How many online forum members does it take to change a light bulb?
 

How many online forum members 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 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

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.

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

109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped.

111 to defend the posting to this group 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 group 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 a "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".

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again....

No one posted a DIY? I don't think your numbers are correct :p

You missed one whole sub genre of people and I am personally offended that we were not included (and by posting this you actually are part of that group)!

252 to make bad juvenile jokes (including hot linked pictures and gifs) about the more ridiculous of the posts written by the groups listed above!

1 to make a thread complaining about all the other groups that will probably provide weeks of entertainment if not deleted quickly.

3 to start new redundant threads in the name of humor/controversy

"How to change a lamp"
"How to change a lightbulb"
"How to change a light-bulb"

20 to say "if I change my OEM incandescent to a CFL or LED without letting Home Depot do the install, will I void my warranty on my light fixture?"

wait, do lightbulbs affect the cricket noise?

Me too

1 that presents himself as a "light bulb engineer" and how no-one should contradict his "fact based opinions".....

20 that say "I am an engineer in a totally unrelated field" and feel qualified to contradict all others

how sure are you the light bulb was even burned out? Could you have been high and blacked out making everything SEEM darker? Is this for real? ;)

Five.

One to host the video and post it to the forum under his account and promote his youtube channel and twitter.

One to co-host the video.

One to film the video.

Two guys just there to 'lend a hand'.

1 to try and make the guy understand how that is not reasonable and get a "your mom" for the effort. (sarcasm here not a butthurt response)

I couldnt resist LOL

Beautiful.