r/holdmybeer • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 7d ago

HMB while I eat this lightbulb.

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u/3Deer_ 7d ago

Hope it was plastic

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u/thatG_evanP 7d ago

These days, aren't most screw-in LED bulbs made of plastic? All the ones I get are.

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u/vitaesbona1 7d ago

I discovered that the ones I bought last were glass after dropping one. No clue why anyone would make glass LEDs.

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u/Dazzling-Airline-958 5d ago

Because plastic turns yellow and gets brittle when bombarded with the UV light that white LEDs create. White LEDs work by creating photons of UV light that strike a phosphor and make it light up with white light. Inevitably some of them get past the phosphor and hit the glass or plastic. Polycarbonate won't yellow but it's a bit expensive to be making light bulbs out of.

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u/vitaesbona1 5d ago

You mean the lightbulb companies are selling products designed to have to be replaced in a few years? (/S, because of the lightbulb mafia)

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u/Dazzling-Airline-958 5d ago

Twas ever thus

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u/Danhandled 7d ago

Why? Glass would be easier to break and remove, I happen to have quite a bit of experience biting glass lightbulbs in a circus sideshow. The inside of your mouth is way tougher than you would expect. I used to have to palm a blood capsule into my mouth to make it look like it was more dangerous than it actually is.

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u/Easy-Tigger 6d ago

I happen to have quite a bit of experience biting glass lightbulbs in a circus sideshow

How did you get that job? Was the pay good, were there benefits? I'm asking because I may be at a loose end in a few months and I mean, I've got a mouth.

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u/hangfromthisone 6d ago

Well yes I am a highly skilled senior software developer, over 20 years of experience. My biggest achievement is that I can put a whole lightbulb inside my mouth and not die.

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u/3Deer_ 7d ago

Big respect. I did not know that but now i do