Fix it by breaking it

The Boy Wonder has a brilliant technique he uses to ascertain the seriousness of technological failure in our household appliances. I call this process 'Fix it by breaking it' and it usually involves a little swearing from him, followed by some laughter from me, then some more in depth swearing from him and finally my collapse into giggles whilst asking 'have you fixed it by breaking it yet?'. Despite the fact that the Boy Wonder is very good at most technological things, something about our TV service or websites which require the user to follow simple instructions send him into a state of complete denial about his abilities and render me useless through laughing. I try to help by pointing out how much better it was before he started fixing it, or reminding him of how long since he started fixing it, which I think he appreciates.