Why 'Boob Lights' Are So Terrible

[@darealmaul]

When our daughter was a baby, she would constantly look up and stare at these lights. My wife and I used to always joke that they reminded her of her food source. 😅

[@warmachine3943]

Lmao

[@slcRN1971]

👍👍 Love this comment!!

[@renatoimperatori5289]

it probably did tbh

[@magueriette]

@@renatoimperatori5289 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

[@sydneysahota]

Same. My son always stares while sticking out his tongue like as he does when he's hungry. 😅

[@ybunnygurl]

The apartment I had in university had these horrid 70's round globe lights, each one was a single bulb and really was a closet light. They were junk. I asked the landlord if I could swap them out and was willing to hold on to the old ones but she said if I kept the receipts, she would give me up to $30 off my rent for each fixture I replaced. So I replaced all the ceiling lights, and put a cheap Ikea chandelier in the dining room. She liked my choices so much I got free rent for a month!

[@raaston9761]

STONKS

[@poiiihy]

wow nice

[@ancis1327]

@@raaston9761 Dezine

[@cookieconkle]

You lost me with the free rent. Getting expensive lights won't get you free rent lmao

[@xxhalfemptyxx7713]

@@cookieconkle bruh op said cheap ikea chandelier, and the other lights for other areas/rooms must also be cheap

[@briant7265]

I'm taking those things off my ceiling immediately, and mounting them on the walls, in pairs.

[@johnppcard3088]

lol

[@equid0x]

Yay for boobie sconces!

[@hotrod-wn4ek]

Mad lad

[@barbsebo9085]

Lol!

[@YTInnovativeSolution]

(o)(o)

[@ViridianCityCards]

In college I student taught at a nearby school, and one teacher had about 20 lamps instead of using the overhead lighting. It was amazing to me (I somewhat despise overhead lighting, especially white or blue).

[@jessyjulie5506]

You might have astigmatism. I hate those too, and I hate overhead lights in general.

[@ViridianCityCards]

@@jessyjulie5506 yup, both eyes haha

[@mattrobinson4663]

I have 7 lamps that I use in my classroom instead of the overhead lights. My students prefer it.

[@SillyPutty3700]

Interesting I grew up with floor and table lamps everywhere and considered them a nuisance and replacement for bad lighting design. I literally don't have one in my 2100 sq foot house.

[@laverdadbuscador]

I just hate how they always seem to be off center in the living / dining room.

[@benjaminbruce4908]

thats because u put your table/couch under them, or do u leave them out in the middles of the room as well? lmfao

[@laverdadbuscador]

@@benjaminbruce4908 no, I put my table underneath them but they never seem to be centered where a table would go. In a bedroom yeah they're always centered, but in a Livingroom / dinning room area the light is never centered on the dinning room half. It's always about a foot off. Maybe, I'm wrong for how I see things. If I were to put a table directly under the light you wouldn't be able to walk around the table to get to the livingroom. Idk, maybe most apartment people use card tables or something.

[@DP-sx2pt]

The spark probably just couldn't be bothered putting a noggin in so just took it to the closest joist

[@deadchannel67373]

I'm unlucky they are off centered in my bedroom so yeahh

[@DP-sx2pt]

I think sometimes in older bedrooms it was put closer to the window so that your silhouette isnt visible from outside

[@ajc5869]

I'm an interior designer and there's NOTHING I remove faster from a home than these lights whenever I start on a project lol

[@Tamara_Smith]

Why?

[@soggycereal8626]

Näomí Wagner they’re ugly thats why

[@harrowingseer]

@@Tamara_Smith They're ugly, they really aren't great for light and again, insect graveyard.

[@harrowingseer]

AJC really said get rid of the boob light.

[@ajc5869]

c h i l l e d m e m e I really do be saying it tho

[@A.R.77]

They're cost effective and have a much higher resistance to damage from being bumped or hit by something.

[@timinatr99]

A R facts

[@smittynumber1812]

Can confirm they are very much breakable. The family that lived in my apartment before me broke 2 of them

[@mrpanda2655]

Smitty Number1 not unbreakable

[@A.R.77]

@@smittynumber1812 ~ I'm pretty sure a low yield nuclear device might break them too.

[@patrick1532]

The breakable thing is not really relevant.

[@goodun2974]

My wife made me replace most of the "boob lights" in the house (except in the laundry room and the closets). Most (kitchen, den/TV room and bedrooms) were changed to ceiling fans with downward facing lights (light bulbs exposed), and I added some recessed lights as well in several areas that had no fixtures and were always in shadow, but for elsewhere she chose dome lights with *open* upwards facing glass bowls, and those catch a ton of dust. They used to catch lots of bugs as well, back when we used incandescent bulbs, but cool-running modern LED's don't cause flies to dehydrate and drop into the bowl like incandescent did. However, spiders will build webs in the open fixtures to catch bugs drawn by the light, and at least once a year I have to take the glass bowls down and clean them. The "boob lights" were pretty well sealed and didn't capture anywhere near as much dust, and flies rarely got in; most of the bugs were tiny gnats and fruit flies. I will also note that if you do still have sealed boob lights, best to put LED'S in them; I worry about fires from trapped heat. Granted, LED's last longer when they can dissipate their (relatively minimal) self-generated heat, but I'll still typically get 2 or 3 years out of them in an enclosed fixture. If the fixture has ceramic sockets, those act like a heatsink and the LED bulbs will last longer. Most modern fixtures, however, have crappy Chinese-made plastic or bakelite sockets. I wouldn't put incandescent bulbs in those! PS, I didn't see anyone here mention the ecological impact of changing tens of millions of light fixtures, but I'm sure it's huge. This constant need to upgrade things because the older style has become "unfashionable" or looks "out of date" has huge negative impacts on the planet. Think about that when you are updating your lighting and plumbing fixtures, or contemplating scraping off those popcorn ceilings and throwing all that Styrofoam chip material in the landfill.....

[@spiwolf6998]

Better than the "globe" lights that came in my parents new mobile home.

[@GlennDavey]

"anyway that's why we're divorced now" is really how I thought this would end when I clicked Read More. Disappointed.

[@stephensnell5707]

You prune,plastic is better than you think it is

[@goodun2974]

@@GlennDavey nope, sorry to disappoint you! Still married, 25 years now. My first, her second. It's not always an easy marriage, but it's never boring!

[@xygomorphic44]

"We're going to call it by its G-rated term" Proceeds to only call it the boob light for the rest of the video 20 more times.

[@ZGlove.]

Turns out, "boob light" _was_ its G-rated term.

