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Original poster: How many people does it take to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed..

14 to share similar experiences of changing a light bulb, and explain how the light bulb should have been changed differently, and better.

1 to bring politics into the discussion by adding that (insert politician of choice) isn't the brightest bulb. This usually takes place within the first three comments.

57 more to get into personal attacks over political views.

12 to comment that they knew someone who changed a light bulb once, with disastrous results.

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs because it's harmful for the environment.

8 to say that if you light up with from within with personal joy you don't need artificial light.

3 who ask what a light bulb is.

33 who respond "Google it".

5 people who patiently and earnestly explain what a lightbulb is, along with pictures.

17 who use candles and are offended by light bulb discussions.

6 who argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb".

6 to condemn those 6 as stupid.

22 to tell those 6 to stop being jerks.

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"..

15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct.

49 to post memes and gifs (several are of a pop star eating popcorn with the words, ā€œIā€™m just here for the comments.ā€)

19 to post that this page is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a light bulb page.

11 to defend the posting to this page saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant here.

24 to discuss the merits of swirly fluorescent light bulbs

44 to claim LED and fluorescent bulbs will kill you.

12 to post "F".

8 to ask what "F" means.

7 to post "Following" but there's 3 dots at the top right that means you don't have to.

3 to say "Can't share".

16 to reply "You can't share from a closed group".

36 people who post pictures of their light bulbs.

22 people who post selfies with their light bulbs.

2 who post about the history of light bulbs.

6 to report the post or PM an admin because someone said a bad word.

4 to say "Didn't we just talk about light bulbs?"

13 to say "Do a search in the group on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".

1 admin to ban the light bulb posters who took it all too seriously.

1 late arrival who comments on the original post 3 months later and starts it all over again.
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