I recently got a lava lamp. They take an hour or two to warm up before they become the trippy, moving “lava” they’re known for. Sometimes while warming, the blob inside becomes contorted into bizarre shapes. Usually they remind me of specimen jars in some mad scientist’s lab.
This time, it apparently transformed into a bird.
::: spoiler Edit to add: Apparently we need a /c/MildlyPenis community. :::
19 Comments
areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 54 pts · 24d
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 23d
... I'm starting to worry about the shapes of y'all's dicks now.
Or maybe I'm desensitized because I've seen this thing definitely makes more phallic shapes sometimes, so this doesn't register in comparison.
jwt@programming.dev · 3 pts · 23d
No no, you've got it the wrong way around: We're all starting to worry about the shape of your parrots.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 24d
I saw something much different at first
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 24d
I suppose it could be a rorschach test
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 24d
bad dragon?
Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 24d
But a smaller one. That wont sell good
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 24d
I'm glad the comments agree with me, but disappointed I wasn't the first to point it out
boobookittyfrick@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 18d
LucidNightmare@anarchist.nexus · 4 pts · 23d
I used to have a lava lamp as a child. Like another commenter asked, are they safer now than before? I remember my parents telling me to turn it off after an hour or so because they got too hot and could break the glass or set something on fire.
If they are better now, can someone recommend a good place to buy one? :-)
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 23d
There are best practices to follow, including keeping it away from heat sources and sunlight, making sure it's on a sturdy, heat-tolerable surface, and, yes, not leaving it on too long. (Though one hour is barely enough for the thing to heat up properly. What I'm finding online shows the limit to be around 8-12 hours. There might be different limits for different ones.) I keep mine on a tray table with nothing else on it, so it's isolated from anything flammable. Safety care instructions say that you can tell it's overheating if all the wax goes into one blob and stays near the top of the lamp.
Basically, as long as you follow the safety advice that comes with it and don't leave it on too long, it should be safe.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 23d
No it doesn't.
Why does OP think that?
Ridiculous really.
Let me try and see what they're talking ab- holy shit it really does
LlilL@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 24d
Reminds me of the geeky mildly interesting LavaRand
daggermoon@piefed.world · 3 pts · 23d
That is a parrot on a branch. Are you feeling alright OP?
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 24d
Cool looking lamp. Rumor was the originals were pretty flammable. Has this been worked out? Are these pretty safe now?
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23d
[Copying/pasting the response I gave to a similar question above.]
There are best practices to follow, including keeping it away from heat sources and sunlight, making sure it’s on a sturdy, heat-tolerable surface, and, yes, not leaving it on too long. (Though one hour is barely enough for the thing to heat up properly. What I’m finding online shows the limit to be around 8-12 hours. There might be different limits for different ones.) I keep mine on a tray table with nothing else on it, so it’s isolated from anything flammable. Safety care instructions say that you can tell it’s overheating if all the wax goes into one blob and stays near the top of the lamp.
Basically, as long as you follow the safety advice that comes with it and don’t leave it on too long, it should be safe.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 23d
Sounds like a toy for more responsible people or those without a clumsy dog.
areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 2 pts · 24d
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23d
Ummm, no.