I'm grinning an evil grin tonight! A small, but enjoyable victory for our side!

[lastlib]

So I go to lunch today at a well-known fast-food joint near my work and order my lunch. It's very busy, and Fox Propaganda is showing on the television. So I put my food down at a table, and go up to ask the counter lady if she can change the station to, say, CNN. The poor harried lady steps away briefly, then comes back with the remote control and hands it to me. "See if you can find it," she says, then goes back to what she was doing.

The keys to the kingdom! I push the program guide button, find MSNBC, and select it. Then I realize that this is an opportunity that may never come again! I push the Menu button, find Settings, and there is the Mother Lode--Parental Control! I changed the Parental Control to On, then browse stations to lock out until I see Fox Propaganda and Fox Business. I lock out those two, then set the PIN code to 9897 (higher numbers usually take longer to find), Confirm, and exit. So now, not only can they NOT watch Fox Nooze, it doesn't even come up on the program guide! Then I took the remote back to the very nice lady, sat down, and enjoyed a nice Fox-less lunch over MSNBC!

Like I said, one small, sweet victory for truth!

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[Kirk Lover]

1. I think you should visit this fine establishment again real soon!

You delightful person you!

[DemocracyMouse]

18. You're an inspiration! We should all be changing our world thus.

[NCjack]

107. Follow-up report, please. nt

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. Ok, that shit made me laugh. Well played. nt

[BigmanPigman]

3. Can you come to my house and help me with my

remote controls, car radio, Hell come and do all my stuff.....PLEASE! I have 6 different ones and my dog can't assist with them (her tail wagging is encouraging as I try to figure them out though).

[lastlib]

11. Sure!

Be happy to help a fellow DUer!

[BigmanPigman]

16. Is there a way to make it automatically

turn off or mute Sarah Fuckubee Sanders whenever she comes on or is that technology still in the planning stage?

[Lochloosa]

110. Get one of these. I love mine.

Logitech Harmony 650 Infrared All in One Remote Control, Universal Remote Logitech, Programmable Remote (Silver)

Brilliant and Colorful:

See icons for your favorite channels as well as the commands you need for the devices you’re using.

Click. Sit back. Enjoy:

Just select what you want to do—such as “Watch a DVD”—and Harmony 650 does the rest.*

Setup that’s a Snap:

Connect your remote to your computer. Tell us about your devices. We take care of the hard stuff.

[spanone]

4. Brilliant!!!!!

[Moral Compass]

5. Well played!

[fierywoman]

6. a few big "mwah!"'s to you !!!

[Empowerer]

7. That's beautiful!

[Demovictory9]

8. LOL!

[Sophia4]

9. Wow! I'm impressed. I would never know to do that.

[MontanaMama]

10. You win the day!!!!

Smarty McSmartypants...

[Phoenix61]

12. Awesome!!!!

What a great plan. They will never figure it out and if they do no one will ever take the time to call their cable company to get it fixed.

[pioche4]

13. May the Force be With you!!!

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. So much win!

Bold, decisive, most of all, correct. A nice little grin to see me off to watch a movie.

[Mme. Defarge]

15. FORMIDABLE!

I logged in just to say that.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

17. lastlib wins the Internet!!!

The image of a Trump-humper fruitlessly clicking the remote, looking for his daily dose of lies, will make me laugh for a long time. Thank you!

[Bluepinky]

19. Love that! Wish that could be done everywhere.

[C Moon]

20. You got a smile out of me at "The keys to the kingdom!"

But the rest was even better!
I wish you could do that to the TV's at the gym I go to.
One day Fox was on two tv's next to each other. :O

[tosh]

21. Perfect!!

[oasis]

22. The dream situation.

[mountain grammy]

23. Good job!

[BHDem53]

24. This is awesome!

I do the same every time I stay in a motel.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

25. KR NT

[Leighbythesea]

26. Thank you for this

Its by far the best thing I have heard today!

[calimary]

27. WOW!!! Well done!!!

[wryter2000]

28. OMG

I am celebrating with you. That is so awesome.

[blue-wave]

29. Wow! That is soooo great!

I've been laughing for five minutes now. Is there any way to start a gofundme so we can hire you to do this throughout the country?

[lagomorph777]

68. Johnny Truthseed.

[AllaN01Bear]

30. muwhahehahahaha

[aggiesal]

31. We can all do this by ...

purchasing a universal remote.
They cost as little as $5.

When I was working at Cymer here in San Diego, the cafeteria had 5 TV's all tuned
to Faux Noise. The person in charge of the TV's was a retired Navy officer.
The set top box was behind a locked cabinet door with a see through window.

