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In response to "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*" by hollywood big shot

"the remote". "the clicker" sounds old-timey to me. never heard of "the flicker" -- nm

Posted by prayformojo 🐵 (aka mayhem) Jun 18 '24, 11:30

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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

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