• @[email protected]
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    21 hour ago

    Yeh those sliding type battery covers, I find those pretty irresistible myself. Knew it was a bad idea and likely breaking the remote before its time when I had those but sometimes it was almost unconscious and I’d just find myself removing the cover and sliding it back on without even realising. The ADHD is strong I guess. I haven’t had a TV whose remote had that style of battery cover for a long time luckily. The current one just isn’t even remotely :) satisfying to remove the cover and put it back on again so it’s safe from me.

  • @JayDee
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    25 hours ago

    I have so many fidgets and always go back to pens and household items

  • @bitchkat
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    210 hours ago

    My latest TV has usb-c and solar to recharge the batteries.

    • @onebonestone
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      1316 hours ago

      All remotes get taped shut eventually because of broken clips. No more fidgeting.

    • @[email protected]
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      Then the cover slides off all the time. Then you end up having to tape it shut and get a messy sticky remote with tape residue. Or the cover falls off and gets lost

      (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

      • @[email protected]
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        12 hours ago

        I had to put one of those rubber condoms over my remote because I did that, and because I didn’t stop after it broke.

    • @[email protected]
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      Many years ago, I did that. On the TV remote, the blu ray player remote, the sound system remote, the bedroom TV remote, the guest room TV remotes.

      Looking back, I get why my parents where annoyed. Maybe they should have brought me to someone that could’ve diagnosed my add.

      Now, I live in a household devoid of remotes.

    • Nate Cox
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      3220 hours ago

      So long as there are absolutely no follow up questions: yes, it is.

    • @Agrivar
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      916 hours ago

      I’m glad I found your comment! This thread had me questioning my sanity - I have never, in my 50+ years on this Earth, encountered this phenomenon!

    • Lenny
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      018 hours ago

      Yep… because unmedicated ADD.

  • dh3lix-pooch
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    1321 hours ago

    … but…but… it feeeela so good to do it.

  • @[email protected]
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    118 hours ago

    Joke’s on you! My remote has a pin that needs to be pushed in like the SIM tray on cellphones, there’s no opening it without something to push that in every time!

  • @lath
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    120 hours ago

    You can, as long as I don’t have to hear it.