I really like 4th of July. But I wish fireworks were illegal. Why can't everyone just buy a cake or have a house party and watch a movie or 2 and call it a night.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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Seeing an actual professional pyrotechnics show = awesome. I have great memories of going down to the civic park and just laying back in the grass and watching the show. So much fun.
Listening to dipshits and kids in my neighborhood fuck around with illegal fireworks and maybe start a fire or hurt themselves, while my dog cowers and whines = fuck that shit.
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It's actually growing more and more popular to ban fireworks in cities and counties.
There are always people that bitch about their right to set off uncontrolled explosives during the height of fire season in residential areas, but overall, it's truly growing more common to see them banned.
My city is one, for example. And while it's awesome to know that you can't set them off inside the city limits, that doesn't stop people from crossing the city line and setting shit off in that grocery store parking lot.
I've always thought that we do it because it's safer than firing guns into the air.
Or maybe fireworks were invented by people who hate their neighbors' pets.
And to be fair, both options are safer than just walking around with a torch igniting buildings and people.
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IF WHAT?!?
Poor op... Blew the last part of his title off with that M80 😞
I'm going to invent a phone that instead of autocorrect, it just blows off a finger when you misspell a word. You'll learn your lesson real quick.
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Fuck every one of you motherfuckers who traumatize my dogs every year.
Very hard time of year for pets and warzone survivors (civilians and veterans)
I fucking hate fireworks. That’s stupidly expensive and even more stupidly dangerous. It’s ugly, noisy and terrifies the animals miles away.
Fuck it.
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Last Christmas one of my office coworkers brother died from a fireworks explosion. It was tragic. Aparently, they had made a bigger firework by combining the powder of smaller ones. He had in his hand when it went off. He spent about 10 days in the hospital before succumbing to his injuries near his abdomen and hands. RIP.
Firecrackers are fun but they are no joke.
He opened, combined the material from multiple fireworks, and then died from the explosion? Yikes. That's terrible.
A long while ago when I was a dumb teenager one of my buddies lit a firework and then just stood there holding it like a dumbfuck. Finally he threw it, it went off about half a second after leaving his hand, which he drew back IN MY FACE to throw. Less than a second from being blind. No more firecrackers after that.
I'd be shocked if people haven't already lost fingers this weekend. I just read an article that listed off a few incidents including a guy who took a mortar to the face, and two people being rushed to the hospital after causing a large enough explosion that their house was condemned.
Just so you know op, on lemmy you can edit your title
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I had to check and see I didn't somehow stumble into twosentencehorror
To be fair, that's everyday. People don't limit their firework usage to the Fourth.
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Can I post here from different instance?
You just did!
So I only ever need an account with one instance to browse the whole "fedeverse"?
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Should be able to yes... as far as I understand instances and the fediverse
you can
Only if you ask nicely.
My neighbors set off tons of fireworks every year. They've been going at it for a few hours tonight already. Its great, I get a free fireworks show and don't risk losing fingers!
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WE ONLY NEED ONE TO TELL YOU OUR OPINION!!!! AROOOOOO!!!
Jk, you’re not wrong. I used to hate being on call over the holiday weekend — even as an IT guy, more patients meant more users active on the servers.
I know of someone who peaked over the mortar because it didn’t appear to go off … then boooom… his head exploded because it shot out right as he peaked over it … the neighbors were finding skull and brain matter for days. Also the wife and kids were present. I’m fairly certain the 4th of July is traumatizing for them.
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I hate the 4th of July. It sends my dog into anxiety attack spirals or something. She freaks out and nothing can calm her.
I am in this same boat. What's worse is people in my neighborhood are lighting off fireworks all week, so I can kiss sleep goodbye until about Wednesday next week.
That’s why I use my butthole 👉😏
Ahhh, a man of culture I see
I live up the street from a hospital and lemme tell ya, the meat wagons were out in force last night between sundown and midnight.
almost happened to my cousin when we were teenagers
firecracker exploded in his hand and we all immediately went into full panic mode
luckily there was no permanent damage but I don't trust any fireworks since then
I feel for the illiterate minorty of Americans (according to another post) that will be limited to counting to lower numbers than 10.
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I remember when I had all ten fingers... and both eyes. And both testicles. Be careful with bottle rockets kids.
I remember having both balls too. I still have them, so it's easy to remember.
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I already had M80s going off in my neighborhood on the 1st, a lot more last night. The entire week surrounding the 4th is a nightmare
It's not just fingers! My brother nearly lost an eye from a bottle rocket. Damn thing landed right in his socket and he had to pull it out before it exploded. He still has that eye, but I don't think it works quite as well as it once did.
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Oh, I guess today is a good day to become anxious that it might be my last day with 10 fingers. 🙃
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