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Please stop (sh.itjust.works)
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Editor's note: this is a post about American Independence Day celebrations

existentialmemes

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.

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[–] 23 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I agree. There's a time and place. It's the 4th, and maybe new years

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Yeah caring about the environment is nimbyism...

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    You ever taken a look at your local level politics? It's mostly NIMBYs trying to use environmental law not to protect the environment, but to protect their property value and keep out "undesirables."

    They're also trying to shut down night clubs, roadblock any method of transportation that isn't car-oriented, enact curfews, and generally just suck all the joy out of life like these no-fireworks having fun police.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago*

    The primary perpetrators of environmental law in my city are people who genuinely care about it.

    Fire works are not the same as the other things you have listed(well, not the car part); as they do actually have a substantiable effect on the environment and local air quality.

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  • [+] -6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    My argument is what the fuck are you celebrating? Did you get enough of your freedums this year?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Okay, now say that about literally any holiday aside from the one you personally dislike and see how it holds up.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    Halloween. Celebrating recruitment into the skeleton army. Duh? What an insane take. My valid criticisms are invalid since other holidays exist.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    You used a bullshit apples to oranges comparison for your bullshit criticism. You didn't say New Years or Juneteenth, actual fireworks holidays, because it highlights how stupid your "get over it" argument is.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I'm just going to chalk this up to either you misreading, misunderstanding, or just being a fucking idiot.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    My argument is what the fuck are you celebrating? Did you get enough of your freedums this year?

    I really have no idea what you were saying then. Are you saying people shouldn't celebrate the 4th because a rapist is currently in charge? Or that doing it every year ad infinitum is too much?

    Either way I stand by what I said. Let people have their fireworks and stop being a grumpy old fuck about it.

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