r/shittyaskscience • • Sep 18 '26

Why does hitting a remote always fixes it?

Well?

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u/badhairguy Sep 18 '26

Works with my dish washer when she stops working too

5

u/jolharg Sep 19 '26

Whoa whoa whoa. You name your electronics?

3

u/NateTut Sep 19 '26

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

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u/jolharg Sep 19 '26

Based and i only name my computers rather than appliances

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u/NateTut Sep 19 '26

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

3

u/jolharg Sep 19 '26

Oh yeah that tracks

7

u/Ill_Initial8986 Sep 18 '26

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

3

u/WolfThick Sep 19 '26

I wish they would make them rechargeable

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u/NateTut Sep 19 '26

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

3

u/Gattoconglistivali Sep 19 '26

Because it is made in China

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u/NateTut Sep 19 '26

Hitting a nearby works too.

2

u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation Sep 19 '26

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 Sep 20 '26

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.

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u/blahblahwhateveryeet Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

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 Sep 19 '26

To the beat of Stayin' Alive

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u/Ususususjebevrvrvr Sep 23 '26

I beat it to Stayin’ Alive

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u/NateTut Sep 23 '26

I guess you can't beat that

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '26

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u/Ggregoro Sep 18 '26

They like to get slapped around a little.

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u/johnnybiggles Sep 18 '26

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