Somehow I expect I am the last poster, reopening a long dead and buried controversy

[sanatanadharma]

Q: How many people does it take to change a light bulb in an online social media group?

• 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.
• 7 purists who use candles and are offended by light bulb discussions.
• 6 to argue over whether it's 'light bulb' or 'light bulb'.
• 6 others to condemn those 6 as stupid.
• 12 to tell THOSE 6 to stop being jackasses.
• 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is 'lamp'.
• 1-5 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that 'light bulb' is perfectly correct.
• 14 to post memes and gifs (several are of someone eating popcorn with the words added, “I’m just here for the comments.”)
• 9 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.
• 2 to post F.
• 8 to ask what F means.
• 16 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"
• 2 to reply "can't share from a closed group"
• 6 People to post pics of their own light bulbs.
• 5 People to post "I can't see S$%^!" and use their own light bulbs.
• 6 to report the post or PM an admin because someone said "f÷×$"
• 4 to say "Didn't we go through this already a short time ago?".
• 3 to say "Do a search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".
• 9 to get into personal attacks over their light bulb politics.
• 5 admins to ban the light bulb posters who took it all too seriously.
• 1 late arrival to comment on the original post 6 months later and start it all over again.

[KPN]

1. Ain't that the truth.

[MLAA]

2. Hilarious! See u again in 6 months.

[Kali]

3. LOL

cornflake crusted chicken

[BlueGreenLady]

4. Hereby Celebrating my 18th year as

Light Bulb Poster Extraordinaire!

[erronis]

5. Don't forget the ones selling Armani shoes and Gucci bags, or NIGERIAN PRINCES, or

pics of some part of somebody's body (perhaps animated) that you really don't want to see.

And, of course, the cat and dog pictures.

Nice list!

[mjvpi]

6. 150 posting pictures of their cats with light bulbs.

[orleans]

7. LOL!

so many conflicting replies on light bulbs were making me nervous
( ) so...
i turned off the light and opened the curtains to read this post.
luckily it's daytime

[BumRushDaShow]

8. IOW

[Tadpole Raisin]

9. Seriously this made my day! Now if I could just unscrew the cover off the

$&@#ing light bulb I could change the damn thing!

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. I just need to add

that "Google is your friend".

[sanatanadharma]

11. Google says sagely about stage, screen, TV and ink

Q. How many art directors does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Does it have to be a light bulb?

Q. How many copywriters does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Change! I'm not changing crap! This is bullshit – who said to change it?

Q. How many account executives does it take to change a light bulb?
A. How many would you like?

Q. How many stage technicians does it take to change a light bulb?
A. All I know is that it should have been changed last week, and it's not my fault.

Q. How many script editors does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Two. One to change it and one to check the change.

Q. How many media buyers does it take to change a light bulb?
A. First I need to figure how many people the light will reach, and then I can back out a number.

Q. How many print production managers does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Forget it. We don't have the budget for a new one.