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The concept of a “life remote” has been explored a number of times in movies, TV shows, and books over the years. If you could, what would you do with a device that allowed you to pause, fast-forward, rewind, or otherwise experiment with reality as it corresponds to a button? [Photo credit: Erik Mclean, Unsplash]

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Apr 16
poem 0 comments challenge: Clicker

If I Had a Remote

If I had a remote,
I would pause them before they could throw their words like knives
I would rewind to the good times 
And relive the summer sunshine 
And the laughing of my friends
And then face the bitter present with happiness in my heart.
 
 
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Posted: 04.16.21
Apr 11
poem 0 comments challenge: Clicker
Peter Gustafson's picture

I wish I had a remote



Clicker

I wish I had a Life Remote because,

If I had a life remote, I would

Pause on Birthdays and Holidays.

Like when I get the gift I have been asking for all year.

And hanging out with my family.

I would fast forward through falling down

Getting cut and scraped and bruised.

Breaking a bone.

And especially,

COVID-19

I would fast forward through all the bad stuff,

Because I don't want to see that!

I would get to the good stuff.

Like having block parties.

Playing with my friends.

And just having fun.

And rewatch that over and over again.





 
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Posted: 04.11.21
Jan 08
fiction 0 comments challenge: Clicker
Peter Gustafson's picture

If I had a clicker

If I had a clicker, I would rewind, to see how ridiculous I was when I was a toddler. If I had a clicker, I would fast forward to see how my life will be, when I'm older. If I had a clicker, I would pause, and do whatever I want, without anyone knowing. If I had a clicker, I would fast forward, to skip bad fights with my parents. If I had a clicker, I would slo mo, and giggle about how everyone sounded.  If I had a clicker, I would mute, if I really did not like what someone was saying. If I had a clicker, I would turn up the volume, if I was really in a moment.  If I had a clicker, I would turn down the volume, if my eardrums were about to explode. If I had a clicker, I would pause, then rewind, then play. To rethink, and then resay, things that I insulted people on. If I had a clicker, I would rewind, if I hadn't heard something correctly, or at all. If I had a clicker,  I would pause,  to think about things that I have done, that I might want to change.
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Posted: 01.08.21
Nov 18
fiction 0 comments challenge: Clicker
Peter Gustafson's picture

My Life remote


If I had a life remote that would allow me to pause, fast-forward and rewind, I would use it for situations where I don’t know what to do… like in school if I didn't know the answer I would pause and think for a little while. It would be so easy to just stop and think. Literally, you could just stop. I wonder what would happen if you were paused for too long, I know when you are watching a TV show sometimes when you pause it for too long it unpauses it.  I would use a life remote  to fast forward past things I do not like doing. Someday, there could actually be a life remote that could change human life.  Life would be so much better, but there could be many opportunities missed. For example, if I paused while taking a test to think about the problem and just searched it up that would not be helping me learn at all. Sometimes doing things from memory can help you. I would have lost the opportunity of learning the answer.
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Posted: 11.18.20