thought it was so funny 😂

[@sarahtonin58913]

"Buy some damn vowels!"

[@itsthemaggieshow]

Can we just appreciate that Tom got and read a whole hypnosis textbook just to make one small point? I mean, that’s dedication.

[@lululumacat]

IKR I am really into hypnosis and it was crazy hearing him talk about it

[@beeble2003]

"Got" probably means "read at a library"; "read a whole hypnosis textbook" probably means "looked in the index or table of contents for the part that he wanted."

[@laplongejunior]

"subtitles! They're helpful for folks without headphones, or in loud environments, or who can't hear well, or who just like subtitles." There are also non-native English speakers like me, who technically *could* understand, but for which it's way easier to translate the subtitles. (By the way, thank you for your amazing videos)

[@rhyhood9328]

Ew you're learning to speak english like a brit Jk good for you for learning a language even if it is from the inferior island

[@BOOFY8691]

@@rhyhood9328 uhhhh

[@oibruv3889]

@@rhyhood9328 I.... You realise we....... We.... Invented the language right

[@aminity548]

@@oibruv3889 and we made it better!

[@ElliLavender]

Exactly! Especially if a video is about more complicated stuff or a person in it is speaking really fast or with an heavy accent, I'm thankful for subtitles.

[@uniquenormalcy.]

Honestly I would love to see the unedited subtitle rant. I personally use CC when its available because im dyslexic and yes I may hear all the words, it doesnt mean that i process all of them, the added visual aid is always well appreciated so thank you Tom!

[@marshm3llow467]

I actually commented on the previous videos about how much I appreciate subtitles, but I didn't expect Tom to be so passionate about it! Fellow auditory processing issue-having person here, so I fully sympathise!

[@viviphye]

Same! I usually can't watch KZbin videos at all without subtitles because of auditory processing issues and I appreciate how consistently good this channel is about captioning. I want to see the full rant!

[@camzoman]

+

[@vk3xe]

I came here to say the same thing. I get ranty about subtitles at the best of times, and would love to hear (read? :) Tom's as well. I use the subtitles to help with noisy environments

[@amyhull754]

Poor auditory processing here. I LOVE captions.

[@thelakeman2538]

I like how KZbin actively made accessibility harder by killing off community contributed subtitles because of shitty reasons.

[@Xandros999]

Wait, when did that happen?

[@augfairweather4530]

@@Xandros999 last month :(

[@perom551]

@Pham Hoang Gia Bao But that's relatively rare when compared to actual contributions (judging from my experience with subtitles), and all channel owners can remove inappropriate contributed subtitles. Getting completely rid of something so useful to so many people because of something that could be avoided isn't worth it, imo.

[@cassia-in-vancouver]

+

[@JohnSmith-kb4re]

@Pham Hoang Gia Bao hell, by that logic, close off all schools because school shootings happen.

[@areadhead]

I experienced Ghostwatch when I was 15 years old, in the house alone. I did not see the announcement at the start and I can testify as to why that rule is helpful. I was really affected briefly on the night - totally freaked out. It was a great program and I had it on VHS and DVD and I am even glad I had the experience in retrospect because it was one of those things you get excited to say you were there. But I realise it probably affected some people really badly. I'm sure I wasn't happy at the time

[@AnthonyCook78]

I watched Ghostwatch when I was 13 and I have never been so scared in my life. I never actually got to see the end because it ran over my bedtime. I lay in bed shivering for ages trying to think of something else.

[@dshe8637]

Some people might have been more seriously affected, unfortunately

[@simonsimon325]

Hardly anyone saw the continuity announcement as the show started at the odd time of 9:25. The BBC totally set out to hoax people no matter what they said after. If it was meant to be seen as a drama why did they have all the presenters played by known TV personalities playing themselves. Hoax all the way.

[@charliedobbie8916]

I watched it while home alone, and wasn't yet old enough to apply a reasonable judgement about what I was seeing. I still get nervous turning off the light when leaving a cellar.

[@beeble2003]

@@dshe8637 Seems to have caused at least one suicide and at least two cases of short-term PTSD diagnosed in children who'd been watching.