I purchased a universal remote and decided to change the channel to CNN, MSNBC,
ESPN, local channels, ..., anything but Faux Noise.

When the retired Navy officer entered, he noticed it was not on Faux.

So he walked back to his office, grabbed the keys to the cabinet, opened, removed
the remote, and changed it back to Faux. Placed the remote back in the cabinet and
locked it. Then started walking out to put away the keys.

Just before exiting we changed the channel a second time. He notices and immediately
repeats the process of changing it back to Faux.
As he exited the cafeteria, we immediately changed it back.
When the retired Navy officer returned, you could see the frustration in his face.
It was really funny.

He then placed a cover over the window on the inside of the locked cabinet.
Obviously blocking the IR receiver.
But our universal remote had RF capability, so we continued surreptitiously changing
the channel when ever we went to lunch.

Co-workers who knew what was going on, would routinely stop by my desk and ask if
I was going to lunch in the cafeteria. If I wasn't, they'd ask for the remote. GLADLY!

So let's all start buying universal remotes and learn to program them with the TV/STB
you'll be changing. Then every you go to breakfast, lunch or dinner and you-know-what
is on, just change the channel and lock out Faux Noise.

[kag]

62. Awesome!

I'm just picturing the guy's face.

[hkp11]

70. that's so funny and awesome!!

it must have really ticked him off! great job!!! you really put him in his place - truth defeated faux news!!!

[lastlib]

109. Dat's FUNNY!!

to you!

[Stallion]

32. MAGA One TV Remote at a Time

[W T F]

33. Lol, had a friend at work, did the same think with the break room tv. The wingers were pissed

[KY_EnviroGuy]

34. Death by a thousand cuts...to Faux Noise.

Thank you for that bold move...very inspiring!

....... ........

[sprinkleeninow]

35. Oh you! 👏

Good job! 🤗

[Hulk]

36. driving to Mexico in 45 days

Need to see if I can do that to the motels along the way. dream on.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

37. I needed a good laugh today

!

[workinclasszero]

38. You rock OP!

No more filthy Fox lies and brainwashing at that food joint yay!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

39. Whoa-ho-ho-ho-hooooo!

VERY smart and well played.

[Paka]

40. Gave me a good chuckle.

But I wouldn't know how to do that.

[SergeStorms]

41. Well done!

Like you said, a small- yet very meaningful - blow for the side of truth. Well done!

[OnDoutside]

42. Will you be going back ? It would be fun to see how long it stays like this.

[Doreen]

43. YOUR MY HERO!!!!!!

[Cha]

44. It's a good thing you know

your around the remote, lastlib!

Sounds like you had a once in a life time experience for anybody.

[MFM008]

45. Well played

[Croney]

46. Wonderful! Should I do this on Memorial Day?

We're going to RWNJ's house... I can easily find some alone-time with the remote while they're grilling burgers. Parental control, make my day!

[oberliner]

47. You think this is a good thing to do?

[CentralMass]

48. Yes.

[oberliner]

49. What happens when a customer asks this "poor, harried lady" to put on Fox News?

And she is unable to do so because of this action, and the customers get irate and she takes the brunt of it?

[Tarc]

50. Do you find this wet blanket shtick to be endearing?

Pretty sure most here do not.

[oberliner]

51. Discussion forums are for discussions

Seems more productive to have a conversation as opposed to someone posting something and everything saying "Yay!" in response.

In this case, I do not agree with what the person did at all.

A harried worker let this person change the channel to what they wanted to watch, and this person then took it upon themselves to block another channel that other people might want to watch at some point.

This will no doubt make things difficult for the staff in the future - and I think it was pretty thoughtless.

I feel that is a pretty reasonable opinion to hold - and I don't think we should be encouraging this kind of behavior. In fact, it seems antithetical to what I would hope would be our core values of kindness and compassion for others.

[Piasladic]

53. I do

Oberliner seems to point out problems with arguments that are as true as they can be infuriating. It's like he or she is that old scold hanging by the side of the road when you want to get on the bandwagon who says, "That's not really a witch; it's just an old woman nobody likes without any real witchy power."

So yeah. I like a wet blanket when it is used to put out a stupid fire.

[Hekate]

116. Are you aware (as I know oberliner is) that FOX is a fully-funded propaganda arm of the RW?

The days of thinking their shenanigans are funny are long over. They cause tremendous damage. They dissemble. They lie. They spread The Stupid around like peanut butter on toast, only with negative nutrition.

