# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 9
**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 11, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/161 "2012-12-11T22:03:47Z")
Whether or not the lightbulb could or did ever light is nonverifiable and nonfalsifiable by the laws of science. The entire concept of changing a lightbulb is primitive superstition that has no place even being discussed, except to discuss how best to end the lightbulb worshippers tax exempt status and keep society from falling into the same trap again. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/162 "2012-12-12T21:27:31Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > I pit minors IN screwing in light bulbs. People who major in underwater basket weaving always minor in screwing in light bulbs. Hmmm… Over here on the left coast, the underwater basket-weavers are screwing in hot-tubs.🆒 –G! But she was blinded by the light Wra—aww forget it. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/163 "2012-12-12T23:05:52Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > I Pit minors screwing in light bulbs. (Quick, serious question: Are joke pittings acceptable? Because I’d really like to pit both the light bulb and the people who’ve been allowing this thread to go on for four pages…) ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/164 "2012-12-12T23:25:55Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > (Quick, serious question: Are joke pittings acceptable? Because I’d really like to pit both the light bulb and the people who’ve been allowing this thread to go on for four pages…) You raise a valid point – well, half a point anyway. We’ve been blaming ourselves when we are the victims. The light bulb is the perpetrator of this abuse, and this fact needs to be brought to light . . . oh crap. The endless cycle of abuse continues. ---
**Author:** ![alindallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@alindallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alindallas)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/165 "2012-12-13T00:34:44Z")
Does a second posting in Threadspotting make this a zombie thread? How many zombie Dopers does it take … oh, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/166 "2012-12-13T02:50:19Z")
Down with our lightbulb overlords! ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/167 "2012-12-13T14:00:07Z")
Nice guys will change the light bulb for you. Why do women always prefer guys who leave them sitting in the dark? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/168 "2012-12-13T16:18:04Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > I don’t believe an LED light source qualifies as “a bulb”. Bulbist! :mad: “Bulb” is an artificial construct created by society! ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/169 "2012-12-13T20:18:13Z")
I tried to change a bulb, and it lit into me with a burning expose. I learned a very illuminating lesson, and I’ll never screw with a bulb again. The exposure to its brilliance hertz to this day. I’ve now become enlightened from the ohmen, and will supply watt-ever strikes its fancy. ---
**Author:** ![Ksnook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@Ksnook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ksnook)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/170 "2012-12-14T15:41:01Z")
> [@NoCoolUserName](#): > > Don’t you mean “pandering”? I’m unfamiliar with Panders as a diaper brand… So, no. ---
**Author:** ![famousperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@famousperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/famousperson)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/171 "2012-12-19T14:22:16Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > They tried this back in 1960 - Just 1, and it took 20 minutes. Thank you, Girl from Mars. I was waiting for the voice of Clear Thinking. But 20 minutes? Ur, no offense, but what color is your hair? ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/172 "2012-12-19T15:21:15Z")
> [@alindallas](#): > > How many zombie Dopers does it take … Just one, but you may need to give him a hand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720.md?page=8)