Back many moons ago, when I was but a small fellow, I recall my uncle being the first in our family to have a telly with one of these. His however, was not near as fancy as any of those pictured. It had two buttons, one to change channels up and down, (all 11 VHF + those fabulous UHF channels - when they were available), the other to increase and decrease the volume. Believe it or not, it was called a clicker (or "that clicky thingy"). We found out later that you could do the same thing by clapping your hands ... but that is another storyand another annoying set of commercials. .
These days, the amount of junk on the telly keeps so many, far too busy doing mindless things. I used to hear things like, "You watch enough of that and your eyes will turn square." Haha, the things we get told to try and make us stop something. For most of us, it just makes us want to do it more, just to see if it will happen.
Today's remote controls do so much more. I hear they are working on one to tell you what to watch, when to watch it and then proceeds to force you to get health insurance, whether you can afford it or not. Such digression. At least 3 of these things just about have total control over my evening outcome.
Remember, "Do not adjust your set ...)? I see a day when the telly is on 24 hoursa days, feeding more mindless crap into our already overly polluted minds, controlling everything we think, do and say. Don't take my word for it, just ask those who have already begun to do or look in the old history books to see what has happened before........
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0
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