I imagine that if you had a dog you wouldn’t be “womp womp” about torturing it two or three times a year.
Or if you had a friend with PTSD, you wouldn’t go out of your way to aggravate that a couple times a year.
These were not the arguments you presented. Those arguments I am more empathetic to. You said:
I don’t like the loud noises, the smoke, or the debris leftover.
To which I want to say “Womp Womp”
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
People don’t like the loud noises because they terrify their dog or trigger PTSD.
aidan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s not as simple as not liking it, that’s having a specific complaint. Which wasn’t what was said
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
You are technically correct in that my language was imprecise and I haven’t made the clearest, most well organized, argument here. Probably because this exchange has been ongoing over a couple days.
Regardless, if one side was like “That’s really annoying to me, could you not please?” responding with “womp womp” is extremely rude and selfish.
On top of that, fireworks give people “genuine” problems on top of simply not liking it
In summary: Fireworks upset people for reasons ranging from “I just don’t like loud noises” all the way through “they’re basically torture for my dog”. When people are like, “I don’t care I’m gonna do it anyway,” that’s garbage behavior.
aidan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It is narcissistic of me to assume something annoying me should influence the behavior of strangers, and get them to stop doing something. A lot of things annoy me, and I’m all for criticizing and complaining about them(I do that a lot)- but someone not caring about my complaints and continuing to do what they enjoy is their right, and they aren’t a bad person for not caring that it annoys me.
I’m sensitive to smells, we all recognize how unreasonable it would be for me to demand my neighbors don’t smoke weed because it bothers me at home, or I can smell cigarettes on the bus. Similarly, yes demanding people stop doing something they enjoy with their family because you have to wear headphones for a couple hours once or twice a year is something that I want to say “Womp womp” to