The 'Deaf People Reacting to Subtitles' meme highlights the often absurd and overly descriptive nature of closed captioning in film and television. It typically features characters looking confused, terrified, or overly emotional in response to subtitles that describe non-auditory or impossible-to-hear actions, such as '[Intense Silence]' or '[Cries in Spanish].' Popularized on platforms like Reddit and Twitter, the meme mocks the redundancy of these captions while poking fun at the cinematic tropes that try to convey mood through text. It has evolved into a versatile template used to represent any situation where a description is hilariously unnecessary or surprisingly dramatic for a deaf viewer.