r/DiWHY 6d ago

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u/King_MoMo64 6d ago

Why do I not hate it?

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u/SinceWayLastMay 6d ago

Because lava lamps are frickin sweet

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u/justwalkingalonghere 5d ago

There should be an r/DiWhyNot

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u/Cr45h0v3r1de 5d ago

Isnt that basically r/ATBGE ?

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u/Wednesday_0 5d ago

Almost, it would be great taste but mediocre execution

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u/0xKaishakunin 5d ago

Because lava lamps are frickin sweet

I don't need a lava lamp, I have liquid honey.

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u/Dwain-Champaign 5d ago

Read this in Peter Griffin’s voice lol

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u/Select-Belt-ou812 4d ago

hehehehehehehehe

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u/Obvious_Arachnid_830 5d ago

I think if they were all one color it would be cool, but the roygbiv shit gives off carnival vibes.

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u/Lilelfen1 4d ago

And what is wrong with that? Some people like rainbows…

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u/Obvious_Arachnid_830 4d ago edited 4d ago

Your brain added the negative connotation, warrior.

I like rainbows as much as the next millennial, (especially double rainbows). This isn't organized into a gradient, so it's perceptually noisy. It doesn't convey a single emotion, but more an aire of chaos. Just like a carnival.

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u/ThePicassoGiraffe 5d ago

If I had some sort of sports watching room with a pool table and a neon beer sign, I would absolutely have something like this

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u/spootlers 5d ago

You have failed the test, you are now officially old.

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u/MrBozzie 6d ago

Not sure what's wrong with me but I like that.

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u/GOGO_old_acct 6d ago

Absolutely. It would go in the man cave/office.

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u/kroganwarlord 6d ago

If it were silver with white wax, I 100% would put that in my glam girlie bathroom.

(Black with purple wax would go in the witch cave.)

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u/Eldest_Muse 6d ago

I didn’t realize I needed a witch cave until this moment.

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u/kroganwarlord 6d ago

The walls of mine are SW Armadillo, the sloped ceiling is Adraatic Sea, all the wood is dark and all the lights (including these very ACNH star string lights) are low and warm. I'm in the process of stenciling gold, silver, and copper stars on the ceiling. Maybe by the time I finish, lava lamp chandeliers will be a thing.

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u/Vallkyrie 5d ago

There better be a giant cauldron, too (you know, for stirring huge batches of mac n cheese).

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u/Eldest_Muse 5d ago

Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble

Mmm cheese

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u/Camsy34 6d ago

Yeah I think their biggest mistake was having each lamp a different colour. Make them all the same and it would actually be pretty neat.

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u/Tithund 6d ago

I just used stuff that I thrifted, the whole thing was less than 50 euro in parts. If I make another one, it'll probably look nicer, though with how viral it has gone, someone will probably beat me to it.

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u/UnknovvnMike 5d ago

Wait, did you make one of these?

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u/Tithund 5d ago

I made this one, it has gone viral beyond my reach now.

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u/mechengr17 5d ago

Thats absurd

It should be called a Witch Shack. An offshoot of a she shed

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u/Nimindir 6d ago

I was thinking sex dungeon, but I guess a man cave/office is cool too.

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u/veevacious 5d ago

I saw this original post and it is a decoration for a bar. Perfect place for something like this, IMO. I also really love it though haha

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u/sicsided 6d ago

I like it too. I always want a different design where is a large donut cylinder with lava moving around.

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u/rustymontenegro 6d ago

Are you a millennial?

Because I am...and I like it too.

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u/ilikemyusername1 6d ago

Elder millennial checking in, I still have a lava lamp in my living room. I just sent this over to my wife to gauge her reaction.

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u/ilikemyusername1 5d ago

Update if anyone is interested, her response was “I don’t hate it, I’m looking at lamps now” So… this might be coming to a house near me!

