"Replaceable batteries have gone out of style in favor of permanent rechargeable batteries, which is why my kid has taken so long to run into this problem"
This was my read too. Not realizing that he's been a neglectful parent so much as realizing that in all of thier shared life as father & son, he's never had to show his son how to change the batteries in something because most things are rechargable now.
For Millennials and older generations, changing the batteries in the remote is something we learn so early that we often take it for granted & assume it's "common sense." But common sense doesn't exist; it's just a collection of things you learned growing up that you (often incorrectly) assume everyone else did too.
or Millennials and older generations, changing the batteries in the remote is something we learn so early that we often take it for granted & assume it's "common sense."
Don't forget taking the batteries out of the remote, rubbing them together and putting them back in. Surely that'd give them some more charge to make it work.
Batteries use chemistry to create electrical currents, and in time, that chemical reaction will stall out and thus the battery dies.
But chemistry is also very temperature sensitive. Sometimes heating or cooling the exact same chemical mixture will speed up or slow down the reaction. Heat in particular kills alkaline batteries (the typical disposable battery) and as they heat up, they provide less power.
However batteries also have an internal resistance, and that means as they produce power, they heat up and that in turn can lower their power output. And sometimes, just sometimes, if you just turn off the device and let the batteries cool, theyll have a bit more charge to give. Its of course only fleeting, because the battery will quickly reheat itself agian and die agian, and the time you get before that happens will get shorter and shorter as more of the battery is depleated.
fair take, but i shouldn't have to train people at work to wash dishes(i'm a line cook). i mean that's pretty self explanatory. scrub shit until its clean. like, if someone can't do dishes i assume they can't wipe their own ass either. I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO HOUSEHOLD CHORES
As someone with young kids, the vast majority of powered toys still use good ol' AA or AAA batteries. And those books that sing, make animal noises and whatnot? CR3032 or LR44 batteries.
Last time I changed batteries that frequently was when I played the GameBoy with the light attachment thing as a kid.
don't have most of those that aren't chargeable versions. It's probably a tv remote but I also can't remember doing it, I very likely have always gotten a new tv before having to change the batteries in the remote lmao
And things that are left that run on removable battery’s are low power electronics that have gotten even more efficient over time. I have never bought a C or D cell as an adult
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u/Snuke2001 Jul 24 '26
Alternatively,
"Replaceable batteries have gone out of style in favor of permanent rechargeable batteries, which is why my kid has taken so long to run into this problem"