[maxbond]

In this video someone does it and it seems to work.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ERDmKW65t38

But it's a very small drop and they don't melt it all the way to the bulb. I imagine that it could shatter in some circumstances.

(Incidentally glass isn't a crystal, but that's just a nitpick.),

[prox]

Is glass still considered a form of liquid? Think I remember reading something about that years ago.

[sparky_z]

No, that's a classic misconception. People claimed that windows "flowed" because really old ones were thicker at the bottom, but that was just how some old window glass was made.

[gweinberg]

I think the basis of the claim is that glass doesn't have the same kind of phase transition that a crystalline solid would. It just sort of gradually becomes more liquid-like as you heat it.

[dasil003]

Yeah if you’re installing an uneven pane where would you orient the thick side?

[Hikikomori]

The bottom.

[s0rce]

No, its disordered (ie. not a crystal) but not a liquid, it won't flow like a viscous liquid.

[s0rce]

My comment was a bit over simplified, they do flow, but the time scale exceeds the entirety of human history [1].

[1] https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19026

[maxbond]

Similar to the misconception that Earth's mantle is liquid. It isn't, but time is deep enough for solid rock to flow.