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300 million lbs of fireworks and 2.7 billion dollars gone in a cloud of smoke.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (9 children)

They seem very backwards when there are drone displays and other forms of entertainment. Humans cling on to things way too long.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

And you’re in your 60s or something, wise with age and experience? You’ve at least got half a century under your belt I hope, to criticize the concept of traditions generally?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

But.. muh freedum

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

hey! this person hates freedom! /s

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I'm not totally against fireworks. As others have mentioned, sometimes we do need to just have some fun and not worry about the consequences. But they should be done far from residential area, so that unwilling people (e.g. vets, children, or pets) aren't disturbed. (Honestly though, I wish we didn't have any vets with PTSD, that's the worse problem. As long as we still have wars, I'd say let the people have some fun.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A community of ultra redditors must of course be the fun police :(

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Nah friend, I spend time, bandwidth, electricity, etc., talking to strangers and morons on the internet, fireworks give me much more bang for my buck.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Backyard fireworks, yes. Professionally done fireworks at a planned place and time, no.

Professionally done fireworks are usually pretty amazing and fun to watch. They usually happen right around 9pm and last 15-30 minutes.

Backyard fireworks in dense neighborhoods are pretty fucking lame. One mortar every 30 seconds is not the spectacle you think it is. And it typically goes on for hours in my neighborhood. It terrifies dogs and is completely unpredictable. Maybe if everyone agreed to light everything they had between 9 and 9:30 it would be more impressive and less annoying, but that’ll never happen because “muh freedom” or something lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I think people should get to do them! I don’t enjoy them, but whatever. If we could make louder noises, flashes and colors with environmentally friendly fireworks, that’d be awesome. I think the noise, flash and color of fireworks is what other people enjoy, but we all suffer the poor air quality afterwards. So I just want something that will make other people get what they want out of fireworks while not damaging the air quality

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Fireworks are a complete waste of other people’s money. Besides the regular fireworks show (taxes), I like watching people’s money go up in smoke. It’s fun!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Same goes for all american flags.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

They're worth it when it's a sanctioned display, and they've spent enough money to make it worthwhile.

I'll never understand why people set them off in their own garden. Fireworks aren't cheap, and unless you spend some proper money you're basically just setting off fireworks for a dick-swinging contest with your neighbourhood.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Honestly I just don't care about them anymore, they are all basically visually the same, once I've seen one professional fireworks show it starts to feel like I've seen them all. It's loud as fuck too, it hurts my ears more than it used to, I just stayed in yesterday.

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