[@KirillTheBeast]

Petition: I need a "Tom Scott UNHINGED" channel/show/playlist in which I can see Tom going "full rant mode" on stances he's passionate about. Not because of the content itself, which would have an enormous potential for entertainment... I think such an endeavour could lead to a change in the common use (and therefore, the definition) of the term "controversial opinion" to something like "a stance that makes ALL THE SENSE, yet it's not even noticed by politicians, leading to a general feeling of neglect in areas of policy that are a blatant and legitimate concern for voters". I'm asking for this because I watched this video immediately after rewatching his video on copyright. Tom, you're spoling your audience with your content and delivery. Keep up the good work! ;-)

[@PraxZimmerman]

"Why the heck has the complaint line been ringing off the hook??" ... "It's Tom again, isn't it?"

[@fredhasopinions]

"Ohh, look at me, I've bought a lamborghini! - BUY SOME DAMN SUBTITLES!" Tom Scott is becoming more iconic by the minute

[@rrp6405]

i hope the rant gets published as a extra

[@Insomninaut]

@@rrp6405 same, I enjoy those rants alot

[@Hollyweed1]

by 12 minutes

[@buksi6342]

GET SOME GOD DAMN: subtitles

[@kwibloupthesomething]

@@buksi6342 for those who bought the earplugs, but can't get them out

[@figmentisms]

the subtitles thing is so important to me. I'm neurodivergent, and a side effect of that is my Audio Processing Disorder, which makes it hard for my brain to process sounds and speech as its happening, especially when there are other noises in the background. The subtitles give me something to latch onto so i can understand and follow a video better! Tom's channel has always been one of my favorites, not just because of its content, but also because I can consistently understand and absorb what is happening BECAUSE of the subtitles. Every single video!

[@Dungeonfreak]

I can’t watch without subtitles either for the same reason (technically I can I just miss half of what’s said and don’t understand it)

[@jeremykriska2822]

exactly the same for me

[@Diamondphobe]

This. Sometimes I just need silence. So subtitles are great.

[@Freak80MC]

"Accessibility should be a right and a legal duty" Tell that to KZbin, who has started to censor it's captions on videos, because if you are hard of hearing or deaf, you don't deserve to get the same amount of info and enjoyment as normal people I guess :/ (especially when it used to NOT be censored) I'm so glad you add captions for those hard of hearing or deaf!

[@Catcrumbs]

What kind of information are they censoring?

[@ranjittanneru1169]

@@Catcrumbs "swear words"

[@NameWasntTaken]

Also some subtitles were being vandalised as well, so they had to be completely removed from some big channels

[@leehttucec-9985]

In september the corporate clowns down at KZbin really just decided to completly disable community made captions. Of which is the only option Hard of Hearing people / people with audio processing problems / people who are not native speakers can really rely on, considering most youtubers won't ever bother to subtitle their videos or pay someone to do it for them. (And let's be honest, the automatic bot made captions are completly illegible 90% of the time) The bar is really low, but i'm so thankful that Tom is one of the few folks that cares enough to subtitle his videos

[@theirishviking9278]

@@GrayDaDolf and without you telling me I wouldn't have know this

[@michaelsandell4688]

Tom, I can't thank you enough for talking about subtitles. If you have the footage, I'd love to hear your thoughts in full because I'm sitting here in near tears so grateful someone cares about this access need. My auditory processing is awful, especially when people have accents, and so I literally wouldn't be able to watch your content without the subtitles. I'm so appreciative of you using your platform to talk about accessibility; sometimes it can be really hard when no one seems to care about the needs of disabled people.

[@theramendutchman]

Agreed; I'm incredibly hearing impaired (from a medical perspective, I'm technically "deaf") And there are so, so many KZbin channels I found hard to follow or never really watched more of because I couldn't understand anything; so many KZbin channels that _seemed_ interesting but I wouldn't be able to know. It's especially bad when I'm with friends and I can't understand any conversation at all from their setup

[@themoon7435]

@@KatsuKasuu s as long as you don’t mind losing the chance of gaining a larger following then be my guest...

[@KatsuKasuu]

@@themoon7435 well considering I play music, it's pointless to cater to deaf people. They can look up lyrics themselves.

