It was a fresh August evening in the rural town which I currently call home. I had finished everything I had planned to do for the day and was getting ready to relax for a while. I figured I would watch some re runs of Friends, which I had stowed away in my room just waiting for the next time I would watch them.
I bring them up to the living room where some of my family is eagerly waiting to watch.
I load the DVD into the player, and the menu pops up with options for “Play All,” “Episodes,” “Languages,” and “Special Features.” Nothing unusual there. I press the arrow button on the remote so that I can select the episode I want, but it continually moved three options over towards the special features option at the very end.
At first I thought I had pressed the button too hard. So I kept trying, being as gentile as I thought I could. This went on for 15 minutes…
…Until I realized I was holding the remote upside down…