Why do light bulbs get screwed in?

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7 Comments

SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip · 9 pts · 172d (3 replies)

Festoon, bayonet, wedge base, and bi-pin bulbs: Are we a joke to you?

actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 172d (1 reply)

Everything is a joke to me.

wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 171d

But doctor, I am Pagliacci

TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 3 pts · 172d

Yes

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 171d

Because when they were hammered in, they usually broke

Lumidaub@feddit.org · 3 pts · 172d

They have no lobby.

folaht@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 156d

They don't.
It's yet another double standard against electrical sockets who obviously
are the ones getting screwed in by light bulbs and not doing the screwing.