This PISSES me off. People who call controllers REMOTES.

Hello. The title pretty much says it all.
From the time I was a wee lad, and when I owned a N64, I'm pretty sure the package included controllers, and not REMOTES.
I do not push the button on my controller in order to turn on my television, however, through some consoles the controllers may serve as media controllers for functions that are built into the console, or even through some modification, you could do something but I'm tired of the vast majority of people calling controllers " remotes ".

Is anyone with me?

Mitiyax 14054 cr points Send Message: 19 / M / Not telling! Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/17/12 Hello. The title pretty much says it all. From the time I was a wee lad, and when I owned a N64, I'm pretty sure the package included controllers, and not REMOTES. I do not push the button on my controller in order to turn on my television, however, through some consoles the controllers may serve as media controllers for functions that are built into the console, or even through some modification, you could do something but I'm tired of the vast majority of people calling controllers " remotes ". Is anyone with me?
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Vividity 7267 cr points Send Message: 17 / F / United Kingdom Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/17/12 I hate that too -.- It is so annoying... Not as bad as all the alternative names for a remote which ive heard though O.o Controllers are clearly for games consoles and most of them even have controller written on them somewhere so people who call them remotes are just wrong D:
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Kohou 6823 cr points Send Message: 28 / M / Tamriel Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/17/12 Since when do people call controllers "remotes"? I have yet to see this happen. I've heard Wiimote many times, but that because the thing was intentionally designed to have a TV remote-style form factor. Is this another thing I miss out on as an old fogey?
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Zatheko 9570 cr points Send Message: 20 / M / California Online	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/17/12 That's a nice picture of two REMOTES you put mitiyax jk
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Mitiyax 14054 cr points Send Message: 19 / M / Not telling! Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/18/12 Zatheko wrote: That's a nice picture of two REMOTES you put mitiyax jk I don't like you sir.
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Zatheko 9570 cr points Send Message: 20 / M / California Online	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/18/12 Mitiyax wrote: Zatheko wrote: That's a nice picture of two REMOTES you put mitiyax jk I don't like you sir. :(
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squirrel3d 2964 cr points Send Message: 30 / M / Baltimore MD Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/21/12 Well...there is the "Wiimote". And it looks like a remote, but I know it's a controller. Hell I knew someone who called controllers "paddles".
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Tsukasei 31078 cr points Send Message: M / ??? Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/24/12 Not really. I call the restroom a bathroom. Problem? Point is, little things like that should be the least of your concerns, TC.
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DetectiveAlex 2790 cr points Send Message: 19 / M / Connecticut, USA Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/27/12 It does not annoy me.
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AnimeKami 52997 cr points Send Message: 22 / M / This Dying World Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/27/12 yeah, no problem with me
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Libara 61528 cr points Send Message: 25 / M / UK Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/28/12 How does something so trivial piss you off to that extent?
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Chopsuey9444 1406 cr points Send Message: 18 / M / Pallet Town Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/29/12 Not to sound like an ass but: re·mote con·trol handheld control: a handheld device used to operate a television set, videocassette recorder, or other electronic device from a distance operation from distance: the control of a device, system, or activity from a distance, usually by radio signals
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mystic17 130546 cr points Send Message: 24 / F / Georgia Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 10/30/12, edited 10/30/12 Pointless to let your emotion get riled up over something such as this.
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Mechanicalz 75 cr points Send Message: Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 11/6/12 Well the wii controller is also known as a wii remote loool
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DefyTheFallen 2261 cr points Send Message: 16 / M / London, UK Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 11/8/12 In context of the Wii, I don't mind. 'Wii Remote' or 'Wii 'Mote' sounds much more suitable than 'Wii controller'. Plus the Wii Remote is actually shaped similarly to a remote control for a TV or CD player etc... I wouldn't care if someone called an 360 or PS3 controller a remote, despite the fact it's not necessarily correct. Side note, I call my 360 controller 'Onza', because I bought razer's 'onza' controller
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