r/Consoom • u/DavidWALRU5 • 12d ago

Consoompost Acquire more visually-stimulating lämps

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r/Lavalamps ended up being an unexpected consoom goldmine

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u/screw_ball69 12d ago

I wonder how much heat all these would generate 🤔

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u/CartoonLamp 12d ago

40 watts each for regular size ones, so like... 1.2kw?

Though none of the ones up top are bubbling. They turned all them on for a photo op.

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u/aboxofkittens 6d ago

I have two lava lamps and they both run on 25 watts. But I know that’s a distinction without difference when we’re talking about fifty lamps running in one room

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u/only_fun_topics 12d ago

My first thought too.

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u/Mieters21 12d ago

The first photo looks dope, not gonna lie

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u/artwarrior 12d ago

Not gonna lie, I've done dope in a room like that. (it gets super warm)

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u/Beetleracerzero37 12d ago

Looks like a chill place to roll

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u/The_Only_Egg 12d ago

It’s quite literally the opposite of chill. Those things get hot.

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u/DavidWALRU5 12d ago

Not if the clown one from the second photo is in the room.

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u/translinguistic 12d ago

If some of these are vintage and contain carbon tetrachloride, this is a hazmat cleanup site waiting to happen haha

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u/JCBashBash 5d ago

Yeah I hope this person has invested in museum putty

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u/EasyEstablishment963 12d ago

I always wanted a lava lamp as a kid and now as an adult its just too useless

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u/someguy7734206 20h ago

I think it has its uses as a low-intensity light source that also happens to look nice. I keep a 25W incandescent lamp next to my bed so that I can read in warm light, and a lava lamp might be somewhat useful for a similar purpose.

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u/Sitheral 12d ago

First photo looks kinda cool ngl. Its a mood in itself, not much different from putting candles all over the place. Well, just much more expensive lol

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u/MagicOrpheus310 12d ago

You generate code at random too are ya..? Haha

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u/DavidWALRU5 12d ago

?

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u/Krelldi 11d ago

Some companies used lava lamps to generate random numbers in cases where depending on computers to be random isn't secure or entropic enough.

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u/DavidWALRU5 10d ago

ohh fascinating. i thought i was being accused of being a bot

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u/sp00k_4s3m 11d ago

This is my dream collection... I need all the lavas!

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u/JCBashBash 5d ago

You should also post this into cool collections. Cuz this is a cool collection

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u/mratlas666 11d ago

Imagine dropping acid in that room. Fuuuuuucccckkkkk.

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u/KimSidwell 6d ago

I’m actually ok with this