[@Webi]

@@KatsuKasuu ah yes the age-old, it doesn't affect me so why should I care about it. And for people who can hear but not make out words, subtitles on music is a must.

[@KatsuKasuu]

@@Webi youre right. I don't care about others because why should I? What's good for me is good for you.

[@sweetofu]

I cannot express how grateful I am for someone to finally stand up for subtitles on youtube. Thank you, Tom, you just made my day

[@benpye6854]

Makes me wonder if KZbin could enforce this. If you had n subs or your video gets to x views then KZbin will withhold a part of your ad revenue to pay for proper subtitles. Obviously exempted if you add subtitles yourself.

[@NitroIndigo]

Speaking of which, I can no longer find Matt and Tom's video about subtitles.

[@jed02]

@@NitroIndigo mm m m m m. F you not

[@Satori91387]

Thank you so much for being vocal about accessibility. I'm visually impaired, so subtitles don't directly help me, but I will always make noise for folks with disabilities, and it's really heartwarming when someone does so from on stage.

[@ItsMeVltimate]

British Television: 12 minutes of ads per hour max. American Television: 1 hour of ads per 12 minutes min.

[@JustJaidenism]

PBS: *Laughs In No Commercials*

[@Kendricklamarglazer17]

Laughs in TV dying

[@rayjaygee]

This was the 1 of the biggest culture shocks for me while in the U.S. my god, the ads...the constant, *constant* ad breaks. It's akin to Chinese water torture, aaaaagh!

[@eroth1008]

per 12 minutes max*

[@Kendricklamarglazer17]

@@eroth1008 joke

[@Skorpeonismyrealname]

"No more than 12 minutes of ads per hour of programme." Mind telling that to most cable TV channels here in America? Where you pay $60+ to get 30 minutes of ads per hour of program?

[@melodiclogic9904]

And there’s no adverts on the BBC, that includes tv, radio etc. I had a massive culture shock when I started using VPN’s to watch US shows, because the adverts are just plain bad as well and way too long. The pharmaceutical adverts actually make me laugh because they spend more time explaining the side effects and who can’t take it than actually advertising it.

[@SgtKilgore406]

@@melodiclogic9904 I cut the cord altogether in high school and have been living a happier ad free life ever since (KZbin Premium by the way).

[@patrickpaganini]

@@SgtKilgore406 Yes - I'm not pleased at Google's censorship, but I pay for Premium because watching adverts would be unbearable.

[@fermitupoupon1754]

So just get rid of your cable subscription. I haven't had a paid cable subscription is over a decade and I can't say that I feel like I am missing out on anything at all. I've got 2 video-on-demand subscriptions and on the internet as a whole I block ads entirely. Not because I don't think site operators and content creators do not deserve to get paid, of course they do, but companies like Google and Facebook do not care about my privacy and refuse to provide an allround hard opt-out, despite the fact that the GDPR says they have to.

[@plamf1278]

@@fermitupoupon1754 Im exactly the same as you, If I believe someone deserves money for something they have created I buy hard copies or I buy a youtubers merch or join members for a bit. the big companies make their money from our data. remember if something is free, you are the product

[@HeadOfBusiness]

I really appreciate the long rant about accessibility and subtitles. Totally agree we should be thinking about people of all abilities.

[@stevenobrien557]

You Brits sure love your red tape

[@Gyvulys]

Or not? Why should society conform to a minority's needs? If people aren't able to watch without subtitles, that's their own problem. And YT should *NOT* be regulated in any way at all. The way it is, is already enough.

[@GiantDivineMoth]

@@Gyvulys seems like a grouchy way to think doesn't it? don't know about you, but if i had a favourite youtube channel that i watched every week and all of a sudden an accident took away my hearing - it would be nice to still be able to consume the content in some fashion, if that makes sense

[@dogu1601]

@@Gyvulys You know that it’s not their fault that they’re disabled right? Could’ve happened to you

[@yonatanbeer3475]

@@stevenobrien557 You Yanks sure love screwing over the disadvantaged

[@UncleTogie]

As a deaf guy, THANK you for the subtitle rant! I just want to watch what everyone else is...

