DO you rule the viewing habits of your household with an iron fist? Find out with this quiz.
Do you frequently change channel without warning?
A) No. I seek collective agreement before switching over. And we take it in turns to pick box sets to stream.
B) Yes. Even if everyone else was enjoying what was on. I wasn’t and that’s all that matters.
Do you replay scenes multiple times for your own amusement?
A) If somebody asks to see something again I’ll usually oblige. But I wouldn’t want to spoil everyone’s viewing pleasure by randomly rewinding without warning.
B) You don’t? It’s rare for me to get through an entire programme without rewinding it to point out continuity errors. I pay my licence fee, I can do what I like.
Are you a fan of pausing TV to look up trivia?
A) Somebody might look information up during an ad break. We don’t pause though, that upsets your concentration.
B) As if I’m going to wait a couple of hours to find out which other films Ryan Gosling has been in. That valuable information needs to be researched immediately.
Are you constantly tweaking the TV’s sound and colour?
A) We find the default settings to be perfectly acceptable.
B) Of course. Some programmes filmed in SD look washed-out and need extra colour saturation. Although I can never learn how to switch it back to normal.
Do you take the remote to the loo?
A) No. That would be extremely unhygienic. And stupid if you can’t see the TV anyway.
B) Yes, I of course I can’t see the TV in the upstairs bathroom but I refuse to relinquish my power.
ANSWERS
Mostly As: You are a fair and just ruler of your household’s TV remote. In other words you have no influence over it and are a mere passenger of other people’s viewing habits. Grow a pair and be more petty and controlling.
Mostly Bs: You are the tyrannical despot of the remote control. Look out for coups and separatist movements who would try to remove you from power. When you’re at the top, the only way is down.
