The various reactions to a post....

Some of these apply only to Facebook or other social media sites, but they also apply to forums.
You’ll get the gist.....



Q: How many group 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.
17 purists who use candles and are offended by light bulb discussions.
6 to argue over whether it's 'lightbulb' or 'light bulb'.
Another 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 Michael Jackson eating popcorn with the words added, “I’m just here for the comments.”)
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 LED/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"
2 to reply "can't share from a closed group"
36 People to post pics of their own light bulbs.
15 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?".
13 to say "Do a search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".
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.
50 more to get into personal attacks over their political views.
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.

Hahaha....I dont do Facebook and the like, but that sums up forums very well.

I like when people ask a question and 472 people answer.

It's like people see the question, the fact that there have been hundreds of responses, yet they feel they need to answer it again without reading those responses.

This can go on for days.

Maddog wrote:I like when people ask a question and 472 people answer.

It's like people see the question, the fact that there have been hundreds of responses, yet they feel they need to answer it again without reading those responses.

This can go on for days.  

Or when someone gives a really good detailed answer, is ignored, then someone else comes in later more or less repeating what first poster says and gets complimented on his understanding of the subject.

I find it to be very true. Which is kind of disturbing when you consider some of the answers....

hahaha eddie, beanie just read this and loved it. she insisted i c&p it and send it to her on FB. was that from you or did you copy it from somewhere?

Another typical thing -- one person makes a dumb joke ripped off from a TV show or movie, and it gets dozens of laughs and likes, while another person makes a truly clever joke and gets about 10 laughs or likes.

I always try to like or laugh when I see someone being clever and original, as it's getting more and more rare.

gelico wrote:


hahaha eddie, beanie just read this and loved it.  she insisted i c&p it and send it to her on FB.  was that from you or did you copy it from somewhere?

Oh it’s copied. Glad Beanie loved it. She sounds like my kinda girl!