[@anthonyt4154]

breast-light?

[@alienclay2]

@@anthonyt4154 mammary lamp

[@haechannie8045]

this was so funnyd askdaskd

[@klaratehcoolcat]

@@alienclay2 nipple fixture?

[@denimchicken104]

Me: literally never given these lights a second thought. Science insider: OMG boob lights are sooo terrible lemme tell you why

[@Error_707.]

For real, I didn't even noticed they were shaped as boobs -_-

[@deuteronomydeeznutz4278]

@@Error_707. now you'll never not see them as boobs

[@XSemperIdem5]

That's what I've always called them. And they stupidly installed one on my kitchen ceiling and it prevents one of my cabinets from opening fully. 🤦

[@poiiihy]

@@Error_707. ditto, 'boob' NEVER came to mind before

[@user-dl5uh9fq7g]

Funny thing is, I actually hate these. I moved and thank god they're gone. Funny enough, as a kid they scared me.

[@s1ndrome117]

Me: minding my own business KZbin: "Hey! wanna know why *BOOB* lights are so terrible?"

[@RamdomRando]

Your profile pic is perfect for this comment

[@jutinduthysith9022]

Same happened to me

[@DY2727]

LMAO 😂🤣

[@Hannah1114]

Yeah lol 😆

[@oodlespaos]

That what happened to me to

[@kalynbinder5624]

Funny side story here . My mom and I just moved and she hated her ceiling fan in the apartment so we went to go look at lights to replace it . We're looking at the boob lights and I thought she said flesh mounts instead of flush mounts . I was dying of laughter in the menards lol .

[@echognomecal6742]

Honestly, I cam looking thru the comments to see if I'm the only one hearing "flesh mounts" in the vid!

[@arthas640]

I'm a 3rd generation electrician and I always thought they looked like boobs too. Also the short answer of why their so common: they're cheap, easy to install, and effectivly spread light across a single room with a single light

[@Teng376]

@Kailei R It's answered in the video. It allows you to fix the glass with only one screw which makes in cheaper to manufacture and faster to install/replace bulbs.

[@sfletch3042]

That isn't the point. The point is why design it with the areola and nipple looking features? They could have just left that part off. It isn't like that is the only design in which that could be accomplished. I'll never, not for on second entertain the thought that these were not designed intentionally. Lol

[@Teng376]

​@@sfletch3042 What you mean by nipple is just a handle to hold and unscrew the whole thing by hand, otherwise you would need a screwdriver every time you wanted to replace the bulb (incandescent bulbs had much shorter lifespan than modern LEDs), and the thing you see as areola is simply a washer, which spreads the pressure of tightened screw over greater area of the glass, without it you could easily crack the glass when tightening the screw. If you honestly think it was intentional to make it look like a boob, then why isn't everything designed to look like a boob? I guess you are one of those people who think that rockets look like penises because some engineers like to draw them and not because it reduces aerodynamic drag.

[@sfletch3042]

@@Teng376 yeah for sure. Read some Frued. Lmao

[@Teng376]

@@sfletch3042 I believe you've meant Freud. You might be surprised to know that his studies are not considered proper science for quite some time.

[@victorianruled-by-venus1307]

I was laying in my bed one day staring at the ceiling and after a while I realized.. hey... my lamp looks like a tit😂

[@FreeminderXIII]

Stop sexualising the..... Boob lights :p

[@kai_furry]

Omg i just realized my room has a light that looks like s huge tit

[@alexaluv6001]

Hahahahahahaa

[@Heartstopbeatingx]

Same for real

[@justarandomperson6401]

Same lol

[@utmostdjgi123]

I never saw it as a boob untill now thanks @Science Insider

[@jenndahl3779]

I work at Lowes. Never thought of these as BOOB lights. Now itll be all I see when I pass them at work. Hilarious!

[@A.R.77]

It never goes away either. Once I had the epiphany in my first house...it was all over. Indestructible boob lamp. Second only to the leg lamp in "A Christmas Story".

[@sechabatheletsane9784]

Same. Im dying😂😂

[@thatsawrap5235]

@@A.R.77 the soft glow of electric sex is widespread.

[@themarchoftime3691]

those lights look like Massive Pimples

[@celticsanster]

Thanks for showing the early flush light catalogs. I live in an old house built around 1915 and the catalog at 3:15 (budget lighting, lower left) has helped me prove that the old flush light fixtures in our upstairs bedrooms don’t need shades for the bulbs. The fixtures have been re-wired, are in great working condition and hopefully can be re-used in an upcoming remodel, preferably stripped and repainted to show more detail. All I need to do is find shorter stemmed round LED bulbs for them to look period-appropriate. The upstairs rooms have a shorter ceiling height compared to the high-ceiling rooms downstairs, so those flush lights illuminate very well without hanging down. They are not reading lights, but more general duty lights. As to the three boob lights in the galley kitchen-even with two people, we hate changing dead bulbs in them. Thus, the kitchen is half-lit. We need to put in LED bulbs but uurrgghhhh. No dead roaches, thankfully, just moths. But I’ll take them over the 50-year-old fluorescents that used to be there.

[@arielthemermaid3576]

I literally spent my whole childhood thinking that my sister and I were the only ones who called those things “boob lights.” I honestly can’t even put it into words how happy I am to find other people who call them the same thing

[@thefinaldasher]

Same lol

[@Estradarp]

Same

[@TheScrubmuffin69]

Imagine thinking you're so special that you are the only one to ever think that. Even as a child I wasn't that naive

[@Kim-bp1kb]

I clicked on this video for the exact same reason 🤣

[@gluessb]

@@TheScrubmuffin69 thanks for being an ass for no reason bozo

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

So why are they so terrible?

[@Anan-mr2fz]

They ugly thats it

[@willieverusethis]

Because we associate anything cheap with ugly. That's all. Most people like the way boobs look, so it's nothing inherent about the form.

[@SporadicUploads1]

@@willieverusethis I literally thought they looked expensive until right now

[@willieverusethis]

Boobs in that shape are very expensive. Does that help?

[@lordgarion514]

@@Anan-mr2fz It's not even that they're ugly. It's that they're simple, and VERY overused. The only places these should be used are walk-in closets, hallways/top of stairs, and outside the front door if the lights above it(exterior version).

[@StayMadNobodycares]

I'd be more worried about the roach infestation rather than the shape of my light fixtures.

[@OriginalSniperLol]

Lol yee

[@whyme3772]

Literally my bathroom fan has a dead orange beetle inside of it. It might be a june bug.

[@joelcrafter43]

Eh he said it was just one roach and it's probably pretty old so if there was a roach infestation it was probably delt with already.

