Better watch out, better not cry....

[Jarlaxle]

Gotta keep an eye on the CFL's. They will vibrate themselves out of socket on occasion.

Only on your planet, bucko.

 

[alan1]

I know that it's required that you guys hate anything the government does, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is about incandescent bulbs that you guys care so much about.

What possible reason could you have to "stockpile" incandescent bulbs, other than petulance?

Incandescent bulbs bring out the green color of my eyes almost as well as sunlight. Under fluorescent lighting, my eyes look like a washed out blueish color instead of the striking green that they actually are.
Trust me on this, women find my green eyes extremely attractive, when they actually get to notice them because I'm not in some crappy fluorescent lighting situation.

Then buy the right CFL's. There are daylight-spectrum CFL's...much better than the sickly yellow light of a typical incandescent. (Personally, I prefer the slightly bluish light of a cool white CFL.)

I'm not going to buy CFL's for my employer, all the places I shop and all the paces I visit. But, if I send you the list, will you?

 

[Vox]

I know that it's required that you guys hate anything the government does, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is about incandescent bulbs that you guys care so much about.

What possible reason could you have to "stockpile" incandescent bulbs, other than petulance?

their spectrum is more natural for the human eye and causes less headaches and eye problems.

plus they are simply BRIGHTER

Neither of those things are universally true.

there is still no reason to BAN them.

it is just one of the nazi-style intrusion of the stupid government.

 

[Vox]

I know that it's required that you guys hate anything the government does, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is about incandescent bulbs that you guys care so much about.

What possible reason could you have to "stockpile" incandescent bulbs, other than petulance?

their spectrum is more natural for the human eye and causes less headaches and eye problems.

plus they are simply BRIGHTER

Neither of those things are universally true.

it does not have to be UNIVERSALLY true. It is sufficient when it is true for the significant amount of people, and for the vast majority of people the light of the incadescent bulbs is both beneficial for their sight and does not cause headaches like the others do.

Plus they are MUCH BRIGHTER

 

[HenryBHough]

And all this time I thought "CFL" just meant "Crzay Friggin' Liberals"!

 

[Vox]

Incandescents are simply no longer going to be sold in this country.

You wish!

They'll be sold.

And at immense profit to the sellers who'll hire "mules" to carry them in backpacks as they sneak past what should be America's borders. Mexico is now the world's largest producer of incandescent lamps. Producing enough for every man, woman and child in Mexico to get 127 of them each year. You really think they piss through them that quickly?

I really hope they will.

 

[Gracie]

What's next? A ban on lamps and all we can use is candles?

 

[Vox]

I know that it's required that you guys hate anything the government does, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is about incandescent bulbs that you guys care so much about.

What possible reason could you have to "stockpile" incandescent bulbs, other than petulance?

Incandescent bulbs bring out the green color of my eyes almost as well as sunlight. Under fluorescent lighting, my eyes look like a washed out blueish color instead of the striking green that they actually are.
Trust me on this, women find my green eyes extremely attractive, when they actually get to notice them because I'm not in some crappy fluorescent lighting situation.

Then buy the right CFL's. There are daylight-spectrum CFL's...much better than the sickly yellow light of a typical incandescent. (Personally, I prefer the slightly bluish light of a cool white CFL.)

not true. yellow light is much better for your sight and for general well-being.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Well, yes, it IS, in fact, true. I DO prefer a cool-white CFL to an incandescent bulb!

 

[Vox]

What's next? A ban on lamps and all we can use is candles?

and all for our greater good, obviously, which translated - for the benefit of specific producers.

 

[Gracie]

I think I'd rather use candles. I hate those CFL's with a passion.

 

[Vox]

Well, yes, it IS, in fact, true. I DO prefer a cool-white CFL to an incandescent bulb!

that is you single personal preference.

which means you can chose what to buy for your preference.

yet YOU want all others not to be able to chose what they want.

and you did not seem to be a typical leftard nazi

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Incandescent bulbs bring out the green color of my eyes almost as well as sunlight. Under fluorescent lighting, my eyes look like a washed out blueish color instead of the striking green that they actually are.
Trust me on this, women find my green eyes extremely attractive, when they actually get to notice them because I'm not in some crappy fluorescent lighting situation.

Then buy the right CFL's. There are daylight-spectrum CFL's...much better than the sickly yellow light of a typical incandescent. (Personally, I prefer the slightly bluish light of a cool white CFL.)

not true. yellow light is much better for your sight and for general well-being.

