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.

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droans 4 points 3 years ago

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

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charje 13 points 3 years 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?

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MeatsOfRage 6 points 3 years ago

Now you got us all sticking fingers in our mouth

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Squids 3 points 3 years ago

You could try and find an apple that's about the same size?

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Ser_Salty 3 points 3 years ago

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

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emeralddawn45 1 point 3 years ago

But then if it gets stuck you can't even break it, you'd just have to live like that.

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Resistentialism 3 points 3 years ago

Use an ice cream cone. Saves the effort of making some elaborate food thing. And with a cone, you can just bite through it, after the the hard outer, the ice cream is just easy to bite through.

I think the problem comes.up when your jaw locks and its a bastard to move it. I get it occasionally when I'm eating or yawning.

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biscuitsofdeath 46 points 3 years ago

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

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oldGregg 2 points 3 years ago

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biscuitsofdeath 6 points 3 years ago

It was enlightening. Like I got my lips around the base. I pulled it out just fine. Maybe these folks were like deep throating these light bulbs, which honestly I think the porn industry might have influenced these light bulb deep throats.

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ColdWater 1 point 3 years ago

I think the led bulbs are smaller and have slightly different shape from the glass bulbs

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ubermeisters 41 points 3 years ago

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ivanafterall 6 points 3 years ago

Come on. Do it, pussy.

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MyNameIsIgglePiggle 9 points 3 years 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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ivanafterall 3 points 3 years ago

That's...not the worst idea I've ever heard...

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Mouselemming 5 points 3 years ago

The worse version doesn't include unplugging the lamp

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HiddenLayer5 29 points 3 years 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.

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TimeSquirrel 14 points 3 years ago

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

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HiddenLayer5 7 points 3 years 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.

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KidsTryThisAtHome 22 points 3 years 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.

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zik 35 points 3 years ago

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

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0xff 13 points 3 years 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/...

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hOrni 21 points 3 years ago

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

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CaptainBlagbird 2 points 3 years ago

Stop it! You're making it worse by making it better!

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borth 16 points 3 years 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 🤔

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mvee 15 points 3 years ago

Just gotta swallow it

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SGforce 9 points 3 years ago

Muscle relaxers?

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ivanafterall 6 points 3 years ago

And lots of lube.

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ElmarsonTheThird 7 points 3 years 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.

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CookieJarObserver 6 points 3 years ago

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radix 5 points 3 years 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.

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CrustyCrinkles 6 points 3 years ago

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

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radix 3 points 3 years ago

I mean, I've fallen asleep at the dentist's before. That's the same right?

To be clear, it was momentary lapses in consciousness during routine cleanings, not due to anesthesia.

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guyrocket 4 points 3 years ago

Jaws of life.

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essentialatom 1 point 3 years ago

Open wide and push it out with your tongue

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 10 points 3 years ago

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

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Zerush 9 points 3 years ago

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

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dakerDraws 8 points 3 years 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.

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Rodeo 6 points 3 years 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.

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pomodoro_longbreak 4 points 3 years ago

This bulb is my bulb it was made for me!

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beard_hunter 8 points 3 years ago