[@emacias1473]

Home owners have no excuses but I'm going to defend city apartment folks here lol there's Nothing you can really do about it if you're neighbors who share your walls are disgusting trust me roach phobia here throw a black widow at me idc but roach omg I'll have a full blown panic attack. I put these things under our doors to keep cool air in and bugs out I use drain stoppers at all times if waters not being used and I even have put plug covers on my walls and still they'll find a way those little mfers 😣.

[@acidset]

We've all had a roach or two, it also depends on the building itself and the area surrounding it, it's not just interior cleanliness

[@kasuraga]

I like the really diffused lighting these things give off. Also, i never get bugs in mine. Maybe a few, but I cleaned mine out for the first time in years cause a bulb went out and there were only a few bugs in there. I don't really get bugs in my house. I have spiders though, so that's probably why I don't have bugs. Spider pest control is best.

[@부밍시스템어어-o4n]

Me who has both “boob lights” and popcorn ceiling in my room: 👁👄👁

[@oln8002]

@Galaxy Stars I have those same things too

[@mk-sd4dr]

Yep, double whammy for me too. Popcorn ceiling and one tittie light in my kitchen

[@midwest4416]

Dinner & a Show.

[@NoiseDay]

We finally replaced our lights. I wish we'd thought of the ceiling while we were up there.

[@tristanband4003]

Don't chip the ceiling.

[@dakotakuefler]

"a man who's tired of boob lights is tired of life." - Thomas Edison

[@stephengnb]

That explains why I'm always tried. I thought I was just getting older, but it is because I am tired of boob lights. (I'm also tired of Edison.)

[@wge621]

Boob light tires? Nice.

[@maryprice8458]

Words of wisdom

[@SquareBoxHead]

@@maryprice8458 2 minutes ago wow.

[@hillaryhonde8425]

He never said that

[@pn2543]

Title is misleading, he only describes why they are so great: easy to install, easy to change bulb, better light diffusion. Great design!

[@bickieditch9168]

No, the insect graveyard bit is a serious issue.🦟 Depending on how much how care about insects it ranges from severely depressing to a mildly disgusting nuisance

[@InfernosReaper]

@@bickieditch9168 That "insect graveyard" bit is far less common than the dude lets on, because it's a fairly sealed fixture. Of course, should you get one in there, it's really easy to clean up, so not sure where the issue is.

[@BrettAnderson3]

@@bickieditch9168 crunchy snacks

[@Lengsel7]

@@BrettAnderson3 high protein, too!

[@favoritemustard3542]

@@BrettAnderson3 "Stays Crunchy, Even In Milk!"

[@Steve_411]

The high angle of ceiling lights more closely resembles natural sunlight than the other sources mentioned in this video. Ceiling lights are good for you and never go out of fashion, unlike side table floor lamps, wall sconces and the other tired trends mentioned in this video.

[@WandereringFamily123]

"These lights are by far the cheapest option to light up a room satisfactorily." *30 seconds later* "I find it completely confounding how you find them everywhere."

[@KingRanter]

*Why 'Boob Lights' Are So Terrible* "This is why boob lights are so popular"

[@poiiihy]

i love boob lights

[@spencerchambers4520]

I bought my house in 2014 and it was a total gut. I started with a contractor renovating the entire first floor. Over time, the entire house has had all floors and lighting replaced. When you have THAT MUCH to replace, you're damn right that $18 for a pack of two "boob lights" is a godsend, especially in upstairs hallways, master closets and laundry rooms.

[@doctormorbius6430]

I have nothing against boob lights, but . . . You spend $40,000 (or more) on the rehab, and choke at spending an extra $100 on lighting?

[@pileofjunkinc]

​@@doctormorbius6430 Anywhere you can cut costs seems like a good idea. So putting up cheaper lights in rooms not used to gain attention sounds like a good place to do it to me. Every dollar counts, some areas make more sense to spend more on, others the cheaper option makes a good alternative with no loss in functionality.

[@bitchface235]

@@pileofjunkinc I mean I guess but just spending the Lil extra for something that won't collect insects and looks visually pleasing will have a better impact on you than some gray blank piece of paper that is the boob light.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

As a person over six feet tall, I appreciate flush-mount ceiling light fixtures, as they remove the need to plan my furniture placement around hanging lights that will likely brain me when I stand up. This has happened to me in restaurants and in homes. Luckly, there has been no blood drawn yet (knock on wood).

[@circeeldritchworkaholicwitch13]

The like ratio is 666 and I am NOT ruining it.

[@silkyhazel47]

My friend William and I used to laugh for hours on end at the “Ceiling Titty” in my bedroom 😂😂

[@shinymainespoon]

SilkyHazel All hail the mighty Ceiling Titty!

[@lunarispledge1154]

Lol me and my best friend used to do that too! god I can’t wait to move out 😂

[@strawberry_2.0]

Ceiling titty!

[@c0smic.dw3ller]

Is his last name Afton

[@nf4866]

Me too, except we called it the"titty lamp". Plus, ours was a bunch of strings that hooked in the center, so if you flicked the knob in the middle it would jiggle like a real titty. Well... A nice titty. Some titties don't do that.

[@kennypowers1945]

I bought 7 “boob light” fixtures from Lowe’s for $20 a piece and put brand new super bright LEDs in them and they look better than anything else I could have bought 🤷‍♂️

[@patrickstonecrusher]

I think he just doesn't like boobs?

[@jasonreed7522]

I have 1 50W boob light in my bedroom, my brothers has 3 50W directionals as his main fixture. My dad was worried mine wasn't going to be bright enough, but my room is brighter and more evenly lit. A boob light with LED's is even more effective so i don't know what the problem is, unless you want a ceiling fan or something extra fancy in a space they are great.

[@Poke_Doll]

Wow! I worked in lighting & electrical at Lowe's for a long time & I seriously thought I was the only person that called these the "boob lighting". People constantly came in asking "What's the cheapest thing you have that I can buy in bulk?", "Right this way sir, over here all boob lights are under $12 per unit." It would usually result in a pretty good laugh or the occasional 'how dare you' look, but all worth it.

[@johnnyt8286]

you would be cancelled and fired for this now n'days

[@Evilvillain666]

@@johnnyt8286 go touch grass bro

[@ethanc1121]

@@johnnyt8286 lmao time to log off

[@fart1055]

@@johnnyt8286 L

[@GlennDavey]

Excuse me, madam, "mammary gland lights"

[@thomasstewart9752]

you forgot the biggest problem, the fact that to remove the diffuser to change the bulbs, you have to unscrew the nut with one hand and hold the glass off-center with the other, risking dropping the damn thing on your head and then the floor, all the while your hands are above your head and you're losing circulation.

