Hip, But NOT Handicapped

I'm all for keeping up to date with the newest technology and staying relevant..."hip", but when did we become so jaded and lazy that a simple task like changing the channel can no longer be accomplished without the aid of our ever growing in popularity and newest appendage...Our Remote. I mean we have remotes for fans, stereos, garages and even toilets!
I found myself watching something the other day totally unaware of the fact that the remote was no longer in the room...or at least, in plain sight. I had walked into any empty room with the tv on, as so many of us have when there are children in the home. I was drawn to my favorite: "...you lint licker..." commercial and when the moment was over, I was actively scanning the room for a sign of the always 'importante' remote. I allowed myself to squander away a full eight minutes before coming to the realization that long ago, back in the day when we watched tv with aluminum foil wrapped around the tips of the "rabbit ears", there was NO REMOTE. I just dated myself and probably isolated some of my audience because some have no clue as to what I am referring to, but YES!!! at one time there were no remotes and we actually had to get up and change the channel manually. We also knew how to tell time from an analog watch/clock which is so 'OLD SCHOOL' because everything is digital now. Oh and PLEASE don't ask the 'youngins' of today who work our registers to make change. Some of this generation is a bit stumped due to the excessive use and dependency on calculators and the register itself.
I mean no disrespect and I only address the issue because every once in a while, when the remote is missing or misplaced, fret no more and recall an earlier time and for the youth...remember these sage words - "You can still change the channel by getting up and finding the button located on the actual TV unit and magically it does the same thing the remote can!". Okay, maybe not everything because here you are...NOW STANDING instead of chillin comfy and seated, bothered that you can't find the remote. Who am I kidding, I bow and kiss the feet of he/she who came up with this most illustrious, necessary and pleasing invention.
By the way, I found the remote after changing the TV manually and boy was I miffed that I had spent that extra minute or so to locate it. Yes, we have become overly dependent and lazy. Sorry...youth of today.
Changing the channel here...Later.