[@jxssmarie4586]

can't even tell you how happy the "this rant continued for several minutes" about subtitles made me. i'm deaf (with cochlear implants) and subtitles help me to hear and understand what i'm watching so much easier. i wish more youtube channels would make an effort to make actual subtitles/find people to make them rather than just using the auto-generated ones.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

So I need confirmation on this, but I don't think fans can make the subtitles anymore.

[@idimokuthepotato6726]

@@StonedtotheBones13 you are correct. it's a real shame.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

@@idimokuthepotato6726 truly. It was a bit of a pain to go through frame by frame, but at least there was the option. Altho they have transcripts now... Sometimes, but I don't know much about them

[@RickyRatte]

Tom Scott: Every KZbin Video should have subtitles! KZbin: removes the option of using user generated subtitles

[@xHadesStamps]

Well, you now need to do it yourself, which unfortunately sucks, but it's still an option.

[@timothymclean]

@@xHadesStamps It's a change which makes accessibility less accessible for channels which rely on fans for some or all of their subtitles. In particular, translations are almost always the work of bilingual fans with spare time and a desire to share the things they love.

[@SZebS]

@@timothymclean fr i have a lot of videos i want to translate but i can't because youtube wanted some extra money off of the backs of HoH and monolingual folks

[@Elec-citrus]

Well, thats sucks. Now I can't watch a new alan becker videos with a fan generated subtitle.

[@PouLS]

retarted idea, like all KZbin's ideas

[@jack0slack]

... I’ve never felt so left out by having KZbin Red.

[@yousorooo]

That ad break was so clever that I just had to watch the whole ad.

[@pyrioncelendil]

I've never felt so left out by having uBlock Origin.

[@notrandomtypek]

I've never felt so left out by having KZbin Vanced

[@VoidLantadd]

I've never felt so left out for... I have no idea, the ad just didn't play.

[@pluto3194]

I've never felt so left out for KZbin being broken and not playing me an ad

[@dumboelefunt4690]

The way they put in the words behind the tower at 0:17 is just a subtle flex of their editing and I respect that

[@thermometerman1824]

ok babe

[@Steampunk_Wizard]

12 minutes per hour?? In the US, we are lucky to get 12 minutes of show in our hour of advertising.

[@AshyRose1]

The trruuttthhh!!!!!

[@shritan0]

so true haha

[@chocolatereigns]

I was going to say the same thing. Most "1 hour" dramas are 42 minutes on streaming, so that'd mean we have about 18 minutes of ads per hour of regular TV. I'm sure big events are more like 20-23 minutes per hour. Makes me laugh because I haven't watched anything other than streaming in 5 years.

[@connomar55]

If Morning TV on CBS in particular, were a game of Russian Roulette, there would be no viewers left. Provided I don't check the clock to see if it is 7:00AM or soon after, I always hit commercials, rather than program.

[@rubixtheslime]

And then all the ads are for drugs because that's legal in the US. Kinda a slap in the face when you consider the lack of healthcare. Go USA!...

[@sleepyyghostt]

hearing you talk about subtitles like that made me so happy. accessibility is so important and it so often gets left by the wayside. I have auditory processing issues, and though i don't always need subtitles i benefit from them a lot (and so many people need them much more than i do to even watch a video at all) and it just felt really great to hear you standing up for us, thank you

[@Je_QzcY3mN0]

Don't forget to also thank KZbin for removing community subs

[@muppetman935]

My friend we both have APD.

[@alexisericson241]

I appreciate the subtitles so, so much. As a hard-of-hearing viewer, they mean a lot to me and I'm really glad that some content creators subtitle everything

[@satannstuff]

Then some genius puts a subtitle over a subtitle that was already baked into the footage and you can't read either one.

[@jammer523691aj]

@@satannstuff You can just move the subtitles up.

[@satannstuff]

@@jammer523691aj Not on a TV broadcast you can't.

[@GrandSupremeDaddyo]

I guess they have successfully argued that the suspense before revealing if an answer is correct is part of the flow of the show and is not interrupted but even enhanced by the ad break.

