“This is a serious topic so I’m not adding subtitles!” You sound so stupid oh my god subtitles are NOT just for decoration they are an accessibility tool!!!!! If you usually add subtitles to your videos but you stop for “serious topic” videos you are NOT treating the topic with more gravity by doing so, all you are doing is making it harder for disabled people to engage in the discussions you want to have about serious topics!! Disabled people are capable of being serious!!!
If “this is a serious meeting so we’re holding it on the third floor of this building with no ramps or elevators!!” sounds ridiculous to you, then “no subtitles, this is serious topic” should sound ridiculous too!!!
If “This is a serious sign so we are not adding braile” sounds ridiculous to you, then “turn your volume up. No subtitles bc this is serious” should sound ridiculous too!!!
I’ve seen several videos like this recently and in one of them they were actually talking about ableism and I rolled my eyes so hard because how are you going to talk about ableism as a serious issue and then say because it is serious it’s somehow innapropriate to give disabled people good access to the content of your video by adding subtitles???

















