53 Light Bulb Jokes: 2010 – The Inception of the iPad

In 2010, the world felt like a dream within a dream. Steve Jobs gave us the iPad, Instagram launched and turned everyone into a “photographer” with a Lo-Fi filter, and we all tried to figure out if the top was still spinning at the end of Inception. It was the year of the “Double Rainbow,” the rise of the “Old Spice Guy,” and the debut of The Walking Dead. The humor of 2010 is cerebral, filtered, and heavily influenced by the birth of the tablet era.

The 2010 Top 10: Tablet & Dream Logic

1. The Inception Architect: One, but they have to plant the idea of changing the bulb in the socket’s subconscious so it thinks it wanted to be changed all along.
2. The iPad Owner: One, but the bulb is 9.7 inches wide, has no USB port, and you can’t use Flash with it.
3. The Instagram User: One, but they have to take a square photo of the burnt-out bulb, apply the “Earlybird” filter, and wait for 20 likes before they actually unscrew it.
4. The Old Spice Guy: “Look at your bulb, now back to me, now back at your bulb, now back to me. Sadly, it isn’t me, but if it stopped using scented filaments and switched to Old Spice, it could smell like it’s lit.”
5. The Double Rainbow Guy: “A new bulb?! What does it MEAN?! It’s so bright and vivid! Oh my god!”
6. The Angry Birds Fanatic: One, but they’ll keep launching bulbs at the ceiling until they get three stars and the “Pork Way” is clear.
7. The Toy Story 3 Fan: One, but they’ll cry for three days straight when they have to say goodbye to the old bulb.
8. The Walking Dead Survivor: One, but they have to stay silent and use a crossbow to take out the old bulb so they don’t attract “walkers.”
9. The Justin Bieber Fan: “And I was like… Baby, baby, baby, NO! The light went out!”
10. The Katy Perry (California Gurls) Fan: One, but the bulb is made of candy and shoots whipped cream.

The Full 2010 Archive (Extended List)

11. The Bruno Mars Fan: “I’d catch a grenade for ya… but I won’t change this bulb in the dark.”
12. The Social Network Fan: “A million watts isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion watts.”
13. The Black Swan Dancer: One, but they’ll lose their mind trying to be the “perfect” 60-watt.
14. The Despicable Me Fan: One (Minion), but they’ll just fight over it and say “Bello!” for ten minutes.
15. The Rapunzel (Tangled) Fan: None. She just uses her glowing hair to light up the tower.
16. The How to Train Your Dragon Fan: One, but the bulb is a Night Fury and it’s very hard to spot in the dark.
17. The Kick-Ass Hero: One, but they’ll get beat up by the ladder first.
18. The Scott Pilgrim Player: One, but they have to defeat the bulb’s seven evil ex-owners.
19. The Red Dead Redemption Cowboy: “This room ain’t big enough for the both of us… and the darkness.”
20. The Mass Effect 2 Commander: One, but they have to recruit a specialized team from across the galaxy to help screw it in.
21. The Kinect Player: They don’t touch the bulb; they just wave their arms wildly in front of the lamp and hope it notices.
22. The 127 Hours Guy: One, but his arm is stuck behind the dresser and he’s been there for five days.
23. The Tron: Legacy Program: One, but the bulb is neon blue and has a Daft Punk soundtrack.
24. The Alice in Wonderland (Burton) Fan: One, but the bulb is wearing a giant hat and talking in riddles.
25. The Shutter Island Detective: “Which is worse? To live as a burnt-out bulb, or to die as a bright light?”
26. The Scientist: “We’ve created a synthetic cell, but we’re still using technology from the 1800s to see our dinner?”
27. The Librarian: “Shhh! The darkness is the only quiet place left in this building.”
28. The Gym Teacher: “If you can’t see the finish line, it’s because you’re not running fast enough to ignite the air!”
29. The Chef: “I’ll change it, but only if it’s sous-vide.”
30. The Optimist: “Finally! A chance to use my new iPad as a very expensive flashlight!”
31. The Pessimist: “The light was just a distraction from the global cooling… or warming… or whatever it is now.”
32. The Pro-Wrestler: One, but they have to hit the bulb with a ‘Spear’ off the top of the ladder.
33. The Detective: “The bulb didn’t burn out. It was a planned obsolescence hit job.”
34. The Tourist: “Is this the same socket that Mark Zuckerberg used?”
35. The Reality Producer: “Can we get the ladder to admit it has feelings for the light fixture?”
36. The Bodybuilder: “I’m not changing it, I’m ‘isometric-holding’ the darkness out of the room.”
37. The Sailor: “A dark room is just a sea without a horizon.”
38. The Poet: “The filament’s end is the start of a shadow’s reign.”
39. The Bus Driver: “Step behind the white line! I can’t see, but I can still smell your lunch!”
40. The Ghost: “I liked the old bulb. It had a more ‘ectoplasmic’ glow.”
41. The 2010 Legend: One, but they do it while wearing a ‘Silly Bandz’ and a ‘North Face’ fleece.
42. The Starbucks Fan: “I’ll have a Venti-Watt, half-caf, with a drizzle of electricity.”
43. The America’s Next Top Model: “One, but they have to ‘smize’ so hard the glass cracks.”
44. The Panic! At The Disco Fan: “I chime in with a ‘Haven’t you people ever heard of… closing the goddamn circuit?!'”
45. The Rihanna (Only Girl) Fan: “Want you to make me feel like I’m the only bulb in the world.”
46. The Lady Antebellum Fan: “It’s a quarter after one, I’m all alone and I need… a new bulb now.”
47. The Eminem (Not Afraid) Fan: “I’m not afraid… to take a stand… on this ladder.”
48. The CeeLo Green Fan: “I see you driving ’round town with the light I love… and I’m like, Forget You!”
49. The Ke$ha (Tik Tok) Fan: “Don’t stop, make it pop… wait, the bulb just popped.”
50. The True Grit Cowboy: “I’m looking for a bulb with true grit.”
51. The Megamind Villain: “Presentation! That’s the difference between a bulb and a SUPER bulb!”
52. The Bed Intruder Guy: “Hide your bulbs, hide your lamps, ’cause they burnin’ everybody out out here!”
53. The 2010 Icon: One, but they do it while checking their Foursquare location and “checking in” to the living room.