[@CletusTheFetusDeletus]

I can't stop replaying "Ohhh look at meee I bought a Lamborghini... BUY SOME DAMN SUBTITLES!" Also, I will try to take this advice

[@aturchomicz821]

Anti Capitalist Tom? WTF THATS SO BASED!?!??!🥵🥵

[@slammy118]

"Adverts cannot interrupt the flow of the programme" could be argued that the tense "we'll find out after the break" is the flow of the programme P.S. amazing use of advert there

[@smutnejajo5149]

Except the exact rule is "Where there is no change of competitor, a break may occur at the end of one complete round of questions."

[@azgarogly]

Use of advert? Huh?

[@GeneratedPerson]

@@azgarogly people without an ad blocker got an ad right after the host said “after this break”

[@azgarogly]

@@GeneratedPerson Oh. I see. Thanks.

[@AlastairjCarruthers]

Exactly. I just commented the exact same point, but I can see you were well ahead of me. My thinking is that the cliffhanger may not fit the wording of the examples in the guidelines, but it is nevertheless well within the spirit of the rules, which are presumably mainly intended to prevent broadcasters interrupting shows at inappropriate moments.

[@WakaDood]

"Oh look at me I bought a lamborghini, BUY SOME SUBTITLES!"

[@endermoosh]

I CACKLED

[@shane2799]

By the way, I actually very much appreciate your subtitles! I sometimes watch your videos in loud environments, and the subtitles allow me to understand what you are actually saying. Thanks!

[@swarnamoti]

Me too. I am not from an English speaking country, so I love the content creators who give subtitles

[@cattysplat]

When watching the Superbowl in Britain it's hilarious how all the stops in play which are usually filled with 5 minutes of commercials, due to these laws and being broadcast on the BBC, instead have to be filled with 5 minutes of awkward commentary whilst literally almost nothing is happening. Multiply this dozens of times and it really highlights to me how much the entire event seems rigged to push more commercials.

[@tisjester]

Ah but the Commercials during the Superbowl are part of the event. Most folks non sports fans here in the US only get anything of value from the broadcast because of the commercials and/or the halftime show (They are not into football). So the reality is that you all are missing out on some (sometimes) very clever or funny commercials. Why watch the game if they are not into football? It is all about the party for many.

[@renakunisaki]

The commercials _are_ the show. The filler in between is just to grab your attention. This is true of all US/Canadian channels.

[@sasukesarutobi3862]

I wonder how much this colours British perceptions of American football as slow on account of all the ad breaks.

[@AlfredTheBrave]

@@sasukesarutobi3862 very much so I tried watching the super bowl once and literally couldnt get through 10 mins of it because of all the stopping and starting, it just didnt seem like a proper sport at all

[@orangew3988]

@@AlfredTheBrave agreed. As a rugby player I was excited to learn and watch a new but related sport, but omg bloody get on with it. There's two things, the constant ad breaks but also literally not having anything last longer than a few seconds. Even tennis gets a good rally going relatively often.

[@ESB2109]

Clarkson: “Time for a Break” Me: -gets ads- My god, Tom, what a genius move.

[@AhmedIbru]

Is it demonetized i didn't get any ads

[@baconwizard]

@@AhmedIbru you’ve probably got Adblock on, I don’t know I time where Tom Scott’s videos have ever been demonetised

[@courtney-ray]

@@baconwizard i don’t have a blocker. I didn’t get ads either. Also I saw/heard no one say “time for a break”

[@77skull]

@@courtney-ray the you didn’t watch it all?

[@nottsoserious]

@@courtney-ray it's right towards the end, about 1 minute before the video ends

[@j3bb9z]

As a non-native English speaker I can't express how much I appreciate having the subtitles. Sometimes it's hard to catch all the words by ear, even when one knows them. Especially when person speaking has a strong accent. Subtitles makes that so much easier! Also, watching films with subtitles in the same language as the one spoken - is a great way of learning that language. So, not only deaf people benefit from them being added. Thanks Tom for bringing that up and expressing your strong opinion. I fully agree!

[@junan6183]

+++

[@KuK137]

This :(

[@SpielkistenLP]

this.

