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(thelemmy.club)
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.
very polarizing it seems... how much damage do fireworks do?
Depending on how much you value a life, somewhere between "not much" and "way too much." 15 people died last year and there were a bit under 15,000 injuries
yeah idk. i like trains and they killed 286 people last year
https://oli.org/track-statistics/collisions-casualties-year
idk if I like fireworks even 1/20th as much as trains
Trains actually do stuff though
Both things do as advertised