Comment on It's that time again

• PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They’re boring, loud, and pointless.

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• meekah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I can only speak for myself, but I do think fireworks should be much more regulated. Each year 10,000 people get hurt from fireworks in the US alone, and it’s pretty horrible for the environment. I do appreciate the cultural importance, so I don’t think completely banning them is the solution, but I think it would be much better if there were just a few organized firework shows, and no more fireworks for private use.

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  • dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That makes a ton of sense. I’m in Canada, where they are regulated. You really only ever see fireworks at organized events put on by towns/cities, and they are always awesome. One of my favourite things to watch as a kid.

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    • meekah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I didn’t know there are places with regulations like that, that’s cool :)

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• Rusty@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all.

  Unless someone can invent the real equivalent of the fireworks Gandalf usef in the LoTR movie, I’m not interested.

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  • FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Can I counter your first point with this?! (sorry about the music)

    youtube.com/shorts/uoMMJLBVFec?is=KidgxXrW1DP_R5q…

    ‘Sky Puke’ shows are common I get it but there is genuine artistry out there.

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• starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you have a dog or a cat, it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out why some people don’t like fireworks

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  • YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My cats don’t care at all. Fireworks are fun, and if dogs can’t handle that then they’re stupid. I set off a bunch of the big ones that are illegal but can be sold on reservations (I think? I didn’t buy them) for my birthday out in the rural flat middle of nowhere and it was so cool. We had the hardest time lighting them because of the wind and then when we finally got it going we had to sprint away so fast, and we were laughing our asses off. Good mems. TL;DR fuck yo sensitive dumbass dogs

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• gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I have pets and any firework related holiday I have to hole up with them all night to comfort them. And that’s just on the days I know they will have them, basically all of autumn and winter have dickgeads randomly setting off fireworks for god knows what reason. It’s hell

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