Empirically, no.
No, should I?
No but can you get me Xythar's autograph
Humanity won't ever extinct because I will never die?
Miya.
Nekogirl.
Competition existing is pretty much the main reason I like fansubs. The concept of multiple competing translations existing for a thing is just really cool, and I love arguments about which releases are better.
Though I don't think I ever subbed something to be competitive about it.
Yes.
You have to pay attention to what's happening or you risk not knowing what happened, and you need to be in arts-appreciation mode in order to optimally extract enjoyment. Being in arts-appreciation mode takes energy and I don't like playing suboptimally, so it's hard.
It sucks because I can't talk about anime with people and I don't know any of the characters that figures/doujins/other otaku merchandise feature nowadays.
I want to watch anime again but it's so hard to.