When you see ICE about to kidnap someone - YES
I think that the cops will just work with ICE.
I really want to call on the dipshits down the street (they’re aiming their bottle rockets down the street instead of up in the air) but they haven’t broken or burnt anything yet. We might get lucky.
People that call for things on the left, don’t spend NYE in Europe
Time for this old treasure
Fireworks might be beautiful for a moment, but they leave behind a trail of harm.
They pollute the air with toxic chemicals and fine dust, spiking asthma and breathing problems. After events like July 4th or Diwali, air quality drops dangerously — and people with lung issues feel it immediately.
The noise isn’t just loud — it’s traumatizing. Pets panic, birds die, and people with PTSD or autism often suffer in silence.
Tradition isn’t a good excuse when it causes this much damage. Not all traditions are worth keeping — especially when they hurt the most vulnerable.
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It is. Yes. Doesn’t change the message.
But why are you using AI to write forum posts?
AI detectors don’t work reliably, and often just end up flagging autistic people as AI. And even if it is, the points can still be valid. The em dash is a big giveaway, but those are also common with people who read a lot of fanfic (cough autistics cough). Because the em dash is commonly used in fanfic dialogue, so fanfic readers and writers get used to seeing and using it.
At this point. I just block anyone I see using the em dash. Will a few false positives slip in? Sure, but I’m confident that I’m blocking more bots than nots.
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Traditions are peer pressure from dead people
Gimme a cool drone show over fireworks any day
I went to Universal around last Christmas and they had an awesome drone show. I had never seen anything like it and didn’t even know it was a thing. 100% better than a fireworks display.
For your health!
the most venuarable get hurt by almost everything, not all of them are gonna live
Hope you keep that mindset if you ever become venuarable
there are conditions worse than death, like severe radiation burns
Are you implying that people and animals should rather die?
if the cat dies shooting at the people bothering it then so be it, if the people die because of the cat they deserved it
I’ll try my best to not be venuarable, then.
I root for the cat. I hope he gets the fuckers.
Counterpoint: if you can’t keep the debris off other people’s property, you don’t have enough room to be setting off fireworks.
My city allows fireworks. We are the only city that does in my area so people come from all over the place to set them off.
At a certain point last night there were so many going off that I started to wonder if I were shoot .40 cal into the ground would anyone be able to hear it. So I did. I went into my backyard (alone) found a safe spot and shot one into the ground. I was correct in my assumption. There is no way anyone could tell. So I got away with it. The point of all of this is if I needed to ever kill my neighbor I would just wait until the 4th.
Just to add I was sober last night and alone.
So what you’re saying is, it’s basically the purge except just for gun crime
Hot take. Fireworks are stupid and disruptive.
Cops are worse.
They’re also stupid and disruptive.
Cancer is worse
Aim your roman candles at cops.
I dont think Peck was arguing that you should call the cops, just saying that fireworks are bad, a factually correct statement.
Depends on the country
It’s funny to see lemmings not like fireworks. First time the reaction to fireworks has been to cry.
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It’s always ‘don’t be a karen and call the cops on illegal fire works’ followed by ‘why the fuck did you not call the cops on the illegal fireworks’ after house fires break out.
I’d like to remind everyone that fireworks are an explosive. Want to know how dangerous fireworks are? Ask ER staff what kind of injuries they see the most on 4th of July.
what kind of injuries they see the most on 4th of July.
The explosive kind?
Many victims have blue eyes.
Could you explain please? I don’t understand :(
One blew this way, one blew that way
Tap for un-spoiler?
It is dark/sophomoric humor, and I poorly constructed the straight-man/funny-man mechanic; I expected someone to add the punchline before you got here.
It lives rent-free in my brain’s darker space, having popped up in the aftermath of the Challenger Distaster.
let the cat do what it wants
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Well… If the wife doesn’t wake up it might be better to just let her get her much needed rest, as well as enjoy some peace and quiet at long last. Plus the ambulance/coroner visit might not be cheaper than a shovel from home depot.
Don’t worry if she starts smelling bad after a few days, it’s natural.
As for the cat, figures. With all the chaos they might as well take advantage of the situation and enact their plan to take over mankind as the dominant species.
my cat is shooting back
Let it cook.
Funny. In Germany we have been discussing banning fireworks for new years for a while now since more and more people realize the mix of alcohol and fireworks is a bad idea and traumatizing pets, war refugees and old people, killing wildlife and poisoning the air for days to come is not worth it so some people can watch something go boom.
As a German…every year since forever, I ask myself what is so great about this boom boom. Didn’t even wanna do it as a boy. My dad wanted me to want, so HE could do boom boom.
Now that I’m older I still don’t get it. Except now it even hurts to watch money literally explode while there are people that are hungry or have no shelter or no help at all.
I’m glad I live somewhere that only has new years fireworks, and almost no air pollution issues
I had to call you using my elbows because I don’t have fingers or thumbs any more
Get back out there, soldier! Light those sticks!
