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  • DarkJedi
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    LOL. 90% of college grads couldn't light a lightbulb with a battery & wire.

    Some TV show I was watching called "Minds of Our Own".

    They interviewed a bunch college graduates, and asked them if they could light a lightbulb using a battery & 1 wire.

    50% said yes, 50% said no.

    But when they handed them the actual battery, wire & lightbulb, almost all of them were unable to do it.

    USA is so fucked
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    • Sly
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      • Sep 2004
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      #2
      Yeh, I heard 99% of college grads can't start a fire with sticks. Jesus... what stupid people!
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        • Manowar
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          it was on tv, it MUST be true!

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            • xclusive
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              Yeah but most americans just hire people from other countries to do stuff like that for us...

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                • ULVideo
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                  Don't you need 2 wires and a battery?

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                    • DarkJedi
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                      #6
                      Originally posted by Manowar
                      it was on tv, it MUST be true!
                      Your joke is not appropriate in relation to TV.

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                        • DarkJedi
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                          #7
                          Originally posted by ULVideo
                          Don't you need 2 wires and a battery?
                          Are you shitting me ?

                          Manowar - there's your answer
                          Last edited by DarkJedi; 01-03-2005, 03:13 PM.

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                            • mikeyddddd
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                              • Mar 2003
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                              #8
                              Originally posted by Sly
                              Yeh, I heard 99% of college grads can't start a fire with sticks. Jesus... what stupid people!
                              That, sir, is called an educated idiot.

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                                • Manowar
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                                  • Dec 2003
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                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by DarkJedi
                                  Are you shitting me ?

                                  Manowar - there's your answer
                                  Point taken man.

                                  I wonder what % of GFY could do it

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                                    • flashfire
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                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Manowar
                                      it was on tv, it MUST be true!
                                      and now its on the internet, thats a double wammy of truth

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                                        • Google Expert
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                                          #11
                                          We did this in elementary school. And also did it later at summer camp.

                                          Seeing college graduates unable to do this, makes me think future generations in the US are really fucked. They take fluff majors like marketing and art history, build an economy on worthless bullshit like Evian water, use the latest tech toys, but they would be helpless in a real emergency / red dawn / peak oil world.
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                                            • Workshop_Willy
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                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by DarkJedi
                                              Some TV show I was watching called "Minds of Our Own".

                                              They interviewed a bunch college graduates, and asked them if they could light a lightbulb using a battery & 1 wire.

                                              50% said yes, 50% said no.

                                              But when they handed them the actual battery, wire & lightbulb, almost all of them were unable to do it.

                                              USA is so fucked
                                              So, they go through (like "journalists" do) and interview let's say 500 people. They then choose the 100 that they think best sells advertising to the people who watch their show.

                                              Been to Broadcast school, I know how it works. Try again sammy. Or grow a mind of your own, preferrably one not itching insanely with jealousy over the enigmatic American genius that the rest of the world consistently underestimates.

                                              By the way ULVideo, yes just one wire. You ground the threads to the negative post directly, and feed the positive to the end of the bulb using the wire. Or the other way around. Or the inverse would probably also work. That's at least 3 ways to do it.
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                                                • colpanic
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                                                  Why would I want to light a lightbulb with a battery?
                                                  I like ducks.

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                                                    • More Booze
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                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by ULVideo
                                                      Don't you need 2 wires and a battery?

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                                                        • Workshop_Willy
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                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by colpanic
                                                          Why would I want to light a lightbulb with a battery?
                                                          You never know when you might be stuck in a third world country like Yurope and need a backup power source.
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                                                            • evanmorgan
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                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by ULVideo
                                                              Don't you need 2 wires and a battery?
                                                              i would think so, but im no electrician
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                                                                • evanmorgan
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                                                                  lol just saw on the news that 10/7 people dont understand fractions, how fucked up is the world

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                                                                    • I Like Chocolate
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                                                                      i think that when you go through school its the other things you learn that make your education

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                                                                        • DarkJedi
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                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by colpanic
                                                                          Why would I want to light a lightbulb with a battery?
                                                                          In an armageddon / red dawn / peak oil type scenario, some basic skills should be known by everyone. Like getting an electical device hooked up, or changing a flat tire, or knowing how to swim.

                                                                          People play with their xboxes and PDAs, but they haven't the faintest idea of how anything really works.

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                                                                            • vas
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                                                                              attach the wire to 1 end of the battery and 1 end of the light blub, with the other end of the battery touch the other end of the lightblub..

                                                                              thats how you do it with 1 wire... (for those that are still questioning it) lol
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                                                                                • Rorschach
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                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  we all knew americans are stupid already

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                                                                                    • Rantan
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                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      in america we're taught crap like that in about 5th grade, and unless we have an interest in highschool we arnt going to be taught that in college.
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                                                                                        • DarkJedi
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                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by vas
                                                                                          attach the wire to 1 end of the battery and 1 end of the light blub, with the other end of the battery touch the other end of the lightblub..

