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humor The Daily Mash 2026-06-16

TV Remotes: Keeping the 1980s alive through pure, unadulterated finger torture

Humanity has conquered space and the internet, yet our televisions still force us to hunt-and-peck through an interface designed by cavemen. It is truly heartening to know that while AI takes our jobs, we can still spend twenty minutes failing to spell 'Netflix' correctly.


NONE of the advances in technology of the last half-century have made it any easier to enter text via a remote control. <p><strong>NONE of the advances in technology of the last half-century have made it any easier to enter text via a remote control.Β </strong></p> <p>A technological black hole means anyone attempting to search for a film or TV show has to enter it letter-by-letter as if they were putting their initials by a Space Invaders high score in 1980.</p> <p>Jim Bates of Congleton said: β€œ...

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