How many Anandtechers

[Sacotool]

does it take to change a light bulb?

A: 1,445


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

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently;

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs;

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs;

53 to flame the spell checkers;

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames;

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb";

another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;

156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy"

109 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to Peripherals;

203 to demand that cross posting to..... other hardware, soundcards, modems and networking and Macintosh forums about changing the light bulb be stopped;

111 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group;

306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty;

27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs;

14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's;

3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group;

33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too";

12 to post to the forum that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy;

19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three";

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ;

44 to ask what is "FAQ";

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting
questions about light bulbs"

34 to say "FA: on Ebay---vintage light bulbs---no reserve"

66 to killfile anything with the words "light" or " bulb" in it;

1 Autobot from the Usenet Self Awareness Project to post that the lightbulb controversy generated the most posts;

1 Anandtech member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again

 

[kduncan5]

Are you positively sure those statistics are accurate?:Q


Who'd have thought....... -kd5-

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

You forgot those that would exlain how to overclock the light bulb.

 

[toph99]

and one to brag about how much extra wattage they got out of their lightbulb after adding liquid nitrogen cooling

 

[etech]

and one to post how to use a coupon to get the light bulb cheaper.

 

[Dameon]

and 32 to explain why the light bulb burning out is part of a right-wing conspiracy to keep you "in the dark".

 

[hzl eyed grl]

LOL What an imagination.

 

[sweetrobin]

I demand a recount ... I think you are using Fuzzy Math!!!!





































j/k!!!

 

[VoodooExtreme]

God damn that was som funny $hit...

Everyone @ work looked at med cuz I was laughting my a$$ of

 

[Fathom5]

Very, very funny.......and true!

Thanks Sacotool I needed a laugh this morning.

 

[Stallion]

I'm sure we need someone to tell us about "ladder safety" when changing them way out of the way bulbs.

 

[ratkil]

You forgot 1 named russ to post "Who is light bulb?"

 

[Daniel]

Don't forget you need to pricematch the lightbulb before you use the coupon.
Also how about the number of people that post about sueing the light bulb company
when they don't get their "hot deal" on a light bulb?

 

[yakko]

You forgot the 16 people to call the originator of the thread a nef.

 

[bcterps]

And last but not least, 1 mean moderator to lock the whole damn thread!

 

[fdiskboy]

Good stuff. Scary in its accuracy.

 

[fdiskboy]

Although, this does ignore the nef posts which invariably appear in any thread.