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Ken Ober Memorial Poll: did your family call the remote control a "clicker" or the "flicker" when you were looking for it in the TV room? (the flicker) -- nm*

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Jun 18 '24, 11:24

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Remote -- nm - kelly Jun 18, 14:08
Remote. Our early cable(?) top box had push buttons for channels but we didn't call that a clicker either. -- (link*) - Max Jun 18, 12:28 [youtube]
Zapper -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 12:21
Clicker. Never heard anyone say flicker. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 12:03
I still say clicker. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 18, 11:50
on our first VCR, the channel were buttons on the VCR itself, so I used to use a pool cut between my toes to change the channels -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 11:32 1
- the sticker -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 11:49
Shiiiiit - we didn't have a remote until I was like 13. And then - it was a remote -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jun 18, 11:31 2
- our first 'remote' was wired (with a long wire) that had big buttons on top your would push -- (link) - decline Jun 18, 11:33 1
  - I recognize that! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 11:42
"the remote". "the clicker" sounds old-timey to me. never heard of "the flicker" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 18, 11:30 10
- I think "clicker" got the name because the first remote (at least the first we had) on a zenith tv used a sort of clicking sound to cause the - pmb Jun 18, 11:47 9
  - It had tuning fork like metal rods a hammer hit when you clicked -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 12:22
  - Zenith "Space-Command" TV-Tuner - JD Jun 18, 11:51 3
    - Neighbors had one, I thought it was the coolest thing on earth -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 12:23
    - Ah, not the one we had, then. Same principal, though. -- nm - LFG Jun 18, 12:03
    - That was the one. -- nm - pmb Jun 18, 11:55
  - Yes. And we called it the "remote" after a short time of calling it the "tv remote". Tall, white sort of almond shaped buttons. -- nm - LFG Jun 18, 11:50
  - amazing how lazy we have gotten. Sometimes I'll tell Alexa to launch a different app, when the Roku remote is sitting *right there*! - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 18, 11:49 2
    - Louis CK used to do a bit about how spoiled we all are. That we get so annoyed when our phone takes 10 seconds to give a result. - pmb Jun 18, 11:54
    - MTV could never make Remote Control today -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 11:54
remote -- nm - mud Jun 18, 11:29
Clicker—for sure. My parents also called the refrigerator the “ice box”…which I still do -- nm - Trending Jun 18, 11:29
Remot mainly, but clicker was used. -- nm - MDH Jun 18, 11:28
clicker -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jun 18, 11:28
The remote. The remote control. Some family members said clicker. - Beryllium Jun 18, 11:27
clicker. -- nm - decline Jun 18, 11:26 3
- this. "pass me the clicker" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 18, 11:27 2
  - but they stopped actually "clicking" around 1981. the function was to flick through the channels. - hollywood big shot Jun 18, 11:28 1
    - sure -- nm - rollo Jun 18, 11:42
"the remote" -- nm - LFG Jun 18, 11:24
flipper -- nm* - colin Jun 18, 11:24

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