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[-] charje@lemmy.ml 56 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] TisI@reddthat.com 20 points 1 year ago

Use melted sugar, that'd be more authentic!

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago
[-] TisI@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, couldn't remember what it's called. Thanks!

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[-] FunkyMonkey@feddit.de 6 points 1 year 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.

[-] Ser_Salty@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

There's LED bulbs of the exact size and shape but with plastic casings

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[-] droans@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] charje@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year 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?

[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Now you got us all sticking fingers in our mouth

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[-] cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 year ago

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

[-] biscuitsofdeath@lemmy.ml 53 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] Hundun@beehaw.org 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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!

[-] Hupf@feddit.de 21 points 1 year ago

That is oddly specific knowledge.

[-] Pinklink@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago
[-] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 8 points 1 year ago

Now I'm imagining 4yo boxers and it's adorable! Thanks for that mental image, genuinely ๐Ÿ˜‚

[-] gullible@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Note: CFL bulbs contain mercury and so would be worth searching for materials that can contain mercury.

[-] Squids@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

You can also like, dislocate your jaw. That works. Would not recommend doing unless you can already dislocate it on command though.

[-] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

I'm with the commenter. I hate that someone seeded this in my brain ever.

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[-] KidsTryThisAtHome@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] zik@aussie.zone 33 points 1 year ago

I'm beginning to think that people may lie on the internet.

[-] 0xff@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] borth@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

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 ๐Ÿค”

[-] mvee@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Just gotta swallow it

[-] SGforce@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago
[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

And lots of lube.

Play snake and unhinge your jaw.

[-] ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

I'd guess they would put a kind of thick bag over it and then break it so it can't hurt the mouth.

[-] radix@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] CrustyCrinkles@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Go to sleep? With a lightbulb in your mouth??

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[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Jaws of life.

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[-] beard_hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

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

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

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

[-] dakerDraws@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year 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.

This bulb is my bulb it was made for me!

[-] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year 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.

[-] CanniBallistic_Puppy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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