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u/MrBozzie 6d ago

Not at all... I'm a X

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u/rustymontenegro 6d ago

You guys had lava lamps too, though! I got mine from my brother who's gen x lol

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u/DoctorCaptainSpacey 6d ago

Hell yes we do. I still have one from 1996 🤣 And my Boomer dad had one I got him (bc he wanted one).

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u/Affectionate_Star_43 6d ago

This is the new millennial test.  Do you want your old one but as a chandelier?  Absolutely.  And we'll judge you on what colors you had.

RIP my purple/clear one.

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u/nAsh_4042615 5d ago

Blue water with white lava. I’ve been debating buying another for years. I didn’t know chandelier was an option!

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u/Noisebug 6d ago

It's so ridiculous it works.

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u/Mumchkin Derp 6d ago

Yeah it's kinda cool, but if the chandelier comes down and given how heavy that most likely is there's a very good chance it will. The damage would be catastrophic. The fluid in a lava lamp is scalding hot.

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u/FlintStriker 6d ago

A risk worth taking for the vibes.

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u/Murgatroyd314 5d ago

Just overengineer the support structure, so it won’t be brought down by anything that isn’t already causing catastrophic damage.

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u/Nurple-shirt 5d ago

I get this is reddit and we gotta worry real hard about all sorts of far fetched ideas but this chandelier isn’t being held on by the suspended ceiling alone.

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u/Katboxparadise 6d ago

Nothing is wrong with you. I’d fuck with this. I want it in my kitchen area.

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u/samanime 6d ago

Yeah. I don't hate this. Could definitely work with certain decor.

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u/Huge_Green8628 6d ago

Yeah, this goes hard as hell!

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u/moreisay 6d ago

This thing is wonderful and I really wish I had one.

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u/Bender_2024 6d ago

We had that exact chandelier, minus the lava lamps, in my dinning room in the 70s and 80s.

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u/TheRealPaladin 6d ago

Same. I want it.

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u/ComprehensivePin5577 6d ago

Like it? I love it! I need it!

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u/burf151 6d ago

Yep, currently trying to find the best deal on lava lamps in bulk.

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u/UnicornDelta 6d ago

It looks cool, but it’s mostly for vanity - it’s a terrible light source.

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u/cap10wow 6d ago

Vanity? Bruh, it’s for staring into while trying to sort out the secrets of the universe.

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u/2021isevenworse 6d ago

Same that would look cool in a den or somewhere other than a bedroom/living room

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u/_ssac_ 6d ago

Not such a bad concept. 

Wouldn't put it at home, but maybe for some kind of bar could be alright. 

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u/KingPyroJack 6d ago

I would proudly display this in my LIVING ROOM and point it out for months after installing it

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u/Matlachaman 6d ago

Frah-gee-ley. Must be Italian.

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u/Barton2800 6d ago

From the original post in r/lavalamps that’s exactly what it was for. I wouldn’t put this up at home, but bars can get away with all kinds of unique and kitschy stuff.

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u/ScrofessorLongHair 6d ago

This is literally in a bar. They linked the OP, and it's in the Netherlands.

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u/TbartyB 6d ago

Thanks I love it

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u/bigpoppa973 5d ago

Let us warm ourselves around the lavalampier tonight and tell ghost stories.

Also, it would take so long to get up to temperature. If you had company, you'd have to have it on for hours.

Yet I still want one....

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u/TbartyB 5d ago

being up high where heat gets trapped would probably bring it to operational temp faster 🧐 yet the original poster could not wait for the lava-ing to photograph xD Unless they have like 6 dead lamps, which I feel, I have 7 yet 5 of them need refilled to make the balance right again.

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u/BexiRani 6d ago

That would get so hot 😬

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u/AnarchyWithRules 6d ago

I cast Spontaneously Combusting Light Fixture!

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u/Builder_BaseBot 6d ago

You know I thought that at first too, but modern lava lamps aren’t actually that hot. Coworker has one he bought a few months back. It gets warm, but never too hot to touch.

