[lonelappde]

Are these captions appreciated? The bland text seems to not be as entertaining/aesthetic as the images, and captioners never "translate" the image into a witty writeup like a good text joke that captures the essence of the visual.

[hocuspocus]

Most memes are bland and have no intrinsic humorous value. I see memes as a form of absurd and surreal comedy. Literal captioning seems perfectly appropriate to carry the point.

[DagAgren]

Close your eyes. Now listen to a discussion among a bunch of people about an image they are looking at.

Would you appreciate being given a description of the image first, or would you rather just hear them talk about something you have not seen?

[aaron695]

This didn't answer the question.

For we know it only added your biases.

What do actual people this is relevant to say? What do the actual users of this think?

[saagarjha]

Every response adds in the person’s personal biases.

[aaron695]

Yes, but I said 'only' your biases.

Top post specifically ask what do the actual people who might want this think.

Closing your eyes and pretending you are blind as an answer....

Compared to what does /r/blind think?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/search?q=TranscribersOfReddit...

[learnstats2]

The purpose of the captions is perhaps more to inform the reader what the context is, so that they can participate - not to provide alternative content which will be out of context.