[@AVI-lh6rm]

There's just SO many reasons to add subtitles. Deaf people, people who cant hear English well, etc. Even people like me, a native English speaker with no trouble hearing, sometimes I need subtitles too. Sometimes there's too much background noise, I don't have headphones or i'm tired, making it harder to make out voices. Because of stuff like that, it's harder to make out voices on my phone/desktop. But most of the time i have to rely on those crappy auto subtitles. I appreciate the huge amount of effort in the auto subtitles, but a lot of the time it really messes up. One of my favorite youtubers "videogamedunkey" has captions on like 90% of his videos which i really, really love about his videos. If somehow i become a youtuber im making it a priority to have CC for every new video

[@srank7953]

same bro, subtitles are very helpful

[@youraveragefan6953]

That’s why I enjoy watching Markiplier’s videos so much, I have some ear problems that cause me to have trouble hearing so it’s always great when you see a KZbinr that has subtitles on their videos.

[@caspergotlost]

Dan and Phil's too! I can hear fine, but have auditory processing issues, so I use captions as often as possible. Dan and Phil's are community made, so they sometimes contain hilarious notes from the captioner.

[@UrThysis]

I have a weird feeling that Tom doesn't get enought credit for the amount of research that must take making this amazing videos for years

[@laatma985]

Or just his whole team you can say, Tom doesn't do it himself :)

[@lexwolfhale1729]

As an HoH fan of your content, and part of that 15% of viewers who use subtitles, I'm pleased to see that you went on a rant about KZbinrs and subtitles, even with the caveat that you then sped it up and put the information contained in said rant in text form in the description box! We need more KZbinrs to subtitle their stuff!

[@metalwhere]

I'm surprised it is just 15%...

[@courtney-ray]

I’m confused. On my channels whenever I upload a video, KZbin automatically provides subtitles.

[@peter_smyth]

@@courtney-ray You can get KZbin to show automatically generated subtitles on any video, but they get a lot wrong. I think Tom was referring to providing proper human-generated subtitles, which you can then get KZbin to automatically translate (which works a lot better).

[@metalwhere]

@@peter_smyth or the creator can supply their own translations for subtitles. Which can add context for different cultures or just different countries.

[@TheGreaterDane]

I actually laughed out loud at "ohhhh look at me, I bought a Lamborghuni-BUY SOME DAMN SUBTITLES"

[@ZakiZamil-xu2nj]

Where is that part

[@justanobserver3643]

@@ZakiZamil-xu2nj @ 6:08

[@mr.randomgamer888]

Bro I clipped that lmao

[@diedertspijkerboer]

Here in the Netherlands, certain events must be viewable on publicly accessible television, which can be a commercial channel. These events also include (warning: national stereotype) certain skating events and the Eurovision song contest.

[@katfoster845]

As a hard of hearing person, thanks for having good subtitles. It really is very important.

[@talis4646]

"Five Things You Can't Do On British Television" >Me, an Italian who's never going to be on any British TV Channel *Interesting*

[@lockstocknl]

Never say never buddy

[@xFedoh]

In Italia ci sono 12 minuti di programma su un'ora di pubblicità

[@joe_ita]

qua abbiamo avuto iva zanicchi "ipnotizzata" che caga in diretta, direi che questo video per noi è inutile sin dal primo punto hahaha

[@thewanderinggamer1369]

@@lockstocknl Shut up Justin Careerover

[@therealbeanbot]

Same, although I’m a preteen American.

[@twandepan]

Imagine walking through the park and see someone shouting “Oh look I have a Lamborghini! BUY SOME DAMN SUBTITLES!” at a camera

[@therandomcat4695]

Stinky poo

[@louise7176]

Captions don't just come from "the caption company". Of that "$2 a minute maximum", a fraction actually goes to the caption writers, who are "freelance" contractors at the mercy of the company. It takes about 3 hours to put quality captions on a 30 minute video. You'll get about $9 for it. I had to do it to afford food when I was really, really hard up. I signed an NDA so I can't go into the specifics about the company or who used them, but I captioned videos for a lot of famous KZbinrs, and subtitled a moderately successful British daytime soap. If you're going to buy captions, pay someone to do it directly.

[@heatherduke7703]

I tried to approach KZbinrs directly to do captions for them and not a single one got back to me 😕

[@stevejacks8389]

Ring, ring. "Hello?" "Hello, I'd like to buy some damn subtitles."

