Editor’s note: this is a post about American Independence Day celebrations

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Alright, I’m going to launch explosives around your house. For several hours. Yes it is dangerous and terrible for wildlife and the environment. And yes your pets will get sick from eating the debris and you will feel terrorized inside your own home.

No you can’t opt out of it. Everyone is doing it and frankly it’s weird that you don’t want to.

No you can’t be the one launching the explosives you need a license for that. You can however launch these marginally smaller ones though. Yeah just whenever you want. 2am sounds great.

So anyway, fireworks were a mistake and it’s never too early to start reminding you of that.

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
    3112·
    16 hours ago

    But I don’t want to be away from people? I just don’t want bombs going off outside my house, which is generally considered normal 364 days out of the year

    • Crankley@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      8 hours ago

      I think you have the crux of it, it’s normal 364 days of the year. Lots of folks like fireworks and they mostly limit it to one day annually.

      Honestly at this point in my life when I think about fireworks I mostly just have a hard time getting over how expensive they are. But also, they are noisy and sometimes I get dragged out in crap weather to not enjoy them. I’m not a huge fan.

      I also was also a kid once though and remember a time when they were the coolest shit on earth.

      I can put up with the rare day and let others have their fun 🤷 just my take.

      • Nalivai@lemmy.worldEnglish
        78·
        5 hours ago

        If I punch you in the face once a year for my own amusement, you wouldn’t be saying “it’s ok because he doesn’t punches me in the face 364 days a year”

        • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldEnglish
          62·
          3 hours ago

          I’m sorry, but are you trying to compare the sound of fireworks to getting punched in the face?

          • solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            2 hours ago

            I suspect the point they were trying to make is that “only one day a year” doesn’t automatically excuse behavior. They used a rhetorical device to help illustrate that point by highlighting a scenario that is clearly not acceptable even one day a year.

    • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      369·
      15 hours ago

      Living around other people involves them doing things you don’t want them to sometimes.

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        31·
        3 hours ago

        Living around other people also involves a certain level of respect for them and their presence. This goes both ways. If you want to lit up bombs you are free to go out deep in the woods for it (…well, except you’ll also freak put the poor wildlife there)