I'm glad our group does not get like this!
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>How many forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?
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>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
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>7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
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>7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs > >
>5 to flame the spell checkers
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>3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
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>6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"
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>... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
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>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
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>19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this
>discussion to a lightbulb forum
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>11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and
>therefore the posts are relevant to this forum
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>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
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>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 >
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>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
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>13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all
>headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
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>5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle
>the light bulb controversy
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>4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
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>13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about
>light bulbs"
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>1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it
>all over again.