[@wolfcafe3745]

What kind, sir? We have proper grammar subtitles or you can try our minimalist 'enough to get the point across' subtitle package.

[@roguishpaladin]

@@wolfcafe3745 I was actually wondering - can I get those in Swedish? I have lots of moose involved in my production.

[@justleaveitalone]

@@roguishpaladin Tyvärr kan vi bara erbjuda svenska undertexter med Google Translate. Är det okej?

[@jsmaps]

Well, you've come to the right place! - Jacob @ Caption+

[@MercenaryPen]

welcome to Lucifer and Associates Subtitling, Damned Subtitles our speciality

[@caseyhamm8822]

‘oH lOoK aT mE i BoUgHt A lAmBoRgHiNi,’ BUY SOME DAMN SUBTITLES! also-

[@chr13]

I wonder what the "also" is.

[@ghastiafy67]

Christopher Scheler BUY SOME MORE DAMN SUBTITLES

[@TheSimmr001]

@@chr13 also BUY SOME AUDIO DESCRIPTION

[@Worldsbiggestwinner]

‍

[@whyiwakeup6460]

@EvilGelatine03 the fiendish boy that provides factual ideas

[@Zander10102]

"When a media has that much power it gets regulated." ...in Britain.

[@umartdagnir]

In America, it chooses who gets to be the President!

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@umartdagnir No it doesn't.

[@catarinamelchiorgomes8750]

@@IkeOkerekeNews officially? No. Popularly? Yes.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@catarinamelchiorgomes8750 In anyway it is no

[@catarinamelchiorgomes8750]

@@IkeOkerekeNews don't you know truth doesn't matter for you neurotypicals?

[@Mandrake_root]

I love that your videos always have subtitles. Yours and a couple other KZbinrs I follow I can always count on having subtitles either when the video launches or within a few days of release.

[@RazzleTheRed1]

KZbin actually did the opposite of what you suggested, instead of mandating subtitles, they removed the viewers ability to add subtitles to videos.... Thanks KZbin...

[@dontquestionme7673]

I mean yes we should have subtitles but there has been a history of people using captions for not good things

[@ng.tr.s.p.1254]

ytube could've come up with some sort of validation system rather than abandon the whole thing altogether though

[@MrBii03]

@@dontquestionme7673 The good it does under most circumstances tends to outweigh the subtitles misuse. I'd rather have more accessibility with the SLIM avenue of people who misuse it instead of cutting off a potential viewerbase

[@dontquestionme7673]

@@MrBii03 maybe we should have regulations to them

[@kng2159]

I love how much Tom cares about accessibility. As someone who regularly uses subtitles, thank you!

[@junan6183]

+

[@Moocow2003]

me too :)

[@MedlifeCrisis]

"Governments don't want sporting events of national cultural significance to be on paid TV as they will become irrelevant." Cries Test cricket tears 🏏😭😭]

[@kwibloupthesomething]

why do all verified content creators always make references that I don’t understand?

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

How can we not see the bloody Ashes?! Channel 5's highlights is worse than not seeing it at all. TG for Radio 4 LW lol.

[@Kyrelel]

If you're going to post from two different accounts, at least make an effort to change something to make it less obvious :/

[@nemesis-music]

If nothing happens for 5 days, it may as well be on the radio

[@sannidhyabalkote9536]

FeelsBadMan

[@elan344]

I’d love for tom to post the whole rant it seems like it would be so entertaining to watch

[@veroxid]

British TV: Only allowed 12 minutes per hour for commercials. American TV: "And now it's time for a break from our regularly scheduled commercial for a quick bit of a show."

[@tcbobb1613]

Back in 1 minutes!!!

[@Pandamasque]

And then the actual content is full of sponsorships and product placement.

[@chayew4660]

KZbin: Every three minuted of watched content makes you look at 10 seconds of adds :D

[@maunster3414]

Then there are those blasted constant advert in the corner or bottom of the program that is currently in progress.

[@catchy9665]

In my country commercials almost took 15-20 minutes bruh

[@deltasword1994]

2:49: "And uh" *looks to left at horse pointing a gun at him* "horse racing".