[@OKredneck]

Smashed one last night doing that lol

[@KyrenaH]

That's why the one in our kitchen is still burnt out.

[@Rozdlc]

You'd think he would have mentioned that. I don't mind them but replacing the bulbs are such a pain

[@hanburgundy4317]

Maybe get a step ladder...

[@KyrenaH]

@@hanburgundy4317 My ceiling is too tall for just a step ladder. That wouldn't help anyway.

[@butteredsheep2876]

My grandma had one and then there was a dead mouse in it

[@pacha7977]

😯

[@elianny9187]

i always wondered how so many bugs and big ass insects find a way to get inside these lamps ? like... that is one of the reasons why i always found them ugly not only do they look like a perky titty but there is most likely dead insects inside.

[@RaymondHng]

@@elianny9187 Warmth from the light.

[@Silvia.Araujo]

Wtf? Biggie Cheese? 🐁🧀

[@Kurosaka]

Mine has a deas raccoon

[@Weiner-Worm]

I love it when a random video tells me perfectly fine parts of my house are stupid and I should replace them for no reason asap.

[@Velksa]

1:30 dude, turn off the fan first!

[@poiiihy]

why he's just connecting a chain

[@TS-ds5er]

AYE🔊 Yo🔊THE🔊 FAN🔊 STILL ON🔊 AYE🔊 YO🔊 THE🔊 FAN🔊 STILL🔊 ON🔊

[@dwag6136]

@@TS-ds5er ?.?

[@TS-ds5er]

@@dwag6136 depends if you watch tik tok

[@poiiihy]

@@TS-ds5er so? he's not touching the blades

[@anabsolutenightmare]

Everyone: “they’re cheap and everywhere” *”Me: hehe. Tiddy.”*

[@naritruwireve1381]

*_tiddies everywhere_*

[@kieran4279]

*Oh no*

[@acarguywithnoname5027]

yes tiddy go tasty

[@Johanaa]

Tiddy lamp

[@cozz124]

Infinite milk

[@GringatTheRepugnant]

I can't hear anything other than "flesh mount" thanks to their accents.

[@kingcoveryepic]

What?

[@parkchimmin7913]

Wait, they’re not saying “flesh mount”? Wtf.

[@mommajaned4352]

Well isn’t that what a boob is? A flesh mount? Lmao

[@iv0rye]

Park ChimMin it’s meant to be a flush mount

[@12inchesofworm26]

Flesh mount is too much of a mouth full Let's just call it what we all want to call it Flesh lights.

[@-VoDkAsVengeance-]

I think the fact that I've never owned my own place and am watching this video, contemplating and considering the technical quality of boob lights vs other light fixtures is what my family's meant by calling me an "old soul" my whole life...

[@thewolfdoctor761]

Everywhere I go, something reminds me of her.

[@crystalhernandez5226]

TheWolfdoctor Underrated comment 👌😂

[@neonmajora8454]

TheWolfdoctor Same.

[@spiritualdawg3623]

Who? What? 😂 im confused

[@LunaTulpa]

@@spiritualdawg3623 he's alluding to something people say after a breakup, the joke is the boob lights remind him of his ex-gf

[@bobcharlotte8724]

Frank!

[@emessar]

I was looking for something more definitive than this. As far as I can tell, the argument is that boob lights are terrible because you think they're terrible. I mean is this really any worse than globe lights in terms of lighting? Not really. They're just easier to access.

[@renaissancewoman3770]

What is a globe light?

[@jasonwatson4018]

@@renaissancewoman3770 it's a light where the diffuser is in the shape of a ball.

[@slcRN1971]

I have always dislike them. Wherever we lived, if those (IMO) awful looking ceiling lights were there, we replaced them. Luckily there are alternative light globes, that do not require changing out the whole ceiling mount.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@renaissancewoman3770 Those 'soft white' hanging glass orbs Mom had installed during her 'avocado green' phase of the 1970s.

[@charityquill4965]

main reason i can think of is that the opaque glass may keep the light on a bulb from properly lighting up a room (we have one in our guest bathroom with dark walls and its super dim, especially in the evening). secondly it can also collect dead bugs if it doesn't have an air-tight seal so that can be pretty unsightly

[@55mikeburns]

Whatever the low-cost solution is, eventually there will be people who dislike it just because it is so "common". But for poor people, the boob light is a decent solution.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

I don't even think they LOOK cheap or what they showed in this video was bad lighting. Seems it's once ore a case of form over function, it has to LOOK "chic", even if it doesn't really work, you know... the "texture of your sofa" or whatever.

[@Kawsaki]

Uh speak for yourself 😂

[@InfernosReaper]

@Jalene Evangelista Not in the long run they're not, but probably cheaper than those damn LED bulbs that never last anywhere near as long as we're told they're supposed to

[@Dudemon-1]

Those who don't have inherent meaning to their lives must search for it. Most people don't need to search for ways to exhibit snobbery.

[@ghostiewohstie674]

I- it’s just a light fixture

[@HistoricHomePlans]

Residential designer of almost 40 years experience here and I'll offer my 2 cents. These lights are practical and economical. That's a good thing. Don't like how they look? That's taste more than anything. In terms of actually lighting spaces they're generally better than recessed fixtures, especially the new, small LED recessed fixtures. Recessed lights fail to cast light on ceilings, which is a major failing in terms of lighting function and comfort. The ceiling surface *should* receive some light. Your expert at 4:30 is right about the importance of casting light on surfaces such as walls. But the ceiling should be included. Another problem with recessed lights, especially the LEDs is that, being smaller, they are far more intense, creating stressful glare. The extreme contrast not only tires the eyes but can cause headaches. A fixture that is set below the ceiling rather than recessed will cast light on the ceiling, which will reduce glare and nicely light a surface. There are certainly nicer looking and more effective alternatives than the boob light. They're easy to find. I prefer those that are actually designed to cast the majority of their light sideways and up. This lights the ceiling better. In a small bedroom one of these is perfectly adequate. In a larger bedroom place them where living zones are arranged. But keep in mind nobody wants to lie down in bed and find themselves looking straight up at a light fixture.Again, consider small table lamps on bedside tables. Over-lighting a space is as bad as under-lighting it. Overall, ambient light levels from built-in lighting can be quite low, which is restful to the eyes. Then use task lighting for spots where you really need the extra light. A table lamp on a side table by the sofa is far better for reading by than relying on some glaring recessed fixture in the ceiling 8 feet above. Take advantage of the flexibility of table and floor lamps. Kitchens are the most complicated space to light, but it's basically common sense. Aim for 2-3 groups of lights, separately switched. Under-cabinet lights are your real task lighting, putting the brightest light where you need it, on the countertop. Provide gentle ambient light throughout with a few ceiling mounted fixtures. Then if you have an island or peninsula suspend a light over that. With each of these 3 separately switched you have all kinds of combinations possible. Living rooms - plan for art on the walls and light that. Use dimmer switches. Use table lamps. Lastly, if you're designing a new home - Aside from bright task lighting, if you need to turn lights on during the day your home design has failed. Good home design includes using natural daylight as the main ambient light source. Failure to take advantage of the cheapest and healthiest light source, the sun, is a design failure. The only artificial lighting you should need during the daytime is task lighting in critical areas, such as the kitchen countertop, or when reading a book (table lamp is usually best). Don't let the designers and lighting "experts" sell you on dozens of recessed lights or highly complicated "lighting control systems" that are prone to failure because they've got too many bits and bobs. Do you REALLY need to be able to control your home's lights from your iPad on the other side of the planet? Maybe you can put that money to better use elsewhere?

