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Q: How many Libertarians does it take to change a light bulb?

A: The light bulb should be permitted to change itself.

Christos Jonathan Hayward, an Orthodox Christian author.

https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/12/Oct/lightbulb.html

Noticed that due to Cory Doctorow's "Object permanence"

https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/13/always-great/#retro

#25yrsago Mastercard threatens the moderator of rec.humor.funny https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/01/Apr/mcrhf.html

Those pesky libertarians... [rec.humor.funny]

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Show threadDon Hawkins - W7DAH15h ago
@gopal @pluralistic Libertarians are just Republicans that smoke dope.
Show threadMichael Vilain10h ago

@gopal @pluralistic How many Freudian Psychoanalysts does it take to change a light bulb?

How long have you had this fixation?

Show threadA Republic, while we kept it8h ago

@mvilain @gopal @pluralistic I thought the traditional answer was "One, but the light bulb has to really want to change."

https://youtu.be/Ip_HdHHC_SY?t=214

Peter Schickele [P.D.Q.Bach] - S4-1 Knock, Knock Cantata For Soloists, Chorus And Orchestra

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Show threadMichael Vilain3h ago
@arensb @gopal @pluralistic Yeah, those Freudians seem to forget that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Show threadElectropict7h ago

@mvilain @gopal @pluralistic

Conversion therapy would suggest changing from bayonet to edison screw fixation or vice versa, as the therapist, or referring practitioner, or local lawmakers decide.