[@TheMightyKinkle]

Ahahahah

[@Konayo_]

I love this 😂😂

[@KingOfHarems]

I love the fact that when it says “take a break” a youtube ad starts playing. That’s actual genius

[@poplee6478]

Aye

[@Beckasarus230]

Very funny

[@ColossalZonko]

is that tom's planning? or does youtube analyse the audio and determine when todo that themselves?

[@SopanKotbagi]

I didn't get an Ad.

[@LofiCannoli01]

ad block gang

[@Maijorsam]

YES for the subtitles! Though I am not hearing-impaired, I find subtitles tremendously helpful and find it difficult to understand all TV shows or youtube videos without them.

[@lancewithasea]

Clarkson: "Time for a break!" *shows ad* I want to be Tom Scott someday. I just... aspire to be this level of 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩.

[@truegame142]

adblock made me miss that laugh

[@CreeperAssassins1]

@@martian17 creators can place in their own breaks

[@MinecraftTestSquad]

Subtitle user here. I surely don't need subtitles, I have no issues hearing or anything of the sort, I just like subtitles for most things. I don't notice the lack of them much on videos with one or two people, but I do watch Critical Role and sometimes multiple people are talking at once or a comment is too quiet to hear, and I really appreciate their dedication to having subtitles there. I can't say I agree with the extremes your opinion goes to, having them be mandatory, but I do agree that if any significant spending goes into a channel, it should not be too hard to get some subtitles and it would be really nice of them to do so. Great video as always.

[@QtPieMarth]

SAME. I *always* watch with subtitles, on and CR is sooooooo much better to watch with subtitles on; so often one of them makes a quiet joke and the table breaks out in laughter and you rewind 8 times to try and catch it but can't without subs.

[@alxjones]

It's much easier to believe that it should be mandatory for any reasonably sized/funded channel when you or someone you know NEEDS subtitles in order to understand anything. The deaf community is relatively small, so there is very little monetary incentive to have subtitles, and so very little reason for anyone to put their time and money into creating subtitles unless they are really passionate about it. This is the very reason that accessibility is so poor in media in general right now. We NEED mandates (or at least some kind of incentive) if we ever hope to see accessibility being taken seriously. And we should hope for that, even if we don't need it ourselves.

[@vsm1456]

@@alxjones subtitles also help people who aren't good enough with the language of the video

[@leSingeMajestueux]

As a non native english speaker, subtitles are awesome. If you want to have a broader public, you should buy subtitles. You don't even need to translate them, as most people just use them to understand a bit more clearly. Seriously, subtitles are life and are love. I try to translate them sometimes when I am bored, it's a lot of fun.

[@benkendall7489]

Thank you for your support of subtitles and accessibility Tom, I’m so glad someone recognises and supports us

[@nonyafkinbznes1420]

As someone who has an ADD disability I need an option to disable distracting subtitles and sign language.

[@ramensobs]

@@nonyafkinbznes1420you CAN disable Tom’s subtitles though..? they are not burnt in

[@nonyafkinbznes1420]

@@ramensobs Not the sign language.

[@ace.of.space.]

+1 to the entire subtitle rant even if we didn't hear most of it the "oh look i bought a Lamborghini BUY SOME DAMN SUBTITLES" convinced me

[@fieldmarshal7298]

Me getting ready to sue "Who wants to be a millionaire" so I can become one without answering any questions.

[@cameron7374]

What if the judge asks you a question during the trial?

[@kevreeduk222]

@@cameron7374 Then you call for a commercial break (aka recess / adjournment) :)

[@drabberfrog]

The problem is all your winnings will be spent on legal fees.

[@cameron7374]

@@kevreeduk222 Exactly.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

The court case is presented in the format of the show.

[@rustern4681]

"Oh look at me I bought a Lamborghini BUY SOME DAMN SUBTITLES!" - Tom Scott

[@imsotiredofthiscrap2341]

Ayyyeee my like was the lucky number 777 :)

[@edwinhuang9244]

"Also" (Beep)

[@WryAun]

I would love to hear Tom's subtitle rant even as its own video it's an important topic!