If you want to "put out a stupid fire", take aim at FOX itself.

[Piasladic]

119. I am

I detest fox news. I complain whenever I see it.

This does not mean that I am happy about making a harassed working woman's life harder. Her getting in trouble with her boss or customers because she trusted lastlib to just change the channel only and not block fox is something I think is GODAWFUL!

She thought he would do as he said. "'See if you can find it,' she says, then goes back to what she was doing."

I hate FOX news, but if you think hurting working people is the way to go... you're not winning any friends.

[magicarpet]

55. With this one - the wet blanket routine is - how you say...

.... HA bitch u Al... Or is it habitual ?

Always pouring iced water down someone's back. Must be thems ivy league critical thinking skills - supersedes all other perspectives - and interprets other's viewpoints rather oddly and crassly.

Just for fun ?
A devout contrarian... maybe ?
WTFK.

[treestar]

75. I was looking for the first negative post on the thread

I knew there would be one. Not surprised at all.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

60. Well, duh, that would be the customer's fault, NOT the OP. :eyes:

[MineralMan]

87. Ah! There it is!

I scrolled down, knowing someone would step in and scold. And here you are. I didn't know who it would be, but someone always shows up. Bravo! Really...

[TheRealNorth]

101. Me

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I would give the customer a quarter and tell them to go call someone who gives a $hit, but that's just me.

As a poor, Midwestern, salt-of the-earth, blue collar white male who just happens to be liberal, I think you should indulge me for not being PC, you elitist you. Didn't you know, you should give us a free pass for being a jackass.

[lastlib]

115. Well, she'll just have to tell that customer....

..."Sorry, it's been locked out, and we haven't figured out how to get it back."

Customer will then get all huffy, and tell her, "Well, then, I will go eat somewhere else!"

And she will be a little less harried.......

[treestar]

74. The lady handed the controller over

Probably didn't expect this, but well, if you hand it over . .

[Ferrets are Cool]

52. Brilliant.

[rgbecker]

54. Great Job! Here's what's up at the Hudson, NY BurgerKing.

They turned of FOX News and now have a custom channel that runs stories of interest...non political, with a side screen of requests for job applications for the place.

Actually I miss the Fox news as I don't have cable and never get to see/hear the crap that Hannity, Whaters endlessly put out. But it is clear someone has decided the Fox station isn't keeping abreast of the changing demographics in this area.

[dumbcat]

66. I have to ask ....

How are the demographics in Hudson changing? I grew up in Hudson in the 50's and 60's. I haven't been back since 1996 or so. What's changed?

Do they still make the famous pepperoni sandwiches that are only known in Hudson? There used to be a place called Johnny Ware's that made them, and the old Dairy Queen on Green Street.

[rgbecker]

99. Well, I'm new here and really just a visitor, so it's my guess.

Quite a few Hispanics doing construction and Bengallies: apparently previous button factory workers and their friends and families. The Burgerking employees are about 50% African Americans. Hudson is a Great place full of diversity, trying to make use off all the old houses and buildings. I'll look into the pepperoni sandwiches...not in tune enough to know if Johnny Ware's is still around. The Dairy queen turned into a laundry mat last fall. I'm there to work on my daughter's house... complete rebuild it turns out...much to my surprise...great retirement project!

[dumbcat]

102. Ask about the pepperoni sandwiches

at Rocky Porreca's Italian restaurant back in the 60's. He had a place off of third street.

I lived on State Street, 7th street and 8th street in the 50's, then moved out to West Taghkanic for my jr high and high school years. I still have a large clan left in Hudson and Germantown. My family ancestors settled there in 1710-1712 from the Palatine German immigration.

When I was growing up there was only one black family in town, the Irwin's. Mrs. Irwin was my first Cub Scout Den Mother. Not much diversity in those days. I didn't ever see or meet a person of Asian descent until I was in college.

Enjoy the area, it's beautiful and has a lot of history.

[Nitram]

56. Well payed, sir!

[Soxfan58]

57. You saw a opportunity and you took it

[onlyadream]

58. Brilliant! I think I love you!

❤️

[samnsara]

59. yaaaaaaaayyyyyyy

[PatSeg]

61. Oh, you made my day!

Thank you for sharing!

[kag]

63. Love this!

Thank you!

[Kentonio]

64. Funny, but next time maybe don't add to a harried workers stress

By asking for TV channels to be changed while she's rushing trying to serve other customers.

[Tipperary]

71. Spot on.

But it is a “cool story, bro.”

