My dumb humans may tolerate something like this if I wire the socket to “always on”. I can just stick it to the side of the lamp/socket where it’s intuitive to press instead of the default lamp’s control.

https://preview.redd.it/r5r17pvp3q1c1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99a191c1af2bd6b5e27a4a974c344f0ba30a19d3

I smell what you’re cooking. did the switch on the socket do anything or was it just for show?

which is what I’ll likely try to hack together. the question is: can a standard bulb socket with switch be made into two separate things?