Set up my Mom’s updated tv system yesterday.

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Connectikatie on November 18th, 2019 at 19:47 UTC »

A conversation I overheard between my father and grandmother when she called for help with her tv:

“What’s on the screen? ... The TV screen, mom ... Is the blue light in the bottom right corner? ... That means the power is off. Press the big red button on the remote ... Yes the TV remote. It’s the silver one ... Press the big red button ...

“Hello?.... Mom? .... Hello?......

“She pressed the hang up button on the phone....”

They say senility isn’t funny but sometimes it just is.

Omiie91 on November 18th, 2019 at 20:01 UTC »

They will still find a way

seahorse_party on November 18th, 2019 at 20:36 UTC »

I had to do this for my little Polish grandmother, who was 92. She kept trying to turn on the music-only channels, but kept getting lost in the pay-per-view area. After I saved her from ordering porn multiple times, I finally said: “Gram! You have to stop pushing these buttons! You’re going to order pornography!” She asked me what that was. I told her it was graphic sex on television. She waited a minute and said, “Oh. Maybe I’ll check that out when you’re not here.”

I eventually taped over the buttons. (After making sure she didn’t actually want to order College Co-eds 12 or anything.)