The remote control on the left was submitted by Steven. It's a so-called 'universal remote', which he used to replace his old one, that broke down. Anything that's made to do everything usually does not allow you to do the thing you really needed to. As Steven describes it:

There is some color coding, but when there are so many buttons, that's not much help. But the worst part was that I held it upside down half the time. One day I put the a little sticker I took of an orange on the front of my remote. Since then I'm doing much better.

The cartoon on the right - How Grandma Sees the Remote' comes from UnpressableButtons (in turn via Gizmodo). It features buttons like: 'TV-explodes', 'cause nationwide blackout' and 'no clue' (click image to enlarge). Put yourself in the shoes of grandma who simply wants to see her favorite television show, and has to wrestle herself past picture-in-picture, autotune, and the electronic programming guide.

The grandmother of a friend of mine had a television with so many functions the remote actually had two sides. 'Basic' functions on one side, 'advanced' on the other, and the whole remote would slide into a plastic sleeve, so you would only access one side at the time. However, grandmother ended up accidently reversing the remote all the time, and calling here children to ask how to switch on the television. In the end they brought out the gaffer tape and fixed the remote solidly on the 'basic' side.