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RainCaster

(13,146 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:47 AM 16 hrs ago

I couldn't take it any longer

I'm stuck in a hotel this morning and the TV in the restaurant was on Faux Snooze. I grabbed the clicker and turned it off. It was non stop bullshit about how the Dems are causing the shut down. Pure lies.

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I couldn't take it any longer (Original Post) RainCaster 16 hrs ago OP
Need universal clickers like that bucolic_frolic 16 hrs ago #1
Someone was selling them during the Bush administration. They also mentioned a trick for hotel rooms: LT Barclay 15 hrs ago #14
A real stealth operator! /nt bucolic_frolic 15 hrs ago #16
Wish we could find a clicker that fact checks. pandr32 15 hrs ago #18
TV be gone! maxsolomon 14 hrs ago #22
what a shock....just being Faux News democratsruletheday 16 hrs ago #2
I always ask places to turn off Faux Clouds Passing 16 hrs ago #3
I do too, Clouds. SheltieLover 16 hrs ago #4
Or reruns of I Love Lucy Clouds Passing 16 hrs ago #6
Yes! Cartoon Network or TCM are options too! SheltieLover 16 hrs ago #8
Golden Girls, HGTV, a gardening channel, even Hallmark, are better options. niyad 15 hrs ago #10
Yes! Anything is better than Faux scum! SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #11
Golden Girls, All In The Family, Good Times, Sanford and Son....... Clouds Passing 13 hrs ago #25
Break room is empty about half the time Seinan Sensei 13 hrs ago #26
We should all turn it to 24/7 episodes of South Park Clouds Passing 13 hrs ago #27
Awhile back, I was in a fast-food joint that had Faux on.... lastlib 14 hrs ago #20
good trouble. I love it 📎 Deuxcents 12 hrs ago #28
This works Danascot 9 hrs ago #31
Goebellsvision is what destroyed this country Chasstev365 16 hrs ago #5
Did you take the clicker home with you? usonian 16 hrs ago #7
I hope you complained. calimary 15 hrs ago #9
Local cafe always has FQX on all 4 TVs KS Toronado 15 hrs ago #12
We need every democrat all the time to attack fox news Tribetime 15 hrs ago #13
Hampton Inn. Grumpy Old Guy 15 hrs ago #15
That's odd. I've stayed at around 50 different ones in the east and mid Atlantic madinmaryland 12 hrs ago #29
I'm sure it was the local managers or staff. Grumpy Old Guy 11 hrs ago #30
A lot of places here in big city NM have learned their lesson Warpy 15 hrs ago #17
I've Suggested The Food Network ProfessorGAC 9 hrs ago #32
if i were traveling and had to endure one more minute of that id get myself a tv bgone . AllaN01Bear 15 hrs ago #19
There's more than one way to overthrow the government. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #21
No one should take it any longer. maxsolomon 14 hrs ago #23
that's just about the only circumstance in which I see TV mike_c 14 hrs ago #24

LT Barclay

(3,112 posts)
14. Someone was selling them during the Bush administration. They also mentioned a trick for hotel rooms:
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 PM
15 hrs ago

The TVs usually don’t have a password set, so go to the settings, add a password and then block Fox. I remembered that once and it worked

pandr32

(13,472 posts)
18. Wish we could find a clicker that fact checks.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:24 PM
15 hrs ago

We need Fox watchers to hear truth, that the Republican-led congress is avoiding swearing in an elected rep to avoid having enough demand to release the Epstein files (why?), and that they control all branches of government so how can the Democrats be at fault of a shut-down? Oh, and also that undocumented people would not be able to receive Federal healthcare benefits. All important current examples of truth Fox watchers need to hear watching Fox.
Fox needs to be reformed.

democratsruletheday

(1,601 posts)
2. what a shock....just being Faux News
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:50 AM
16 hrs ago

24/7....ANYONE with any critical thinking skills knows it's BS. Polls are coming out in favor of Dems as we speak. Keep the faith!!!!

