It annoys the shit out of everyone around me
It annoys the shit out of everyone around me
original post: https://masto.doskel.net/@chloe/113784823934883234
Yeh those sliding type battery covers, I find those pretty irresistible myself. Knew it was a bad idea and likely breaking the remote before its time when I had those but sometimes it was almost unconscious and I'd just find myself removing the cover and sliding it back on without even realising. The ADHD is strong I guess. I haven't had a TV whose remote had that style of battery cover for a long time luckily. The current one just isn't even remotely :) satisfying to remove the cover and put it back on again so it's safe from me.
so fidget spinner should have been fidget slider clicker
I have so many fidgets and always go back to pens and household items
That's how I broke my remotes battery cover :)
My latest TV has usb-c and solar to recharge the batteries.
My partner wore out the clips on the cover by doing that all the time
Then the cover slides off all the time. Then you end up having to tape it shut and get a messy sticky remote with tape residue. Or the cover falls off and gets lost
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
I had to put one of those rubber condoms over my remote because I did that, and because I didn’t stop after it broke.
Many years ago, I did that. On the TV remote, the blu ray player remote, the sound system remote, the bedroom TV remote, the guest room TV remotes.
Looking back, I get why my parents where annoyed. Maybe they should have brought me to someone that could've diagnosed my add.
Now, I live in a household devoid of remotes.
I feel called out
I feel so seen
Fidget spinners before fidget spinners were invented
is that something people do?
I'm glad I found your comment! This thread had me questioning my sanity - I have never, in my 50+ years on this Earth, encountered this phenomenon!
... but...but... it feeeela so good to do it.
I like to pretend my remote is a spaceship. The battery cover is the gangplank thingy; obviously I have to open it when the remote lands.
Joke's on you! My remote has a pin that needs to be pushed in like the SIM tray on cellphones, there's no opening it without something to push that in every time!
You can, as long as I don't have to hear it.