[@DonMarzzoni]

Insider: "it's not that I have anything against boob lights..." LITERAL F'ING TITLE SAYS WHY BOOB LIGHTS ARE SO TERRIBLE!

[@Liberalsareaplague]

I’m a general contractor, we put flush mount lights up to cut costs. End of story. I can get two brush nickel flush mounts for $30, I can replace all the light fixtures in a house for under $200. I have never once seen a home buyer or even a renter shy away from purchasing or renting the property because of flush mount lights. Literally never.

[@cmucodemonkey]

I intentionally replaced the light fixtures in my 1970's built home with the flush mount lights for this very reason. Cheap, less prone to collecting bugs, and far more modern looking than the fixtures I started with.

[@Green__one]

@@cmucodemonkey When I bought my 1970s home the previous owner had already done that. I have since replaced those ones with nickel versions instead of brass (My wife detests brass). After looking at all the horrendously ugly options "designers" like to push, there was no better option out there. Anything that extends more than 8" from the ceiling is a no-go (standard ceiling on the top floor of houses here is 7'6", I'm not losing more height than I have to!). There are a few exceptions. When we redid our basement we removed countersunk fluorescent fixtures, and replaced with wall sconces (which are really just the same light as the flush ceiling ones, but cut in half down the centre). And over our kitchen sink we replaced the flush mount light with a fluorescent fixture (actually LED tubes) to get more light. The living room has no hardwired lights and only lamps. But all other lights in the house are these round flush mounts, and I'm quite happy with them.

[@ichoppabroccoli3670]

I do work for a landlord and we replace all ceiling lights and destroyed fans with these. It's nice they usually cover the "footprint" left by the old fixture. Nobody has ever complained.

[@DavidSimmons42]

Almost like fewer people want special designer homes, unless it was designed for them, and more just a cheap place they can change later if desired and make the house theirs how they want? It's like cleaning white and beige are boring in new houses. Yeah, but the new owners probably will paint it anyway.

[@gcvrsa]

That's because most people simply don't have a choice, because contractors like you don't give us choices.

[@IronCascade]

This and the popcorn ceiling video really opened my eyes to the level of inane concerns that plague the modern urbanite.

[@zack7122]

Wow

[@AtomicReverend]

The environmentalists say "first world problems" and I think this would be appropriate here lol

[@A.R.77]

Popcorn ceilings are the number one killer of a child's balloons in the US. Nefarious ceilings.

[@raesong926]

Every room in my house has both of these things

[@Alison0305]

My current apartment has boob lights, popcorn ceilings AND popcorn walls. It’s dreadful.

[@rcschmidt668]

2:00 reminiscent of the classic bell found on old hotel counters.

[@FreeSpirit0978]

Dudes, I've never called it that, but I was thinking it. I actually turned my light on and off during this video

[@udon5594]

lmfao its gonna be pregnant

[@gold4963]

That was too good. XD

[@diora266]

Altus Talent lol y r u so mean

[@JoRoBoYo]

Does the light turn you on?

[@vulvoxify]

So what?

[@thestalwartinefromstalwart4126]

Here it is in tl;dr form! "they're just ugly" - Science Insider

[@SlipScout]

LMAO thank you!!

[@GodsHeretic]

. . . and we aren't offering any real alternatives, just go to your local lighting store and see if you like something better . . .

[@tiger_844]

THANK YOU

[@realestofthereals]

thank u

[@chickenfeet1262]

And don’t function as well compared to other lights because of how cheap the my are

[@Abel_Makkonen_Tesfaye-0]

you didnt Search This did you

[@ooglieboop5452]

yes you are

[@theshadowslullaby4265]

nope, my sister did too. I directed her here though because it just showed up.

[@vivisprogress8961]

Blink Lisa is my bais wrecker

[@guccimane8941]

Yes you are

[@Tubarao2920]

🥳🍪

[@bloominlikearedrose]

I have 6 of these in my apartment. I put smart bulbs in them so I can dim them, but I still NEVER turn them on. I have lamps, Christmas lights, weird light machines, tons of candles etc. everywhere instead. Really, I can’t stand when the main light is overhead lighting at all anywhere. I agree with you. Lighting is an art form. Light is also something that can really affect people with sensory divergencies. Fluorescent and terrible lighting like that is too much for me to handle sometimes. When it’s night time in my home and all the candles are lit and weird light machines are going, I feel calmer. As if it’s almost soothing and healing me. I’ve been wanting to replace the boob lights with stained glass but all in due time. I still probably wouldn’t turn them on lol. Stained glass gets spendy and we’re moving soon anyways so hopefully no boob lights in the next rental. Fingers crossed!

[@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621]

An autistic person, I hate led and fluorescent lights, as the led ones are too bright, while the fluorescent ones make me tired, especially if I've had a long week!

[@taylor15589]

I have never heard them called “boob lights” but I can see it.

[@ethan.000]

ceiling tits

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

It's funnier when you think about the fact that is held in place with a shaft and a nut.

[@ashii_ii]

Now I can't stop imagining of tits when I see a light

[@TeddyLucia1006]

@@SmallSpoonBrigade oh no

[@bbwehhh]

Chris L oh hell no

[@TheTrueMissingLink]

0:11 "If I can be honest, I HATE them." 4:40 "At the end of the day, it's not that I have anything against them" Boi make up your mind

[@WERob-to5sp]

I think they look sylish depending on which one you get. Here is an example www.homedepot.com/p/Westinghouse-1-Light-Ceiling-Fixture-Polished-Brass-Interior-Flush-Mount-with-Frosted-Swirl-Glass-6632700/204705582 Not sure what his problem with the light is.

