How many New Mutants does it take to turn on a lightbulb?

"How many New Mutants does it take to turn on a lightbulb?" is a reply to the observation:

I’m watching The New Mutants and I don’t understand why apparently they can’t afford a lightbulb on the set.

History

"How many New Mutants does it take to turn on a lightbulb?" was first detected and decrypted on the evening of Thursday, 17 December 2020, by software developer and APTO consulting fabulist Karl Jones.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Joke (nonfiction)
• Satire (nonfiction)