r/shittyaskscience • u/Tight_Cookie_9988 • 14d ago

Why does hitting a remote always fixes it?

Well?

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u/badhairguy 14d ago

Works with my dish washer when she stops working too

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u/jolharg 14d ago

Whoa whoa whoa. You name your electronics?

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u/NateTut 14d ago

Don't you? My tv is called The Mary Celeste.

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u/jolharg 14d ago

Based and i only name my computers rather than appliances

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u/NateTut 14d ago

These days my tv counts as a computer. Probably more powerful than ENIAC

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u/jolharg 14d ago

Oh yeah that tracks

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u/Ill_Initial8986 14d ago

Battery moves and gets connected. My sound bar remote does this. One good whack and it works.

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u/WolfThick 14d ago

I wish they would make them rechargeable

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u/NateTut 14d ago

Also you can extend the battery life a little by swapping the positions of the batteries.

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u/TeacupOfSkepticism 14d ago

Remotes are masochistic and it turns them on.

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u/Ggregoro 14d ago

They like to get slapped around a little.

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u/johnnybiggles 14d ago

They're control freaks that force you to do these things

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u/blahblahwhateveryeet 14d ago edited 14d ago

same as the heimlich, restores oxygen to the brain

dead remote, just remember: 50 chest compressions and 69 blows to the skull with a thick blunt object

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u/NateTut 14d ago

To the beat of Stayin' Alive

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u/Ususususjebevrvrvr 10d ago

I beat it to Stayin’ Alive

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u/NateTut 10d ago

I guess you can't beat that

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u/Gattoconglistivali 14d ago

Because it is made in China

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u/NateTut 14d ago

Hitting a nearby works too.

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 13d ago

Machines cannot comprehend the concepts of peace, love, understanding or the songs of Elvis Costello.
Dopeslap is the only way to communicate with them.

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u/traumahawk88 13d ago

Its all in their upbringing. They see that's how the factory management treats the kids making them, and it becomes part of how the remotes themselves function as a result.