[@ThePortal101]

💡👈😆

[@Santor-]

Boi is the word. Fad-Boi.

[@microwave4928]

@@WERob-to5sp Nah dude I like this boob light design better kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@microwave4928]

@Unreal Cereal Xcq is all you need to know

[@MelinaH]

I'm from Germany and have never seen a lamp like this in my life😂

[@leenfira6821]

Melina H. You are lucky, I hate them so much they are very ugly

[@maliciousdru8780]

Melina H. Same except I’m not from Germany.

[@razaali3117]

Same

[@jftb55]

willkommen im club

[@evaaaa2254]

Same here in the Netherlands 😂

[@Cillana]

I've never had a home/apt with a boob light that I can recall. The only ones that had the screw in the center had a suspended square of frosted glass.

[@chrisk0blu594]

What he does not want to admit: a flush mount light can be upgraded to an LED light usually just by changing the light bulb. No need to change the light fixture.

[@aurorawaxwing5866]

I think he was talking about when new homes are being built.

[@BurnAfter8]

@@aurorawaxwing5866 Even in a new house, it still makes sense to have a “regular” fixture with LED bulbs rather than an LED fixture. Despite what the package claims, those LED fixtures rarely/never last their claimed lifespan. Once it goes bad you have to replace the whole thing rather than twist a bulb out and replace it.

[@Perich29]

I've pute curly cue light bulb which was energy star 10 years ago.

[@phatman808]

@@BurnAfter8 aluminum substrate led lights are especially bad for failing way earlier than they should.

[@Ryan-bi5mz]

Only if you use LED bulbs meant for enclosed fixtures, otherwise you may burn your house down

[@MarshallRawR]

Is this a US thing though? I mean here in the EU I don't think I've ever seen them, but now that I often go to the US, I've heavily noticed them and well.. called them boob lights. I guessed the name right at least.

[@AtomicReverend]

Nobody on the west coast calls them boob lights that I am aware of. Flush mount ceiling light or flush mount hall light or just ceiling lamp or ceiling light is what I've heard all my life... I am sure someone that works in a lighting store or interior decorator might know that term... To be honest its a vile term and when I have done remodels for customers I would never use the term.

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

MarshallRawR I live in the US Midwest and have never heard them called this until this video. They have always been domed ceiling lights or flush mount ceiling lights when people talk about them.

[@MarshallRawR]

@@IJustWantToUseMyName That's where I go every year, beautiful Midwest. I was mostly talking about the lights themselves (design) rather than just the name. But at least as far as naming goes, it seems nobody ever heard that term before, interesting.

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

MarshallRawR Thank you for calling the Midwest beautiful. So many people think it is boring farmland, but I love it. I couldn’t live anywhere else, even if we do have odd ceiling lights. lol

[@potts995]

MarshallRawR It looks like it’s a US invention that didn’t really catch on elsewhere, like gridded cities full of suburban sprawl without a single roundabout in sight

[@khayecharlotte7335]

Me: *reads title* Me: *Looks up* Me: Oh...

[@-brissa-8472]

Same...

[@donovanroundtree524]

*Boob stareing back at you* *Hey forgot I existed? It's seems everyone does nowadays*

[@yayahicks3829]

Sis is u watching me 😅 cuz I literally just did that 👀

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

Do the lights come up when you search boob light or does something different come up?

[@Jackson-nr2mw]

Way too true

[@drscopeify]

I bought my house in 2013 from a bank and being an old 1950s house it had the shiny gold lights with mirrors and made the house dark with shadows everywhere. I replaced them all mostly with a ton of recessed lighting. It is easy to just cut 3 or 4 inch holes, run new wires from the existing light and throw the new wires from one hole to the next. I installed around 40 recessed lights in 4 rooms this way + living room and kitchen. Thankfully recessed light kits in packs of 10 are pretty cheap on amazon. Yes I had to crawl around on my belly in the attic too but I also ran new cable TV and phone wires and install new air ducts for bathroom fans. I also built new walls when I split a room in 2 and added a walk in closet and small master shower/bath. Did it all myself, including tiles, walls, flooring, even replaced some windows myself, built a wood deck and new fences. Wow, lots of work but I saved tens of thousands of dollars doing it all myself.

[@lumina9923]

Aren't they terrible because they should have been installed in pair instead of single?

[@thedailytoast4872]

Doesn't make sense Send pictures of why this would make sense

[@realultraformerlyultranact6542]

-woosh- wait shit now I get it

[@thedailytoast4872]

@@realultraformerlyultranact6542 if you are r/whooshing me it would actually be you who is getting whooshed because if you did not realize there was a joke but there about sending pictures making it obvious how I was trying to cheat my way into some nice little pictures, thank you, -toast

[@lizzieladuke6332]

realultra: formerly UltraNActions you just wooshed yourself

[@nargarex2390]

@@thedailytoast4872 I require evidence 😉😏😏

[@paull007]

Boob lights are almost in every home. Me who has never seen one:visible confusion

[@quirinus.]

Yep, me too

[@sherk3286]

You have seen one you just haven't noticed. I noticed the light in my room at my parents house was a boob light while watching this and had never noticed before after living there nearly a decade

[@huh7270]

Ok cuz ur rich

[@sherk3286]

@@huh7270 I went in my home and noticed it does in fact have 2 boob lights :(

[@doorstopper674]

Outside of america gang

[@yadamtgyel]

flush mount -> flesh mound

[@kittymcnekonuggets]

I had a friend that called the light in my kitchen this and I could never unsee it afterwards. Here I am years later cackling at the title of this video and thinking about the numerous boob lights throughout my current house 😂

[@averageuser4651]

I used to live in a rented house and one of these boob lights fell and shattered. When we were moving out the home owner went on a huge tangent about the ugly ass thing being antique and tried to charge us this crazy amount.

[@ProximaCentauri88]

Dude, upon seeing your comment, it gave me a déjà vu moment. I was like "This feeling, this comment happened already..." But I am sure this is the first time I watched this video.

[@timfonteyne]

lester andes cool xp

[@r.taylor8836]

One of these fell in my parents home office, literally 1 foot behind my head from where I was sitting. There's now a permanent dent in the wood floor, and I'm forever thankful I was all the way pushed into the desk and not leaning back. These things truly scare me.

[@jennhoff03]

Wow. That sucks!