What are you basing this claim on?


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[Vox]

I think I'd rather use candles. I hate those CFL's with a passion.

I hate them, too.

and especially the ones with the bluish spectrum - can't stand them.

they also cause severe headaches in a lot of people.

 

[HenryBHough]

It's a plot to obsolete all your clip-on lampshades.

 

[Vox]

Then buy the right CFL's. There are daylight-spectrum CFL's...much better than the sickly yellow light of a typical incandescent. (Personally, I prefer the slightly bluish light of a cool white CFL.)

not true. yellow light is much better for your sight and for general well-being.

What are you basing this claim on?


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studies and empirical observation. The spectrum of the light does have influence both on the general well-being and the sight.

 

[Vox]

just first from the long list of the KNOWN effects of the spectra of artificial lightning:

Artificial Light in the Environment: Human Health Effects : h.e.s.e.-UK

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy02osti/30769.pdf

http://www.visionaware.org/section.aspx?FolderID=8&SectionID=121&TopicID=507&DocumentID=4793

those are not specific studies, but there are so many and the problem is so well known that it has been adopted for the public years ago

 

[thereisnospoon]

Incandescent bulbs bring out the green color of my eyes almost as well as sunlight. Under fluorescent lighting, my eyes look like a washed out blueish color instead of the striking green that they actually are.
Trust me on this, women find my green eyes extremely attractive, when they actually get to notice them because I'm not in some crappy fluorescent lighting situation.

The color temperature of CFL lightbulbs (at least good ones) is closer to sunlight than incandescent lightbulbs.

So, I found this,


Color Temperature and light sources
Color temperature Light source
10,000 Clear sky
9,000 Hazy sky
8,000
7,000 Cloudy sky
6,000 Flash lamp
4,500 White fluorescent lamp
4,000
3,500 500-W tungsten lamp
3,000 Sunrise, sunset
2,500 100-W light bulb
2,000
1,000 Candlelight

Oddly enough, even though candlelight is listed at the lowest color temperature (in this example), my eyes are green under candlelight. Just like sunlight and incandescent light, but not fluorescent lighting. I don't know enough about the science to say why that is, I just know that it is. And maybe it is just my eyes, not everybody else that has green eyes.

True story, last January I was visiting my family and staying with my sister. My sister has replaced all her light bulbs with CFL's. So, the second night I am there, my sister looks at me with kind of confused look on her face. She says to me, "When we were kids, your eyes were always green or grey, depending on the colors around you. I was always jealous of those beautiful green eyes, when did they turn blue? ". I told her it was the CFL lighting she had. The next morning we went outside in the CA sunlight and I told her to look at my eyes now. They were green.
Yes, I mentioned grey. If I am surrounded by dark colors, my eyes look grey, otherwise they are green. Except under fluorescent lighting, then they are blue.

Fluorescent lighting would turn ordinary print film images a pinkish hue.
I used to shoot a lot of sports. I had a friend that was a professional photographer that told me to buy a certain kind of filter for indoor arena lighting.
Just for giggles, I shot some with the filter off. Lo and behold, the darned photos were pink.

 

[thereisnospoon]

I know that it's required that you guys hate anything the government does, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is about incandescent bulbs that you guys care so much about.

What possible reason could you have to "stockpile" incandescent bulbs, other than petulance?

I can't for the life of me figure out whay you care so much about how other people feel about incandescent light bulbs.

Have you suffered from such obsessions before? Or is this the first time for you?

You realize this is a political message board, right?

Asking people to defend their ridiculous opinions is the whole point.

No...You want people to answer to you as to why they don't trust government because you think government is sacrosanct.
It doesn't work that way.
You don't get to form the narrative then question the opinions of others based on the narrative you created.
And before you shoot back with "what narrative"...Go back to your first post in the thread and you'll notice a conclusion in that post. The one about hating everything government does...THAT is forming a narrative.
Now, what is it you want to know?

 

[thereisnospoon]

I know that it's required that you guys hate anything the government does, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is about incandescent bulbs that you guys care so much about.

What possible reason could you have to "stockpile" incandescent bulbs, other than petulance?

Question....Why would any reasonably intelligent person support a government that screws up 100% of what it gets its hands on?

Are you under the impression that your response has anything to do with what I said?

It doesn't seem to.

You stated "I know that it's required that you guys hate anything the government does,"..
I responded to that with "Why would any reasonably intelligent person support a government that screws up 100% of what it gets its hands on?"...
If you do not see the connection, oh well...