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$10 Service to Hot Glue All Your TV Remotes Together

The image is a screenshot of a humorous local marketplace listing. The top half shows a close-up of a person's hand holding two separate TV remotes that have been crudely attached side-by-side with thick, messy visible hot glue running down the seam between them, creating an impractical combined remote. Below the photo, listing text advertises an absurd service: 'For $10 I'll come to your house and hot glue all your tv remotes together', priced at $10, with a note that the service is offered for sale in Madisonville. The joke lies in the pointlessly bad, low-effort 'solution' to the common annoyance of owning multiple separate TV remotes, producing a bulkier, less ergonomic combined remote instead of a practical universal remote alternative.
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For $10 I'll come to your house and hot glue all your tv remotes together $10 For Sale in Madisonville

Overview

The image is a screenshot of a humorous local marketplace listing. The top half shows a close-up of a person's hand holding two separate TV remotes that have been crudely attached side-by-side with thick, messy visible hot glue running down the seam between them, creating an impractical combined remote. Below the photo, listing text advertises an absurd service: 'For $10 I'll come to your house and hot glue all your tv remotes together', priced at $10, with a note that the service is offered for sale in Madisonville. The joke lies in the pointlessly bad, low-effort 'solution' to the common annoyance of owning multiple separate TV remotes, producing a bulkier, less ergonomic combined remote instead of a practical universal remote alternative.

Origin notes

This meme originated as a silly parody listing posted on a local consumer-to-consumer marketplace, likely Facebook Marketplace as indicated by the UI navigation elements visible at the top edge of the screenshot. It was later reposted and widely shared on the X (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg via RSS, gaining traction for its absurd premise and relatable reference to the common frustration of managing multiple TV remotes.

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