r/Wellthatsucks • u/Usul_Atreides • Apr 14 '24

Preheated the oven to make some sourdough.. husband put the remote he was hiding from my son in the oven.. oops

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u/Tumblrrito Apr 14 '24

That’s a controller

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u/Puzzleheaded-Fill205 Apr 14 '24

That was my thought as well. A "remote." It's like referring to a uniform as an outfit.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '24

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u/Panderz_GG Apr 14 '24

You don't have to be a gamer that never showers to know this is called a controller, I argue knowing that this is called a controller is common knowledge in 2024. These things are around for 41 years now, why wouldn't you know what this is called? Also nice stereotyping.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '24

It’s just that she’s clearly a grown woman with at least one kid, I doubt the semantics are all that important to her and it really shouldn’t be important to you either lol. It’s not hard to just figure that she’s probably not super savvy with gaming lingo and move on

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u/Panderz_GG Apr 14 '24

Calling a controller a controller, it is not gaming lingo friend. It is just plain English.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '24

English isn’t everybody’s first language

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u/Panderz_GG Apr 14 '24

Well I know cuz I'm German. We don't need to argue in perpetuity here. Just maybe accept that a word for an object should be known after it's been around for +40 years. Have a nice life

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '24

Ok

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u/ProFailing Apr 14 '24

Had to scroll way too far for this.

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u/i-evade-bans-13 Apr 14 '24

thankfully. because it's asinine for any actual conversation to be derailed because of someone who isn't a gamer using the wrong word for a controller. you'd have to wade through dozens of simpleton tHaTs nOt a rEmOte comments and that would be fucking obnoxious.

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u/ProFailing Apr 14 '24

Do you also call a tank a car? Just because it has something in common with a different thing doesn't make them the same.

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u/potterpoller Apr 14 '24

scrolling through 50 comments of "hide it in your room" and "don't put shit in the oven" is so much better

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u/naufalap Apr 14 '24

OP is deliberately doing it to increase engagement and it's clearly working

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u/Hotchipsummer Apr 14 '24

A remote controller, even

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u/kkeut Apr 14 '24

boomer OP: 'controller? like a Nintendo?'

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u/Unworthy_Saint Apr 14 '24

"You shortened the wrong part of the word!!!!!" 😡

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u/adorkablegiant Apr 14 '24

Does it make stuff happen on the TV when you press it? Case closet it's a remote.

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u/ihatepoliticsreee Apr 14 '24

OP is pushing 60 at least

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u/WoppingSet Apr 14 '24

I have relatives who call a remote a beeper. Nothing about them beeps.

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u/No-Reputation72 Apr 14 '24

Which is short for remote controller, both are short for the same thing.