# What? TCM you are breaking me. Bad bad bad programming and decisions

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [August 31, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501 "2024-08-31T03:52:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501/4 "2024-08-31T04:10:02Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> I’m fixin’ to pick up the remote and send you away.

Ah, you finally found the remote. Good, good.

> [@Okay, which one of you jokers snuck in my house and stole my TV remote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576):
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> It’s well and truly gone. I have long since quit using the original remote from DirecTV. It rarely worked properly. I went to Wally-world and found a nice medium priced universal remote. Got it working somehow. Now its awol. I have looked everywhere. Even the fridge. Shook out blankets, dog beds, dirty clothing, clean clothing. The linen closet has been searched. I looked in the garage and the car. The deck, the pantry. The cats are looking askance at me. I’ve looked in all their sleeping spo…

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