[@af252]

I have literally 0 of them and no one in the UK does I believe

[@adampickard9880]

+

[@thezootopiahusky]

RMS TITANIC First class: Am I a joke to you?

[@Snelkrdfswhbdsf]

I do

[@smoothoperator32]

@@thezootopiahusky 😂

[@A.R.77]

Well yeah, the're freedom boob lamps.

[@qtoelke6208]

Had these all over the house I grew up in, gives me huge nostalgia when I see them, and I love them

[@gamergirl209]

My parents have these in their 80 year old home. I always liked the light from them as it was a bit dimmer than some in the house. Made chilling out in the living room less shocking late at night

[@ItsRhssoo]

1985 : " in 2020 we'll have flying cars" 2020: *boob lights*

[@lm9847]

arnold Shwarznegger in 2020 we’ll have original comments.

[@jesusssugarbabyuwu78yearsa63]

@@lm9847 really? Where?

[@ealing456]

Must be an American thing. As a Brit, I've never seen these before.

[@Teverell]

I was hoping I wasn't the only Brit here. I've never seen them before either!

[@ketrakrelek2347]

meanwhile I'm lying here in northern England looking up at my boob light ... I think they died out in like the 70s or 80s here tho

[@bananamangaka2059]

I live in Canada, and I've NEVER seen those

[@ThunderBlastvideo]

Ur lucky

[@unknownxyz7425]

Even in india we have moon light or led bulb or tube light thats it

[@sdsurfgirl60]

Those are "fake". Come on, you know 'real" lights aren't that perfect and round.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

I bet they'll be all hard and inflexible to the touch too :D

[@Komputar]

Title should say "Fake Boob Lights"

[@thats_not_breezyshes_soo_windy]

Plastic detected

[@filthyapostate4217]

How is this not a top comment?

[@marianaverill3424]

Well I mean, if you lying on the ceiling gravity might make it work

[@Dervraka]

When I bought my home in 2019, EVERY ceiling light in the entire house were these, yes even in places like the dining room. I'm guessing the original builder got a great deal buying them in bulk or something. I've slowly been replacing them as time allows.

[@dailyjoy7649]

Me: searches "soup lights" KZbin: boob lights

[@dailyjoy7649]

@your socool wow yes soup is there sm wrong

[@bo1932]

Um, what is a soup light tho?

[@dailyjoy7649]

@@bo1932 light that dispenses soup

[@dailyjoy7649]

if only i had as much likes and subs as my comment

[@bo1932]

little gaint damn,,,, I wish I had a light that dispenses soup

[@aunalara648]

When my son was around 3-4 months old he would laugh & smile really big every time he saw our kitchen boob light.. Even he gets it 😂

[@frgwyn3760]

Who cares

[@ヽ́ー]

Auna Lara :l

[@tcmtcm1133]

❤🤣

[@franny5295]

Lol, that's cute...

[@IdratherbeinHobbiton]

Was he breastfed? 🤣

[@kirananilkumar3089]

"Why are booblights everywhere?" It's like asking "Why are humans everywhere?"

[@magatamaagitsune5635]

@Emma Bass I think she's trying to say that we are unneeded and irrelevant on this earth, just like boob lights

[@kirananilkumar3089]

@@magatamaagitsune5635 *he. I'm a male. 😂😂😂

[@magatamaagitsune5635]

@@kirananilkumar3089 omg hahahahahha, why did I think you had a kpop profile? I immediately thought you were a BTS Stan lmao

[@invertidols1307]

splash_the_chihuahua97 I don’t see the correlation

[@magatamaagitsune5635]

@@branpod no comment

[@Anna_Rae]

This video didn’t really describe why they are terrible. I was expecting some sort of hardware or design flaw that makes them woefully inefficient

[@TheAveryDaisy]

I told my mom our hall light was a ceiling titty about a year ago and she lost it. she laughed so hard.

[@SalocinDotTEN]

you have an awesome mom.

[@Beastphilosophy]

As someone who has spent years of my life changing out people's incandescent lightbulbs out to put in LEDs, I can say that boob lights are far from the worst way to light a room. If you have a small room, one of them provides effective ambient light, and they don't hang low enough to bang your head on. The worst thing I usually see is rooms with way too many lights, like a bedroom ceiling fan with four 60-100watt (or equivalent) bulbs, or a bathroom with ten 40watt globe lights over the sink. Typically, people either leave bulbs uninstalled, or install dimmers that they never turn above half power. House flippers love to go crazy with recessed lights in particular, and will put a dozen of them in a small kitchen or one in each corner of a small bedroom. The end result is a bright house that shows well, but just has way more light than anybody actually wants in their living spaces.

[@josefmuller86]

Yeah, my parents house has these and they are junk, they overheat and fail sometimes even two times a year, no matter if they are halogen or LED. They also make ugly shadow artifacts (like one thing casts like five different shadows)

[@mrmofo36]

what i took away was "if you're using this 1 efficient light for your room instead of 8 different lights of 4 differing styles, you're a dumb rube"

[@leelahasan3988]

these are the exact kind of people who complain about how much their electricity bill costs.

[@stingray481]

Fun fact, the guy that invented the Boob light had a brother that invented the Leg lamp. He was a leg man.

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Um... interesting how you emphasized _"incandescent"_ when comparing the bulbs just newer than carbon, or "Edison," bulbs, as if those bulbs aren't also incandescent. They are too. "Incandescent" means that the light comes from a heat filament (not just any heat source that delivers light, like a flame). So those hot wires in toasters and space heaters that glow are incandescent too.

[@yanillemoreno3205]

me as a 21 year old i didnt knew it was called boob light until now lol

[@pacha7977]

Same, 35

[@zack7122]

pacha 79 am 47

[@AtomicReverend]

I am 41 and work in construction and I never heard the term and my old boss used terms like reefer for refrigerator or dickiedoo for the pipes hanging out the wall that were awaiting valves or fart fan for a bathroom vent fan but boob lights are new to me.

[@pacha7977]

@@zack7122 🤗

[@pacha7977]

@@AtomicReverend fart fan 😅🤣😂 yes

[@GrandmotherSunshine]

Canada has these "Boob Lights" too. I've called them "Boob Lights" for years without even knowing people call them that.

[@robertpearson8798]

Thank you for keepings us abreast of new developments in the lighting industry.

[@cridenh2owo257]

I prefer the term "Ceiling Tiddy"

[@damian9303]

Stolen.

[@echfx9201]

@@damian9303 Two people can think of the same thing 💖

[@plaguemaster308]

@@damian9303 they said they preferred they never said about making it.

