fuck fireworks. outlaw them immediately.
*PTSD of people who lived in warzones. Who cares about veterans, not even USAmericans do.
creating a safe space for Veterans to escape the 4th of July
That is so funny. USA! USA!
I wasn't referencing the Rainbow National Gathering lmao. I was referencing the fact that the national celebrations the US has are so harmful that other people have to create safe spaces for their veterans. USAmerican patriotism is funny.
Fireworks are the most American thing to ever exist:
Despite not being invented in America, hm curious
You can add "Not invented in America" to the list and it still works
Systemic murder wasn't invented in the US but it's definitely an American past time
Triggers PTSD of Veterans
Good. :halal: :amerikkka: :crab-party: :elmofire: :che-smile: :party-parrot: :snom: :jeb: :pickle-liz:
:lenin-heart: :admiral-biderman: :dril:
Simulates war conditions
Gives imperialists a tiny taste of what their governments are doing to the rest of the world.
Yeah but I've worked with refugees who've fled some horrific shit. Fireworks aren't great for many of them. Like a reminder of home really, as well as a taste of what the government of their host country is doing to people very like them.
Oh and add people with mental health problems, some autistic people, people with sensory sensitivity, pets etc etc
:party-parrot: was a big thing on Something Awful and i think a few of the other bigger forums/chans about in the 00s, hyped to see we've adopted him!
Don't forget the specific mention of lighting massive wildfires, killing people and destroying homes.
Under no pretext should cheap rockets and incendiary devices be surrendered
When did Chapo.Chat become NextDoor?
You know who mostly lights off fireworks? Fucking poor people trying to have like 6 seconds of fun once a year.
Critical support for fireworks.
*looks like this needs an edit. Just as a bunch of you are triggered by fireworks, I'm triggered by people complaining about fireworks because the only place I've been exposed to it is on NextDoor, where absolutely gross affluent white people --mostly new-to-the-neighborhood gentrifiers-- try to get SWAT teams called on poor POC who are partying in their backyards on holidays like they have for generations. There's gotta be some middle ground.
My neighbors set off fireworks every. Single. Night. For months. At like 10pm when I'm trying to sleep. And not small ones. Giant ones that literally make me bolt up in my sleep and make my heart race. Louder than a gunshot.
Go ask them to stop.
Or get some of your own, louder fireworks. And set them off when they go to bed at 2am.
I can literally feel the noise from the firework in my chest after going through my closed window. Earplugs wouldn't help
Yes, it is known that everyone who asks someone to stop setting off fireworks is immediately shot.
Why would you discount a legit fear someone has that their neighbors would be hostile? You complete asshole.
Are you serious? Someone can have a legit fear and also can be jumping to the most extreme conclusion and I can have sympathy for that and also point out that it's extreme. All that can exist at once without you calling me an asshole.
Your response is definitely an asshole response. If that was not your intention, you should explain more in your initial post.
The problem is they only ever set off a single firework. A single giant fucking firework. So I can't tell which neighbor does it, it could be one of like 5 houses. And I live in a rougher neighborhood and I cannot imagine some skinny looking white dude awkwardly knocking on doors asking them to stop is going to produce anything. Plus I'm sure they know they're being dipshits, I cannot imagine they would stop if asked. And fuck calling police.
it's the single fucking firework thing that makes me believe they're doing it on purpose to upset people tbh
im in seattle and there are rumors that chuds or government bad men are going around in predominately black neighborhoods (like mine) and setting them off to "condition" people. but that sounds super stupid.
Just wanna say I love your username. Gundam Wing rules and I'll fight anyone who disagrees.
Also, co-signed on fuck fireworks, and fuck your neighbors.
You absolute dork, that's not even close to what I said.
I love how at the slightest sign of struggle you guys are cussing me out. I won't presume to know your upbringing, but I grew up incredibly poor in an incredibly diverse area (though of course everything is still segregated). And poor people figure out ways to have money for certain entertainment and luxuries. Like fucking cars, drugs and fireworks.
And fireworks aren't "dumb." They are exciting as fuck. Aside from people with actual fucking PTSD or fucking terrified pets and shit, I get the vibe it's mostly over-educated dorks who also hate things like sports hate fireworks.
i love being terrified constantly in my own house which i should be safe and comfortable in because someone finds big boomies exciting.
Fireworks are bad for air quality and terrify my dog, so yeah, fuck fireworks.
It's crazy to me that people with pets as sensitive as dogs and cats set off fireworks in their backyards, refusing to consider how that is about the most terrifying thing you can do to the animal you love and consider family.
I know too many people who just do it anyway and act like it's okay for the dog to be shaking in fear in the house due to the unknown explosions happening right outside.
They're terrible pollution and scare animals to death, all for five seconds of our monkey brains to go "woah"
They're garbage and should be outlawed, they're not worth the damage they do, learn to juggle or some shit I don't know don't randomly shoot explosives into the air
Hating fireworks is a form liberal elitism meant to punish teenagers who'd otherwise be doing drugs anyways.
They shouldn't be set off in the middle of a residential area, but just like with bonfires cities should have areas where you're allowed to go set them off where it's safe to do so.
They're also a fairly cheap form of entertainment, where especially if you're in a remote area is hard to find.
i'm elitist because i hate something that induces sheer panic in me? idgi
Yes, they become ammunition when you use them in a protest.
everything I've seen is that they're more of an annoyance than anything. is that wrong?
They scared my dog for years and made me terrified of fires breaking out. Also hated the weird jackasses that went around neighborhoods and setting them off. Tip they went away when we kept the lights on and got some of our neighbors to do the same.
I went to an outdoor birthday party on the 4th of July this year and somebody decided to set off fireworks right next to us without telling anyone during the middle of the day. Legit thought a shooting was happening!
Fun game to play firework vs gun shots. Admittedly I never went to a gun range, more because of money than dislike of guns, maybe someone more experienced could tell me the difference of the sounds and how worried I should be.
Gunshots have a higher pitched component to them on top of the bang. Blanks fired out of a gun lack a lot of this component, but actual rounds have it. If you hear a crack, it's definitely a gunshot, but if you don't it doesn't mean it's not a gun.
Also handguns and rifles sound very different.
That being said, if we outlaw fireworks, how are we supposed to put a string of Black Cats in a coffee can and set it off outside a police station?
Fireworks fuck with local species. Literally setting off bombs for no reason, extremely disruptive in more ways than we've likely studied so far.
No one should find fireworks entertaining after they're 10 years old. Its the same thing every time. Its honestly really boring.
They're cool for the first 30 seconds to minute of firework. All firework after that rapidly drops off in entertainment value
except i do, lol, a lot. if i have anxiety bad enough that fireworks send me into a panic, why do you think i could confront someone lighting explosives off?
You haven’t been to a major city June-July. It’s not every once in a while.
ok you must have never heard the fireworks most people are setting off nowadays. maybe windows are open because it's nice out and it's a fucking monday night at 10pm and someone just lets a big one off
what about non-vets with PTSD? anxiety? autism?
how about birds that panic and break their necks flying into a tree because they're terrified? or the pet dog trembling in sheer terror while hiding in the bathtub?
