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I'd happily see consumer fireworks banned. If people like them so much then there are plenty of organized displays which have way better shit than you can buy at Walmart, and I know roughly when they're happening so I can turn the TV up loud, close my windows and keep my pets from being too traumatized.

What I can't stand is the random 3AM explosions that sounds like the start of WWIII. If you're one of those people, fuck you. Sincerely.

Counterpoint

Playing with fire and blowing things up is fun if done responsibly. Really, given the kinds of annoyances that are legal year-round (drunkards, loud exhausts, barking dogs, late-night parties, yelling loudly etc.), it really isn't that bad to have fire & explosions once per year for like... two hours. (Reiterating, responsibly)

I like fireworks. I don't like when people continue to set them off at odd hours weeks after the 4th.

I think complaining about fireworks on a day of celebration is some grumpy old NIMBY shit.

Heh, I live in a racially mixed neighborhood where the Mexicans help the rest of the us find the "good stuff". I have been in an actual war zone but my neighborhood is at WW1 level amounts of black powder and badly made improvised explosives with copper, magnesium, and titanium sprinkled in for seasoning. Last year there were teenagers with eight inch mortars which I cannot convey how insanely illegal those are.

Kind of amazing we haven't set the neighborhood or even a single house on fire now that I think about it.

Ok, this bums me out. I love fireworks and the 4th of July. I have such fond memories of it as a kid and am building memories with my own kiddos. Our whole neighborhood gets together and sets them off, and grills and hangs out. It is a whole (wholesome) thing.

I love fireworks shows done responsibly, our local show is on a beach away from most of civilization and wild life.

That said I think a drone show is cooler, better for the environment, and would love to see densely populated towns replace them with drones.

We used to hide in the basement with our pup and watch a movie. She could still hear the fireworks, but it seemed to take the edge off.

Current pup has gone deaf in his old age. Before then, he'd growl and bark at both thunder and fireworks. Now he just sleeps through it.

Launching fireworks had been banned in Kyiv for the last few years, for hopefully obvious reasons.

At least one good thing has come from it.

14th of July is the day in France for fireworks, there's the fireworks set by the city for 30min and after that everyone goes back home, dont have people setting them off all night 🤷

Celebrating america's freedom by triggering all of our traumatized veterans with inescapable rapid-fire explosions for three weeks straight!

Who the fuck even thought of this?

Nothing to celebrate anymore.

Thank you. Fuck fireworks and the apes who enjoy them.

That aside, what do you even have to celebrate? Fuck you if you're proud of any of this.

This sounds like a grumpy old man ranting about “kids these days” lol let people have their fun.

Every year for a dozen years our dog would get so traumatized by fireworks that you could literally hear her teeth chattering. We'd turn up loud music in the house, and make her a bed in a closet, but she'd still bolt out and look for anywhere where it was less noisy or safer (there wasn't such a place, but we couldn't convince her of that). She'd jump into the bathtub or claw her way into a different closet, only to bolt away to find a better spot at the next explosion. And neighbors would light off the occasional firework until like 2 or 3 in the morning. We couldn't go off and leave her. I grew to really hate the 4th.

She died a couple months ago, so I guess that's no longer a problem for us personally, but I know we aren't the only ones with sensitive pets.

Usually agreed, but July 5th I'll be shopping for some discounted boomies.

They will be on stand by to celebrate a long overdue deposition when the day finally fucking comes.

I truly hate fireworks so I agree passionately