They’re like that in this apartment we’re renting and I keep seeing them elsewhere. I don’t get it.

  • JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I like them, personally. You don’t have to use them but they are sometimes handy. I just spent 30 seconds feeling around a TV to turn it off only to discover it doesn’t have buttons. Killed it at the wall.

    It’s not a deal breaker, in any case. The weird foreign convention I would like to shame is doors that require a key to open from the inside.

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      I just spent 30 seconds feeling around a TV to turn it off only to discover it doesn’t have buttons.

      Ugh. That annoys the shit out of me. Our dog chewed up the TV remote when she was a puppy, but only got to the power button. But since the TV had no physical buttons, we couldn’t turn it on and off anymore until we got a new remote.

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        I have an old android phone I keep around because it has an IR LED on top and I loaded it with a few free universal remote apps. They all work offline and it’s come in handy so many times.