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Lightbulbs.
Incandescent lightbulbs are a tungsten filament in a bulb filled with inert gas which stops the filament from oxidising and thus breaking.

It is my accusation that lightbulb makers have been leaving small amounts of oxygen in these bulbs to make sure that the filament would oxidise. Otherwise the lightbulb would last forever and we would never have to replace them.

Does anyone else have any other batshit crazy conspiracy theories?
(I helped save b3ta! hoifbjifbef, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:23, archived)
see Dekionplexis

(I helped save b3ta! moohalaa, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:24, archived)
I'll let Dekionplexis answer this.

(I helped save b3ta! Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:24, archived)
RON PAUL 2012

(I helped save b3ta! ArthurTheRat, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:25, archived)
*masturbates to ayn rand, is 20 stone*

(I helped save b3ta! ArthurTheRat, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:25, archived)
leave futureeasty alone!

(I helped save b3ta! moohalaa, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:26, archived)
BOOTSTRAPS

(I helped save b3ta! ArthurTheRat, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:28, archived)
is this an impersonation of the average poster on SA?

(I helped save b3ta! well, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:26, archived)
I spend as much time there as I do here.

(I helped save b3ta! ArthurTheRat, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:29, archived)
RON PAUL 2012 - KILL YOUR FATHER

(I helped save b3ta! Lightguy hail satan, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:49, archived)
Doesn't having a fuck-off hot wire touching the contacts damage them in the long run anyway?

(I helped save b3ta! The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:26, archived)
the rapid temperature change caused by turning them on or off causes stresses.

(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:28, archived)
that and the resistance in the tungsten

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:30, archived)
that's what causes the heat, surely.
and thereby also the light, by black body radiation.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:31, archived)
yea and what will cause the eventual passing away of the lovely little lamp
r.i.p little light giver, jesus loves you
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:37, archived)
ooOOOOooh get you mister fucking resistance in the fucking tungsten

(I helped save b3ta! Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:50, archived)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:26, archived)
There's a phrase for it!
*memorises*
(I helped save b3ta! hoifbjifbef, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:27, archived)
i love electrics, but i too upset to delve into the subject now, no offence, jesus loves you

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:29, archived)
May Allah shine down on you, brother.

(I helped save b3ta! hoifbjifbef, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:29, archived)
I'm a lightbulb maker and I refute your theory.

(I helped save b3ta! Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:29, archived)
See you in court, you fucking cad!

(I helped save b3ta! hoifbjifbef, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:30, archived)
Make sure you wear your tinfoil hat.

(I helped save b3ta! Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:31, archived)
What if you pour coke all over it and make it OXIDISE?
I know your wicked ways. Lightbulb makers: source of all evil.
(I helped save b3ta! hoifbjifbef, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:32, archived)
I'll let you in on something.
You know those general 100watt bulbs? Get this, It'll blow your fucking mind.


When I make them, I make sure they're 99watts and not 100. Then I add the extra watt onto 75watt bulbs so they're really 76.
(I helped save b3ta! Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:35, archived)
You crafty little fox.
*gets on the phone to Trading Standards*
(I helped save b3ta! hoifbjifbef, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:38, archived)
they have known how to make neverending lightbulbs for years
i thought everyone knew that?
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:30, archived)
then why in the name of god could they not make an everlasting you :((((((

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:31, archived)
i will sleep forever,
it is not
the end.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:32, archived)
Please rephrase in form of Haiku.

(I helped save b3ta! hoifbjifbef, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:33, archived)
i'm incandescent

(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:30, archived)
Calm down and have a nice cup of tea.
I prefer iridescence to incandescence anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! hoifbjifbef, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:31, archived)
i'm a lightbulb and i refute your theory

(I helped save b3ta! Lightguy hail satan, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:41, archived)
are you screwed? lol

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:43, archived)
I require proof that you are indeed a lightbulb.
And an incandescent one at that.
(I helped save b3ta! hoifbjifbef, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:44, archived)
just look at my name

(I helped save b3ta! Lightguy hail satan, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:48, archived)
I thought you were just skinny.

(I helped save b3ta! hoifbjifbef, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:49, archived)
I think the only reason that the US government hasn't privatised NASA
Is that they'd lose their monopoly on dealing with aliens.
(I helped save b3ta! Noit happy baby orangutan, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 20:49, archived)