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[–] 56 points 3 years ago (13 children)

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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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    I think the point is that the fear of not being able to get it out easily would lead your jaw muscles to clench up. So somebody would have to basically trick you into thinking that the imitation is real.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Open your mouth all the way. Use your fingers to measure it. Do you really think a lightbulb could fit in there?

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    Well, given that it could fit in, it could come out the same way. I have a rather large face hole, so I think it could fit. Is the meme meant to be that the lightbulb is too big for most people to even get in?

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    [–] 54 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I hate this so much. This is worse than The Game

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  • [–] 53 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    LED bulbs are low risk. I'm gonna do it.

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    [–] 50 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

    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!

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  • [+] 41 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)
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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    "I'll just pop off this U.FL antenna connector...and its socket too I guess..."

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I've accidentally peeled like an inch of copper traces off the PCB too, when the pads are attached strongly enough (or the copper is adhered weakly enough? Not sure which). Way worse feeling than nails on a chalkboard, RIP device.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    We now have plastic led bulbs the same size as the old glas ones.

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    [–] 17 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    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 🤔

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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    [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    Let's do this ....For science.....

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    Now I always have this lightbulb in mind when I see guys like this

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    This is why Uncle Fester always put the bulbs in the other way.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    It's tempting because it sounds like complete and utter bullshit and we think we could prove it wrong.

    I mean, I'm not going to actually stick a lightbulb in my mouth, but I'm still convinced it's bullshit.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago*

    Luckily, all my light bulbs are the (American) football-shaped LED kind and there's no glass.

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