Brevity by Dan Thompson for March 25, 2021

Wait til he learns how to change the channel.

I wish that existed. then I wouldn’t have to try to explain it to my customers over the phone.

the kid looks like he hasn’t the remotest idea…

I used to leave stray remotes in peoples’ grocery carts at the store…

You can use a remote for remote learning via ZOOM?

Remote learning has a remote chance of success.

He’s getting a little clicker every day.

I could use that to figure the Apple TV remote.

I’m not sure why the remotes went from having labeled buttons (on, off, select, menu, back, guide, info, etc.) to assuming that no labels or separate buttons were needed at all. The one that came with our new set (3 years ago) is about the same size but has a large button and a couple of smaller buttons, no labels and no instructions, and we have never figured out the correct combination of pushes to get what we want to show up on the screen. We get there eventually, but by no discernible pattern. We use it to select the TV (as opposed to the 20+ other options that pop up on the screen) and then use our old, clumsy annotated remote to find the program.

Well, if he doesn’t learn it then who will teach the adults?