# How many forum posters does it take to change a light bulb?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 27, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-forum-posters-does-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/197907 "2003-08-27T04:31:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-forum-posters-does-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/197907/101 "2003-09-17T12:29:12Z")

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3 to post lengthy mathematical equations used to arrive at the correct answer.

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**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-forum-posters-does-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/197907/102 "2003-09-17T13:04:04Z")

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1 to provide a link from the straightdope archive in which Cecil would have answered a similiar question in the past.  
Another 1 to claim that he/she was also looking for the same link but couldn’t find it.

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