[@plaguemaster308]

@CharlyTDM07 not really, someone said ceiling tiddy and this comment says it prefers it agreeing with that other comment not copying.

[@meredithwhite272]

So I'm not the only one who laid in bed, stared at my ceiling and had a dawning realization that all my ceiling lights look like boobs. And then ceiling lights were never the same again.

[@rosshafinaz4060]

Everyone is a gangsta until mom's breast becomes bright

[@mechasentai]

Lol that's so creepy. For some reason I just imagined some poor woman stuck to the wall.

[@Silvia.Araujo]

@@mechasentai Yeah...

[@anidiot7247]

Just imagine being a nursing baby and suddenly the titty blinds you

[@Myportie]

Very interesting. I love "This is why it is the way it is" explanation. Never really thought about them, but I have many boob lights in my apartment and I'll never be able to unsee them now!

[@damareizuki3192]

This has the same but much milder mood as the popcorn ceiling lol

[@emilycwiok513]

My daughter has one over her changing table and ever since she was born it has been her fav light to look at lol

[@zachlafleur6651]

While they may have started becoming common in the 1930s, there was a version that was literally first class back in the 1910s decade. The Olympic Class Liners of the White Star Line used a version that had crystals on something similar to monofilament line instead of a solid glass bowl so they were quite open but still had that domed enclosure look to them. Back then, those lamps used as many as ten incandescent bulbs each! They were installed in the first class areas of the three ships, and possibly a simpler design in second class as well, but I haven't seen pictures of them in third class, however.

[@tehbest]

I can't believe he didn't mention how they could ruin older CFL bulbs. Because they are basically sealed off they would trap the heat in and the electronics required to power those bulbs would die a lot quicker in a boob light compared to an open fixture. That was compounded with the way people hated the look of CFL's and often they'd be covered up by fixtures that made them function worse

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

You know something The 1950's are about the time Playboy magazine got to be popular! Coincidence? 😏

[@PastelHarper]

No My guess is they got inspired a bit.

[@sfletch3042]

Definitely not a coincidence.

[@fiona9865]

i think not

[@soundpreacher]

"The answer to any question starting 'why don't they...' is money."

[@brentfisher902]

The Dark Side Of The Moon...first so g on the second side of the LP record.

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Yup. I have 4 in my room. I blame their age vs design (and where they’re placed) for them not giving off great light that’s not immediately under them-for just needing to see they’re okay. For wanting a light good for reading or comparing clothes for outfits they’re terrible And stylistically…they’re boring? But functional I guess. But trying to find something that isn’t The Same Thing and gives GOOD vs Moody light for less than $80 a fixture…isn’t going. So guess they stay

[@xXJiNxInOuEXx]

As an electrician, all I've ever known as are mushrooms. Didn't know boob light

[@sixstringedthing]

The correct term is "oyster light" or "surface-mount light".

[@InfernosReaper]

Yeah, never heard them called that when I worked in construction or at the Home Depot. It's like someone came up with that name, then whoever made this video saw it and was like "that's a brilliant name. I'mma do a snobbish video about this"

[@raquel7261]

I had so many of these lights at my old house and still have some at my newer home. I can't escape.

[@anonygent]

There's a lighting efficiency to the design as well, although it could be enhanced considerably through the use of a mirror. A recessed fixture isolates the light to a narrow beam directly below the fixture. A dropped light ends up sending half the light to the ceiling. The half dome design sends most of the light throughout the room for maximum coverage with minimal bulbs. Some fixtures came with a reflective aluminum foil base to reflect some of the wasted light energy back down into the room, but most didn't even have that much, and an actual mirror would have been much more effective. Heat buildup would be a concern, but sufficient space between the bulb and the glass would solve that.

[@silentvoiceinthedark5665]

I thought this video was going to be about energy and lighting output pros and cons about dome lights. Instead a total waste of time just some whiny ass story about the aesthetics of lighting with dome lights.

[@Lilpumpkin505]

I dont think it was make to be taken seriously lmao

[@angela.luntian]

Welcome to interior design

[@angela.luntian]

@Nobody comments are not funny you troglodyte an opinion cannot invalidate another opinion, just as he cant to the youtuber, and yours cant to his, and I cant to yours.

[@Reyvion]

@Nobody comments are not funny you troglodyte this. Its so upsetting everytime i try to say something then everyone is like "EWWW YOUR OPINION SUCKS". Like just because i said human trafficking and slavery should be a thing if you want money, that doesnt make me a bad person. Its just an opinion bros, you dont have to agree or call a mental facility on me like that 😶

[@undercomposition]

Not really what you expect from a channel called Science Insider.

[@Jun-fm1kp]

Ha, I always called them that, my friends called me crazy.... *BUT I WAS R I G H T*

[@jaelepke]

Jun ikr, I feel so justified that I’m not the only person ever to call them that 😆

[@spamuel98]

I never realized the similarity. Now I can't unsee it. My mom had one of those in the kitchen of her last house, and the genius of an electrician who installed the damn thing made it impossible to open to change the lightbulb, in order to get to the bulb we had to take the whole thing down, only to find it hard-wired into the electrical system. There was no screwing nut, they had welded or jammed it shut.

[@ibrs121]

I'm very far from US (Brazil...), but I relate this story. The apartment I grew up had lighting fixtures like this, with a screw sustaining the dome. I always wanted to have another kind of lighting, but I was only a kid. We discovered as time passed that the flat metallic disc leaning against the ceiling was slowly burning the wires above it, making them brittle, that made lamps less lasting. Maybe this could have happened with many US-sold fixtures.

[@umcarafilipino]

E como vocês chamam esse tipo de lâmpada no Brasil?

[@CasualNotice]

"Lighting is an art form." Lighting *can be* an art form, but for most people, it's just a way to see their house after the sun goes down. Treating an efficient, inexpensive means of not barking your knee on the coffee table just makes you look like a self-satisfied snob.

[@Pellbort]

The whole video is peak "millennial journalism" produced by people who think every room should look like an Urban Outfitters

[@stockingsstuffer6302]

Both of you are dorks

[@stockingsstuffer6302]

@@earthclad6833 thank dork

[@justinwhite1008]

I dont want my leg to bark oh no

[@raymonlandry228]

Why are you so offended by an opinion?

[@faith9196]

Me: *staring at my grandparents ceiling* Me 5 minutes later under my breath: “why’s the lamp lookin like a tiddy”

[@shadowgirl765]

There's one light I hate more than boob lights and that's the old square fixtures. They're literally just bowls for dead bugs to fall in. I'm convinced they were designed to be fly traps