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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I feel like I have to ask: what is a salt lamp?

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

A block of pink salt heated by a lamp that users believe gives them health benefits. No proven medical benefits have been established and is as a result a superstition.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

If used as a decoration I'm fine with them.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Ah so the heat from the lamp, adds salt to the air or something like that?

[–] awfulawful@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

One claim is it adds negative ions to the air which the claim is are good for you. There's no evidence they'd release anything more than an infinitesimal amount. Salt is pretty stable.

Another claim is it helps purify the air by trapping toxins, which, even if true, would quickly become useless as the surface area becomes saturated. There's also no evidence any pollutants end up on the lamp beyond pure coincidence/chance.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

The only pollutant on that lamp is my saliva. Cause I licked it.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The heat makes the lamp atoms vibrate at a higher frequency, which in turn makes it deteriorate. To maintain its structure the lamp seeks out emotions vibrating at other frequencies to pull within itself. Drawing these "Bad Vibes" into the lamp is what makes it salty, and a naturally gifted or properly trained Empath can taste this salt to see what has been absorbed by the lamp, to gain knowledge of the owner's troubles.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 4 days ago

well, you had me in the first sentence

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago

Not fair, I like having a salt lamp because it's taking a piece of enormous historical wealth and using it for shitty lighting

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Pretty good for searing a steak, though