[Guilded Lilly]

65. Bravo!!! We all now have a new "Resist" protest. To the fast food restaurants, everyone!!!

[lagomorph777]

67. OMG that is my dream!

I did do the same thing to a hotel room TV once; had to add CNN & MSNBC to the viewable list as well.

[Nay]

69. Ooooh, talk about thinking on your feet!!! This is so excellent! nt

[geardaddy]

72. Awesome! I love it!

LOL

[TNNurse]

73. Thanks for the inspiration.

maybe many of us can go several places and do the same!!!!

[Aristus]

76. Well done!

[TalenaGor]

77. lol I love it!!

[erronis]

78. There used to be (or still is) a device called "TV Be Gone" or some such. You could turn off ANY TV

within range. It did a scan over the remote-control frequencies and blasted out the TV OFF command. I think I read where the FCC and Fux tried to make it illegal. So helpful in airport lobbies....

[Maggiemayhem]

79. McDonalds in our area have ditched TVs

The creepers insist on FoxNews and many of them are weirdos who mumble to themselves. They just take up space and spend no money. If McDonalds wants millennial business, they need to ditch TVs as all the young folk have smart phones. There are old guys that drink coffee and meet for hours taking up space when their is no seating. As long as you known for that Mickey D’S , you have no future.Quit being a propaganda tool for Fox. I read a dairy recently where a guy set his Fox watching parents tv to no Fox via parental controls. I hope this is a trend.

[Rabrrrrrr]

80. LOL - awesome!

[sellitman]

81. Hat tip

Sharing on Twitter..

[Iggo]

82. I'm not sure if that's passive aggressive or active aggressive...

...but I like it.

[politicaljunkie41910]

83. If you don't mind, I've got a list of millions of homes I'd like you to drop by.

[Bob_in_VA]

84. Quick Question

I never considered this before but is one of the reasons Fox is #1 in cable news because so many restaurants, doctor's offices, hotel lobbies, airport waiting areas,etc. tuned to Fox as some kind of default?

[chitown progressive]

85. Made my day

Oh my you made my day!!!!!

[llmart]

86. RESISTING!!!

one act at a time. Each small act we do as individuals adds up. The large ones too.

[joanbarnes]

88. Brilliant, well done!

[BigOleDummy]

89. Excellent!

last time I tried to get the channel changed away from that crap I was told the owner kept the remote and only he and the manager had access to it. So I said thank you and left.

[niyad]

90. WELL DONE!!!!!!!!

[yonder]

91. Amazing! do it yourself culture jamming!

Damn, that is funny. If I had the opportunity, I don't think I would've had the wit or presence of mind to do the same. Most excellent!

[DownriverDem]

92. You are wonderful!

Love it! I bet every time to go in there you have a big grin on your face!

[FailureToCommunicate]

93. Well done!

[dajoki]

94. I love it !! n/t

[bluescribbler]

95. Great job

n/t

[Honeycombe8]

96. The Democrats are smarter, that's for sure! Way to go!!!! nt

[Hortensis]

97. Great! Try for it again, but maybe go for CNN.

For whatever reason, CNN is seen as more generally acceptable than MSNBC. I'm thinking longevity.

[TheRealNorth]

103. While we know there is a difference....

I don't know if the average Faux viewer either knows or cares. They tend think of the world in terms of black-or-white - I doubt they care about the degrees of difference in "fake news".

Added: Limbaugh used to call CNN the "Clinton News Network" back in the day.

[Hortensis]

104. Lol, that's true for most. But nevertheless, here in

the deep south, those TVs showing news in public that are not tuned to Fox (by far most) are tuned to CNN. Never MSNBC. Don't know why, but I figure there's a reason and that the pattern's worth putting to good use.

[B Stieg]

98. "One remote at a time."

It's going to take a whale of an effort but we can get it done!

Face it. It's the ONLY way to save some of these folks...

[alfredo]

100. Next time switch it to the cartoon channel, or Telemundo.

[bluestarone]

105. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love it!!

[tazkcmo]

106. Good work soldier!

A target of opportunity. Mission accomplished!

[sarge43]

108. Thank you. Well done. n/t

[R B Garr]

111. You have mad skillz!

I am remote/programming challenged. That was some high-level operating there -- impressive.

[DFW]

112. Switching channels is good. Locking out Faux is better

Changing the pin is brilliant!

[TeamPooka]

113. k&r

[VOX]

114. They will sing songs of glory about your deeds for a thousand years.

I kid ya. A victory is a victory, and a well-executed victory is sweeter. Well done!

[Lugnut]

117. Priceless!

Way to go!

[Devil Child]

118. Direct action!

I love it