I want to make a food (maybe chocolate) the exact dimensions of of a lightbulb so I can try this safely. I really think I could take it out.
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I hate this so much. This is worse than The Game
LED bulbs are low risk. I'm gonna do it.
Ok real talk here for a minute. If, by any chance, some dufus has put a lightbulb in their month and need help removing it, grab a sturdy cloth towel, pass it into their mouth through the corners and gently wrap the glass part of the lightbulb in the cloth. When you're done, all corners of the cloth should be hanging outside persons mouth. Their teeth should not touch the glass directly - only through the cloth. This way when the glass breaks, all the pieces will be contained I the cloth for an easy and, if you are careful, harmless removal.
The safest way to crack the bulb once you've wrapped it in cloth is to GENTLY tap the bottom jaw - imagine a 4 year-old landing an uppercut. The glass is very thin and cracks easily, - no need for much force.
Of course, better not get into such a situation in the first place. Stay safe, folks!
That is oddly specific knowledge.
Now I'm imagining 4yo boxers and it's adorable! Thanks for that mental image, genuinely 😂
Note: CFL bulbs contain mercury and so would be worth searching for materials that can contain mercury.
You can also like, dislocate your jaw. That works. Would not recommend doing unless you can already dislocate it on command though.
Come on. Do it, pussy.
You know it goes in easily.
Given its shape it could also fit in other parts of the body but might be hard to remove.
I suppose if you get it stuck elsewhere you could use a socket to screw into the bulb and extract it
Anyone who's worked on electronics know the frustration of the "easy to insert, hard as hell to remove" type fasteners that manufacturers insist on using. Basically the exact same principle as this. Plenty of plastic casing fasteners and super tiny and delicate connectors are built like that. If something goes wrong during disassembly, at best you'll have an unsightly crack or blemish on the casing, at worst you rip an internal connector and its socket right off the circuit board along with some traces, destroying it. And getting frustrated exponentially increases the chances you'll break something.
"I'll just pop off this U.FL antenna connector...and its socket too I guess..."
I just don't get how this can be true. Don't people have different sizes mouths? How can if fit going in but not coming out? Am I just falling for a stupid joke? Either way I kinda want to try this now.
I don't know if this is true, but it seems plausible that the bulb could have asymmetric strength depending on the angle force is applied. Glass does weird things! Case in point: Prince Rupert's drops.
Edit: Alright, this seems to be a myth. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/38262/can-a-lightbulb-once-inserted-into-your-mouth-be-safely-removed
We now have plastic led bulbs the same size as the old glas ones.
So.... How do you take it out though? Someone else's help? Why wouldn't they break it while trying to take it out too? Or is breaking it the only option, as a lesson for your stupidity? Is this a painful/traumatic enough torture method? So many questions 🤔
Muscle relaxers?
I'd guess they would put a kind of thick bag over it and then break it so it can't hurt the mouth.
What if you meditate or go to sleep or otherwise relax it enough to take it out? That should work if the only thing keeping it in is the involuntary stress/fear response of muscle tension.
Go to sleep? With a lightbulb in your mouth??
I don't understand why this is so tempting. It's clearly dangerous and even says not to do it.
Anyways, my mouth is ever slightly too small for one to accidentally slip in. But I could probably force it and not have the ability to crunch a plastic LED bulb to get it out.
You gotta ease into eating light bulbs, start with the ones people wrap around Christmas trees and work your way up to the big ones.
Luckily, all my light bulbs are the (American) football-shaped LED kind and there's no glass.

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