There Are So Many Puns For The Word "Control"

NOTE: I wrote this on Thursday and, like an idiot, forgot to actually publish it. So yeah, double update today.

I have never owned a telivision that I could actually turn on with just a remote. Well, that's not entirely true. You can turn the actual TV on, but for it to actually display anything, you have to turn a whole bunch of random satellite boxes and other nonsense on. And the button that's supposed to turn THOSE on never seems to work properly, does it? I think that's gotta be the only leg cable has up over satellite dishes. You don't have to put up with that stupid crap. You can be even more lazy while you watch your glowy picture box.

The remote control has got to be one of the laziest inventions of all time though. Basically, we have designed something that always us to do even less when we're already doing nothing. That's sort of impressive. Impressively embarrasing, but impressive nonetheless. And now I've heard that they're going to start using crap like the Kinect for remote controls, so you won't even need to worry about losing it.*

The next logical step is, naturally, TVs that read your mind. I want to be able to think "VOLUME UP" or "CHANNEL FIVE" or "PORN" and have it come up. Also, I'm a complete liar.

*This is, of course, retarded, since it would require you to either not move at all while watching TV or make it so insensitive that it will only pick up ridiculously violent motions. So either your body atrophies or you dislocate your shoulder. Tough call.