                                                                                          thats how you do it with 1 wire... (for those that are still questioning it) lol

                                                                                          You win a cookie !!

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                                                                                            • Workshop_Willy
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                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by DarkJedi
                                                                                              You win a cookie !!

                                                                                              Hey, wait I posted the answer well before that! And I gave 3 variations! Gimme that damned cookie you anti-american crook!
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                                                                                                • Triple 6
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                                                                                                    • Antonio
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                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by DarkJedi
                                                                                                      Are you shitting me ?

                                                                                                      Manowar - there's your answer
                                                                                                      How many wires would you use DrakJedi? 6, 12, 71?




                                                                                                      You can do it with 1 wire but the bulb has to be 'attached' to the battery.

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                                                                                                        • DarkJedi
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                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by Workshop_Willy
                                                                                                          Hey, wait I posted the answer well before that! And I gave 3 variations! Gimme that damned cookie you anti-american crook!

                                                                                                          You can ground the neg battery and lightbulb, then attach the wire from the pos terminal to the lightbulb. You don't need to touch the lightbulb to the battery.

                                                                                                          No cookie for you !!

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                                                                                                            • DarkJedi
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                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Originally posted by Antonio
                                                                                                              How many wires would you use DrakJedi? 6, 12, 71?




                                                                                                              You can do it with 1 wire but the bulb has to be 'attached' to the battery.

                                                                                                              HUH ?

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                                                                                                                • Workshop_Willy
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                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by DarkJedi
                                                                                                                  You can ground the neg battery and lightbulb, then attach the wire from the pos terminal to the lightbulb. You don't need to touch the lightbulb to the battery.

                                                                                                                  No cookie for you !!
                                                                                                                  You didn't specify that an appropriate non-wire ground would be available. Therefore, you have no argument. I just assumed you meant to try it in a rubber room like the one you're in.
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                                                                                                                    • DarkJedi
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                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      Originally posted by Workshop_Willy
                                                                                                                      You didn't specify that an appropriate non-wire ground would be available. Therefore, you have no argument. I just assumed you meant to try it in a rubber room like the one you're in.
                                                                                                                      vas gave the more simple answer.

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                                                                                                                        • Workshop_Willy
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                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          Originally posted by DarkJedi
                                                                                                                          vas gave the more simple answer.
                                                                                                                          I suppose the simpler does appeal to you. OK, you win.
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                                                                                                                            • DarkJedi
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                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              Originally posted by Workshop_Willy
                                                                                                                              I suppose the simpler does appeal to you.
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                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by Rorschach
                                                                                                                                  we all knew americans are stupid already
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                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by ULVideo
                                                                                                                                      Don't you need 2 wires and a battery?
                                                                                                                                      Nah you could use two but you could just set the lightbulb on the positive terminal and run a wire from the side of the bulb to the negative terminal

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                                                                                                                                        • Antonio
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                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by DarkJedi
                                                                                                                                          HUH ?
                                                                                                                                          this is how you do it with 1 wrire

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                                                                                                                                            • DarkJedi
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                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by Antonio
                                                                                                                                              this is how you do it with 1 wrire

                                                                                                                                              Yes, I know that.

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                                                                                                                                                • tyler86ed
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                                                                                                                                                  I'm sure there is a direct correlation between college grads and if they can connect a fucking light bulb. I don't know about any other college grads here, but I didn't take any classes in college about electricity. Now, I do know this by common sense - there is a power and a ground. I don't think that means college grads are idiots.

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                                                                                                                                                    • Baal
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                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by colpanic
                                                                                                                                                      Why would I want to light a lightbulb with a battery?
                                                                                                                                                      Because a battery works better than an orange.

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                                                                                                                                                        • notjoe
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                                                                                                                                                          #39
                                                                                                                                                          I can light a bulb with 1 battery and NO wires...

                                                                                                                                                          I feel special

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                                                                                                                                                              All ya are fucken idiots...

                                                                                                                                                              Only complete tards would think that lighting a bulb with a fucken wire is a necessity and then gauge the act or non act of lighting it as a factor of an entire civilizations intelligence...

                                                                                                                                                              Personally I wouldnt bother trying to light the bulb.
                                                                                                                                                              Light draws attention and is your worse enemy in "Military" or Para military situation.

                                                                                                                                                              I can take that same equipment and kill everyone in standing within a small room with a light bulb some wire and a battery.

                                                                                                                                                              Why use perfectly good materials for a luxury when it can be a weapon.

                                                                                                                                                              Dumb fuckers.

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                                                                                                                                                                • bjs24
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                                                                                                                                                                  Are you Macgyver?

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                                                                                                                                                                    • DarkJedi
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                                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by AlienQ
                                                                                                                                                                      I can take that same equipment and kill everyone in standing within a small room with a light bulb some wire and a battery.
                                                                                                                                                                      You can not.

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                                                                                                                                                                        • Drake
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                                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by bjs24
                                                                                                                                                                              Are you Macgyver?
                                                                                                                                                                              Nope. Uncle Fester.

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                                                                                                                                                                                  i find this hard to believe

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