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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Brain uses more wattage than a lightbulb, unless we are counting incandescent bulbs because it makes the stat seem more impressive.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (6 children)

That phrase first came out when incandescent bulbs were the most common, so they consumed like 60W vs 7W for an equivalent LED bulb. The brain is somewhere around 20W.

[–] Imgonnatrythis 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't give a damn about Lemmy points, but you just said essentially the same thing as the above commenter and the Lemmy points are diametrically opposed. I love it!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah? I care even less about Lemmy points. Watch as I fearlessly downvote myself!

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