What do you call the thing you use to change TV channels?

[ClashCityRocker]

I've just watched Tenable and the thing I thought it was called didn't make the top ten of names.

I'm honestly, genuinely shocked. I thought it was really common and would be the most obvious answer.

(Pinger)

YESSS! someone else calls it a pinger! I feel vindicated. Somewhat. Although it took 190 posts to get there.

I thought my friend was weird for calling it the 'buttons'.

Doofer!

I remember the first time we got one when I was a kid (80s) and my parents called it the clicker and still do.

I can't actually believe before that we used to have to get up and change channels/do the volume etc 😱

No wonder we're all so fat

Remote control

Remote/remote control, however the buttons rings a vague bell from my childhood. Text DM, it wasn't called anything other than the remote in our house or by anyone she can remember, this will drive me mad now

It's a remote control

remote or remote control

We called it the conticator. No idea why. And it's still called that now with my kids. Quirks. 🤷‍♀️

Doofer

Or the buttons

OP if I had to hazard a guess at what a pinger was I'd say microwave, 'how do I heat this up? Oh just ping it for three minutes'

DSiL and her kids call it 'the buttons'.

We call it the Moken Troller. Obviously....

Dillywicker! Can’t believe nobody else has said that!

We say pinger OP! And I INVENTED IT!

Well done Sabbatical

The 'trol in our house, then DP moved in and tried to convert everybody to say remote. Didn't work.

Zapper

Fat controller!

Prodder in our house! I thought that was the actual name of it until I was a teenager

We called it the oracle, after the old teletext service.

Button, doofer or remote.

Clicker here, from my parents/family in the 80’s ish and Dh and dd call it that too now!

Remote

The Plonker

The roofer in our house.

I mean, do Ofer!