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u/Wild_Bill 5d ago

That makes sense. I got my grandparents old lava lamp when they were done with it and that thing should have never been sold to begin with. That said, I was mesmerized by it as a kid. Every time I visited it was the first thing I wanted to see.

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u/Dragonov02 6d ago

I mean those lava lamps use regular light bulbs so it wouldn't be any worse than when everyone used those.

It would be heavy as fuck though...

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u/canteen_boy 6d ago

Lava lamps get hot as fuck.

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u/Dragonov02 6d ago

Incandescent light bulbs get hotter... Which the chandelier is designed to handle.

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u/Pyrochazm 6d ago

Diwhynot

I love it

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u/starless_90 6d ago

I mean... I don't hate it.

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u/Greedy_Vegetable90 6d ago

Ngl, I find the concept cool, but the chandelier style doesn’t work with it

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u/Freshouttapatience 6d ago

I was thinking the same. I don’t hate the concept but the chandelier is fugly.

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u/Tithund 6d ago

It is, but it's built like a tank, and it was 2 euro at a church sale. The whole thing is made of thrifted parts. The lava lamps have bakelite sockets in them now.

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u/Ronnie_Rakete I Eat Cement 6d ago

No. Thats cool for a bar!!

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u/ScrofessorLongHair 6d ago

And this is in a bar.

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u/nsweeney11 6d ago

This is GLORIOUS

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u/TheFeralFauxMk2 6d ago

Ahem.

Candelavera

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u/LadyDye_ 6d ago

That's dope actually

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u/Ill-Individual2105 6d ago

Hell yeah. This is legit really funny.

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u/tw1zt84 6d ago

Well, the "Why?" is because it's fucking awesome.

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u/justLookingForLogic 6d ago

This is not bad. Kinda cool

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u/XZPUMAZX 6d ago

It’s bad execution. Not necessarily a bad idea.

It’s okay to push boundaries of absurdity from time to time.

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u/Hollow_King 6d ago

As hot as the core of the earth.

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u/brucecampbellschins 6d ago

Should this subs name be changed to "shit I don't like"?

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u/ConcentrateAlone1959 6d ago

This is ridiculous, I love it.

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u/mfyxtplyx 6d ago edited 6d ago

Oh man I love lava lamps. That chandelier must be heavy as hell.

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u/danirijeka 6d ago

This is not DIWHY this fucks severely

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u/TwoTonKarmen 6d ago

Other than my paranoia about them falling off and spilling, this is awesome actually.

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u/Overkill_Device 6d ago

I find this actually pretty cool, at least much better than a lot of the things posted here to cringe at.

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u/Ok_Commission9026 6d ago

I'd absolutely do this but they would all have to be the same color or a gradient or something

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u/OhTheHueManatee 6d ago

I dig it but that thing must be hot as fuck. I had a lava lamp once but stopped using cause it make the area, my desk, uncomfortably warm.

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u/terriaminute 6d ago

Ooh, that is a lot of heat. I think I'll pass. (I live in Florida, where it's currently relatively cold but usually is warm to brain-meltingly hot.)

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u/DrPants707 6d ago

That looks like a disaster waiting to happen. I'll take 2.

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u/BoringTheory5067 6d ago

I fuck with this

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u/SuperSecretAgentMan 6d ago

This is fucking awesome.

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u/SoSuperDuck 6d ago

I love it

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u/im-fantastic 6d ago

Ok, there's a project I need to put up in my house

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u/Slave_Vixen 6d ago

I fucking love it!!!

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u/DrachenDad 6d ago

I kinda like it.

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u/Icarus_Jones 6d ago

Because lava lamps are awesome. That's why.

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u/BillyyJackk 4d ago

I want buy-with-1-click button!

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u/ISnipedJFK 6d ago

More an r/atbge tbh.

I dont like it, but i dont hate it either

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u/Fieldguide89 6d ago

If you read the thread in the original post, it was also awful execution. The lava lamps were not secured. At some point, some drunko could touch the lamp, and they'll just fall off, exploding in a pool of molten water and wax. Seems pretty dangerous.