Seinan Sensei

(1,158 posts)
26. Break room is empty about half the time
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 02:02 PM
13 hrs ago

If it’s on Fox when I walk in.
Then it’s on History Channel or Food Network when I walk out

lastlib

(26,766 posts)
20. Awhile back, I was in a fast-food joint that had Faux on....
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:30 PM
14 hrs ago

I asked if they could change it to CNN. The harried cashier just handed me the remote, and basically said go for it, so I did. I not only changed it to MSNBC, but also set the parental controls and LOCKED Faux channels out. So unless they guessed the lock code, they couldn't ever put Faux back on. Returned the remote and walked out with a big smile on my face.

Danascot

(5,118 posts)
31. This works
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:27 PM
9 hrs ago

As lastlib says, if you can get the remote, you can block Fox. Google if you need more detail but it isn't difficult. Do future viewers a favor and block Fox!

usonian

(21,054 posts)
7. Did you take the clicker home with you?
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:02 AM
16 hrs ago

Asking for a friend.

PS if you're the ultra honest type, did you leave a twenty behind?



I'll post a composite later rather than use a crappy AI image. IF I CAN FIND A TWENTY!

"Just in case", I'll be rehearsing my Howard Beale imitation.



And congrats on being the hero of the day!

calimary

(87,951 posts)
9. I hope you complained.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:34 AM
15 hrs ago

Management needs to know some of its customers don’t support that shit.

KS Toronado

(21,421 posts)
12. Local cafe always has FQX on all 4 TVs
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:55 AM
15 hrs ago

and the volume loud enough for everybody to hear. I'd listen until I heard a whopper that was easy
to disprove and start laughing out loud as loud as I could and then asked people sitting close
to me questions like "Can you believe all these lies?"

Tribetime

(6,857 posts)
13. We need every democrat all the time to attack fox news
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 PM
15 hrs ago

As long as fox news is around this country is going to be shit

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,092 posts)
15. Hampton Inn.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:02 PM
15 hrs ago

I stayed at a Hampton Inn two weeks ago that had Faux News running in the breakfast area. When they contacted me for comments I reminded them of the $787 million settlement. I told them it was the last Hampton Inn I was going to be staying at.

madinmaryland

(65,591 posts)
29. That's odd. I've stayed at around 50 different ones in the east and mid Atlantic
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 03:17 PM
12 hrs ago

In the last five years and never seen the TV turned to faux news. Most of the time it’s on the local broadcast channels on their morning show. A few times it was CNN

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,092 posts)
30. I'm sure it was the local managers or staff.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 04:24 PM
11 hrs ago

This was in an older suburb of Philadelphia. It may have been the desk clerk who did it for all I know. I just wanted to let them know I thought it was horseshit!

Warpy

(113,976 posts)
17. A lot of places here in big city NM have learned their lesson
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:18 PM
15 hrs ago

and my last foray to Jiffy Lube was made pleasanter by the Science Channel on the tube. I guess a lot of people were using their clickers on propaganda.

ProfessorGAC

(74,643 posts)
32. I've Suggested The Food Network
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:53 PM
9 hrs ago

Multiple times.
It's particularly appropriate for a place serving food, but works at any business.
There's never anything controversial. Just cooking.

AllaN01Bear

(27,507 posts)
19. if i were traveling and had to endure one more minute of that id get myself a tv bgone .
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:24 PM
15 hrs ago
https://www.amazon.com/TV-B-Gone-Universal-TV-Control-Keychain/dp/B0006GD9CE?th=1

i ran into these when ppl on a blog called democratic underground were complaining about this very thing. they even turn of jumbo trons

mike_c

(36,774 posts)
24. that's just about the only circumstance in which I see TV
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:13 PM
14 hrs ago

I hate the squawking box so much that I haven't owned one in 30+ years. The only places I can't avoid the damned things are in restaurants and similar businesses that keep them on all the time. I need a TV-B-Gone for those situations. Turn that noise off!

edit: https://www.tvbgone.com/

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