300 million lbs of fireworks and 2.7 billion dollars gone in a cloud of smoke.

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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

It's like asking a texan to get rid of their monster truck. Sure they live with their parents and never use the truck for work. But it's just not gonna happen buddy.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I live in a city that has criminalized all fireworks, including pop-its. We're talking arrest and jail time are on the table just for transporting them in your car through city limits (I'm sure this violates the Commerce Clause).

    However, drugs are legal. I love their priorities.

    Oh, and cutting down or trimming trees on your property is illegal without a permit. My neighbor was hit by a $10,000 fine because the street tree died and they didn't pull a permit for it.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    we got rid of smoking and arguably that was sexy and cool

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

    Who got rid of it, and when??

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    In the US it's down from 45% of the population, to 15%, and then it used to be that 60% of those smokers smoked a pack or more a day, now 68% smoke less than a pack a day, with only 1% smoking more than a single pack (smoking exactly an entire pack in 1 day remains around 30% of smokers)

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