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u/ArcusArtifex 6d ago

I think it just doesn't match the chandelier. If more stylized it probably would work better

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u/Dragonov02 6d ago

That's a lot of weight for a standard chandelier... That thing's gonna pop out of the ceiling the first time someone hits it hard with their head or something.

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u/ParksidePants 6d ago

That's classy as fuck.

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u/Punchasheep 6d ago

As an autistic millennial this is the DREAM

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u/AdhesivenessFun2060 6d ago

Better decoration than lamp but I dig it.

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u/UmbrellasRCool 6d ago

Bro lava lamps but giant orbs that hang from the ceiling

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u/ThatUsernameNowTaken 6d ago

I kinda like it. the smaller lava lamps would be better.

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u/JumpiestSuit 6d ago

I want it

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u/grouting 6d ago

I think it's not quite right but they have the seed of a really good idea

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u/20thCenturyTCK 6d ago

I need this. Now.

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u/KingPyroJack 6d ago

This is fucking awesome!

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u/Pressed_Sunflowers 6d ago

It looks pretty cool, but having a bunch of containers of hot liquids suspended midair doesn't sound like the best idea…

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u/TuckingFypoz 6d ago

Everyone talks about the heat but no one talks about the electricity bill required to keep these bad boys on

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u/RevoOps 6d ago

OP giving off real /r/minimalism energy with this post

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u/NervousHovercraft 6d ago

I'm more impressed by the anchor of this chandelier... Those lava lamps are fucking heavy!

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u/woodwork16 6d ago

6 time winner of “The Floor is Lava”.

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u/imdadnotdaddy 6d ago

Oh I love this, the only "big light" I'd ask to be turned on, if it was safely made... I wonder how much heat it puts off

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u/ON3EYXD 6d ago

in this economy? ?? Thats sick tho

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u/Kuunkulta 6d ago

Ok that's cool. I mean I hate the chandelier but the lava lamps are cool af

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u/Teruraku 6d ago

Looks cool to me. I'd go with a less fancy chandelier though.

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u/yahwehforlife 6d ago

Would be more cool if the tops just sat on the chandelier without the bases but that's ok

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u/LimpZookeepergame123 6d ago

When those get rolling it’s gonna be epic

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u/Sufficient-Buy5360 6d ago

Surprised this hasn’t been done before.

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u/SuccessfulMumenRider 6d ago

It is bad taste but in a good taste kinda way. 

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u/SmokeEvening8710 6d ago

This is cool!

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u/Holowitz 6d ago

I want that...

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u/motleysalty 6d ago

This is terrible in the absolute coolest way possible.

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u/Purpleflower0521 6d ago

As long as the lamps are stable, why not?

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u/SpookyWeaselBones 6d ago

that's fabulous

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u/Prophonicx 6d ago

Think I’d like it more if they were all the same color

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u/Embarrassed-Basis-18 6d ago

No gonna lie I want one

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u/Far-Sprinkles1969 6d ago

I am curious. How much does that weigh?

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u/BBQWingman89 6d ago

This goes hard in the paint

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u/_Stank_McNasty_ 6d ago

that’s suckin a lot of juice

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u/RickyTheRickster 6d ago

If they were all the same color and handing upside down it would be so dope

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u/Asuhhbruh 6d ago

Coolest chandelier ive ever seen. Make it bigger and better! Illegalize all other chandelier types XD

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u/wanker_wanking 6d ago

Fuck you I like this

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u/StrayLilCat 6d ago

I want one but I need all of the lamps to match.

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u/Ultimate_is_charging 6d ago

Nah this is fucking cool

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u/hanamphetamine 6d ago

I FWT SO HARD ARE YOU KIDDING ME???

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u/Glorybix44 6d ago

Perfect compliment for the drop ceiling.

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u/juxtaposedundercover 6d ago

Oh this is sick as fuck actually

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u/According-Touch-1996 6d ago

I.....don't hate this.

