[extropy-chat] How many exi postors does it take to change a lightbulb?

[Bret Kulakovich]

a contribution:

3 to discuss the coming "Lightbulbarity" - the time when there will  
be enough lightbulbs switched on that they will be brighter than man.




On Feb 26, 2006, at 8:32 PM, Emlyn wrote:

> I came across this online, laughed my butt off, and thought you all
> might notice some, ah, relevance to this forum...
>
> (Apologies in advance if you've seen this before)
> ---
>
> How many exi postors does it takes 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
> 1 to move it to the Lighting section
> 2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section
> 7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing  
> light bulbs
> 5 to flame the spell checkers
> 3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
> 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...  
> another 6 to
> condemn those 6 as stupid
> 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
> 19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please  
> take this
> discussion to a lightbulb forum
> 11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light  
> bulbs
> and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum
> 36 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
> 7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
> 4 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
> 13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety  
> including all
> headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
> 5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they  
> cannot
> handle the light bulb controversy
> 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
> 13 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.
>
> --
>
> Actually, the only problem I can see with this is that on the exi
> list, the lightbulb may very well not actually be changed.
>
> --
> Emlyn
>
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