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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's even worse is the one-upmanship that has taken off with these.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There have been multiple wildfires started by gender reveal pyrotechnics.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Surely you've seen the over-the-top absurdity on social media.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have, a little, I'm not on most social media anymore. But I didn't think it was competitive, just grandiosity? Or maybe that was the joke?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Nope, just fucking stupid.

You'll see lots of giant clean mall crawl pickups at these.