# My tv is acting independently **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 2, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-is-acting-independently/970816 "2022-09-02T13:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-is-acting-independently/970816/21 "2022-09-04T05:08:27Z")
SkyNet became self aware on **2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th** It was mostly missed by everyone due to a pre-season NFL game. ---
**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-is-acting-independently/970816/22 "2022-09-06T04:20:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Years ago a friend brought his universal tv remote control to a bar. We had a blast, periodically switching channels right when something great was happening in the game, turning the volume way up or down, turning the tv off, then back on when the bartender was just about to touch the on switch. > > We never confessed, just stopped doing it when we left. Many many years ago, Radio Shack sold a digital watch that was also a universal remote. A friend of mine had one and amused himself in the same way. I forget what movie or TV show it was, the cleverly obnoxious teenage kid was doing his thing - he’d put a sort of reflective tube or telescope lens or something in from of a universal remote, and would annoy the old lady across the street by randomly turning her TV off or on through the picture window, or changing channels, or stuff like that from his living room. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-is-acting-independently/970816.md?page=1)