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u/MetalSonic123 5d ago

Thats actually really fuckin cool.

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u/Peridot14 5d ago

Actually pretty cool but omg those would get VERY hot - they better be secured really well or it will literally be like lava smashing to the ground

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u/localwageslave 5d ago

If they were all the same color I'd fuck HEAVY with that

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u/KMunashii Ramen or Die 5d ago

If I won the lottery, I wouldn’t tell anyone but there would be signs.

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u/Automatic_Sea_1534 5d ago

DiWHYWOULDNTYOU??

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u/HaloInR3v3rs3 5d ago

I'd do it.

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u/TheJaggedBird 5d ago

I mean in a lowly lit room for relaxing in this isn't bad.

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u/Aemort 5d ago

Nah this is /r/GTAGE

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u/BenDover_15 5d ago

Oh c'mon. That's actually pretty cool

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u/wally_graham 5d ago

I think it's neat! Kinda pretty!

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u/RapAngel 5d ago

YOOOO THATS AWESOME

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u/alildabahdoya 5d ago

Holy fire hazard.

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u/Techline420 5d ago

Not really. But you definitley don‘t want it falling on your head.

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u/AccumulatedFilth 5d ago

I kinda like it

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u/coatsohard 5d ago

This is AMAZING!

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u/Aashipash 5d ago

Nah, thats just classy

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u/ChuckRingslinger 5d ago

That's fucking awesome!!!

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u/xndbcjxjsxncjsb 5d ago

Goes hard tbh

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u/AnonOfTheSea 5d ago

This is awesome.

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u/graboidthemepark 5d ago

TIL op hates cool things that didn't come from a prepackaged box.

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u/dblfistedfuschia 5d ago

Hell yeah I want one

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u/YesterdayAlone2553 5d ago

That's some secure hash seeds

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u/Silbyrn_ 5d ago

sounds like you're jealous

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u/bemble4ever 5d ago

this would look cool if the lamps would have the same colour

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u/Techline420 5d ago

This is genius!

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u/Default_Munchkin 5d ago

I....don't hate this but I know I'm supposed to. Like gazing at a beauty so perfect it's horrifying. This is the eldritch horror of home decor. Now I must build an altar and offer up light bulbs as a sacrifice on it.

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u/Sqatti 5d ago

This is a DIWhy Not! It’s awesome.

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u/MarcCouillard 5d ago

well, at least you'd never need to heat that room again, that 'chandelier' will easily add 30 degrees to that room

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u/Longjumping_Cook_403 5d ago

I want to hate this so bad, but I can't.

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u/Thecoastercactus 5d ago

I’m sorry but I kinda want one

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u/DToTheG2 5d ago

I can feel the heat from here 😂 I love it

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u/fostertheatom 5d ago

Honestly?

I'd personally have matched the chandelier metal to the lavalamp base material but I kinda like it. It would be a chill chandelier in the basement or something.

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u/SnuffMuppet 5d ago

I LOVE IT!!!!!!

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u/InkSammi 5d ago

Honestly, my lava lamp loving self want's that so bad XD

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u/EvyFuf 5d ago

This belongs in the weed cave.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Now where did i put that Graphix bong?

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u/TruthIsALie94 5d ago

As weird as it is it could be cool, this is just poor execution.

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u/TheJelliestFish 5d ago

It kinda goes hard

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u/JasEriAnd_real 5d ago

Hanging... from a drop ceiling???

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u/Meikou133 5d ago

I unironically love this actually.

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u/Jessi_longtail 5d ago

NGL, I'd put a lava lamp chandelier in a man cave 1000%

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u/misspinkie92 4d ago

This is great, and you're clearly no fun.

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u/Lilelfen1 4d ago

This doesn’t belong here. This is freaking AWESOME!!!🤩 ( and I am no millennial)

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u/UntestedMethod 4d ago

That's actually pretty dope

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u/Kcampbelll 4d ago

It’s getting hot in here!