# How Many Dopers Would It Take To Change A Light Bulb? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720 "2012-12-02T01:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/1 "2012-12-02T01:15:35Z")
Just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/2 "2012-12-02T01:56:30Z")
What kind of light bulb? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/3 "2012-12-02T01:59:05Z")
What exactly do you mean by change? ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/4 "2012-12-02T02:12:01Z")
Where are you? It depends on your local and state’s laws. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/5 "2012-12-02T02:12:17Z")
Do you have a cite for whether or not it actually needs to be changed? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/6 "2012-12-02T02:14:08Z")
Is Obama president or Bush? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/7 "2012-12-02T02:15:20Z")
Shouldn’t this be in GQ? There is a factual answer, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/8 "2012-12-02T02:16:53Z")
This reminds me of one of my favorite [Cyanide & Happiness](http://www.explosm.net/comics/1416/) strips. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/9 "2012-12-02T02:16:58Z")
Youk now the rules. You can’t post about your light bulbs without pictures. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/10 "2012-12-02T02:26:03Z")
One, but she’s quadriplegic. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/11 "2012-12-02T02:41:33Z")
Does the lightbulb screw left? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/12 "2012-12-02T02:42:26Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Shouldn’t this be in GQ? There is a factual answer, after all. Yes, it should be in GQ but you didn’t need a comma after ‘answer’. Somebody else may have already corrected you on that but I couldn’t read any more after that egregious error. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/13 "2012-12-02T02:55:16Z")
Why do you need a Doper to change it? Why won’t your SO change it for you or help you to change it yourself? He or she is obviously not being supportive of your lighting needs. You should dump them. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/14 "2012-12-02T03:12:23Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Why do you need a Doper to change it? Why won’t your SO change it for you or help you to change it yourself? He or she is obviously not being supportive of your lighting needs. You should dump them. Dump him or her, not them. :rolleyes: Anyway, we need to know if this is a typical incandescent bulb, or halogen, fluorescent, or perhaps LED? There’s no possible way to make a determination until we know the facts. And as mentioned upthread, we need to know your local regulations. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/15 "2012-12-02T03:16:04Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Why do you need a Doper to change it? Why won’t your SO change it for you or help you to change it yourself? He or she is obviously not being supportive of your lighting needs. You should dump them. I agree with you. I can’t see why anyone would need a ‘partner’ or a spouse. It is a horrible institution only rivaled by slavery. If it has come to the point where both of you can’t even take care of basic needs like changing a light bulb, I would just call it quits now and move across the country to somewhere you are safe. If you can’t afford a lightbulb, maybe we could start a Secret Santa program and get you a surprise in a few weeks, ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/16 "2012-12-02T03:19:58Z")
The number is surely determined by market demand. No more, no less. Unless of course artificial forces intervene. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/17 "2012-12-02T03:33:15Z")
Is the light bulb for you, or for your bunny rabbits? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/18 "2012-12-02T03:38:59Z")
146 posts. [Cite.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353356) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/19 "2012-12-02T03:47:57Z")
Oh–where are you? According to your location, you could be in any one of several places. It’ll take five times as many if we have to cover all the bases. Plus, do they use the same type of bulbs in Berlin? I heard once that they’ve got a real weird kind of bulb that has individual posts rather than screwing in. ---
**Author:** ![Altivu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@Altivu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Altivu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/20 "2012-12-02T04:04:44Z")
How Many Dopers **DOES** It Take To Change a Light Bulb? Are you TRYING to get on our nerves? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720.md?page=2)