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RamsesThePigeon OP t1_ispjkzw wrote

41 Redditors in the comments will work out that the joke included 8,586 Redditors in total…

16 Redditors in the comments will actually check that figure…

13 Redditors in the comments will reference /r/TheyDidTheMath…

3 Redditors in the comments will understand the overall metaphor…

… and the lightbulb still won't get screwed in.

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TheRepeatTautology t1_ispk7p7 wrote

You vastly overestimate how many people will care

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RamsesThePigeon OP t1_ispkfol wrote

No, no, I really don't think that I do.

Who knows, though?

Maybe someone will screw in the lightbulb.

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Jagid3 t1_ispo6yr wrote

So essentially that person just argued that the entire matter regarding lightbulbs would be irrelevant to thousands of people whom the person doesn't know and whom the person will never meet.

And then one more (me) pointed out the meta-ness of that response, as it is being a response in reference to your reply to a reactionary comment about the overall subject.

Um, yeah. Or something lol. You gotta love Reddit.

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