# Can you guess what this remote control is to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624 "2020-07-28T18:28:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/1 "2020-07-28T18:28:45Z")
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook. I offered my nieces $20 if they could guess what is was for. They didn’t come close. > **[IMG\_0520.PNG](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sjuGqE1lSKK-YEBZnKw5WNKg0-ScqRJT/view?usp=drivesdk)** > > Google Drive file. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/2 "2020-07-28T18:38:11Z")
I googled it… it’s to one of these: [https://www.c-o-k.ru/images/library/cok/629/62998.pdf](https://www.c-o-k.ru/images/library/cok/629/62998.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/3 "2020-07-28T18:40:06Z")
I’m guessing an air purifier? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/4 "2020-07-28T18:43:32Z")
It’s for registering your preferences at a wife swapping party. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/5 "2020-07-28T18:44:29Z")
Lol! That makes perfect sense! ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/6 "2020-07-28T18:48:38Z")
Close. **bump’s** googling was correct. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/7 "2020-07-28T20:42:09Z")
I was going to guess . . . Remote control for the diagnostic bed in sick bay aboard the Starship Enterprise ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/8 "2020-07-28T23:13:52Z")
I was going to guess a very fancy toilet/bidet (like those in Japan), but I clicked the link and smacked myself for not figuring it out. Mine has a remote, too. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/9 "2020-07-29T19:31:31Z")
So does the button in the bottom right do anything? ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/10 "2020-07-29T19:36:39Z")
I’ve never known an A/C to have strong feelings about anything. A remote for a sex droid? ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/11 "2020-07-29T19:37:28Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > I’ve never known an A/C to have strong feelings about anything. What if the A/C was DC? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-this-remote-control-is-to/916624/12 "2020-07-29T19:50:47Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > I’ve never known an A/C to have strong feelings about anything. > > A remote for a sex droid? > > ~VOW That or a Sybian sorta device was my first WAG as well. Based on the pic being so closely cropped and at least some of the button labels. But then I squinted to read “fungusproof” and that was a buzzkill 😉 for that idea. I’m sure some grody sex toys have fungus on them, but for sure that’s not a good thing.