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[โ€“] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

But change the channel and they wake up, complaining they were watching that.

[โ€“] Rooster326@programming.dev 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's the sudden volume shift.

You turn it down, change channel, out the volume back up and they are none the wiser.

Even better if you have another source of noise to drown it out like a loud fan.

Source: Grew up with only one TV, and a father that worked too hard.