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[OT]how many newsgroup/forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?


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  • Subject: [OT]how many newsgroup/forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?
  • From: "Jenni Lowe" <jenni@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 12:08:50 -0000
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how many newsgroup/forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?
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;

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs;

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
bulbs;

53 to flame the spell checkers;

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light
bulb"
- another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

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.

156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation
of their "acceptable use policy"

109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take
this
discussion to alt.litebulb

203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling, and
alt.illuminati about changing light bulbs be stopped

111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs
and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group

306 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

27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs

14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and the post the
corrected
URL's

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

33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all
headers and signatures, and add "Me too"

12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot
handle the light bulb controversy

19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

44 to ask what is "FAQ"

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

143 to say "do a DejaNews search on light bulbs before posting
questions
about light bulbs"

34 to say "FA: on Ebay---vintage light bulbs---no reserve"

66 to killfile anything with the words "light" or "
bulb" in it

1 Autobot from the Usenet Self Awareness Project to post that the lightbulb
controversy generated the most posts

1 DejaNews subscriber to respond to the original post 6 months from now and
start it all over again



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