PSA for those in America

https://lemmy.world/post/32485059

Well… If the wife doesn’t wake up it might be better to just let her get her much needed rest, as well as enjoy some peace and quiet at long last. Plus the ambulance/coroner visit might not be cheaper than a shovel from home depot.

Don’t worry if she starts smelling bad after a few days, it’s natural.

As for the cat, figures. With all the chaos they might as well take advantage of the situation and enact their plan to take over mankind as the dominant species.

Cats are the dominant species. Well, actually ants, but cats are a close second.
I had to call you using my elbows because I don’t have fingers any more
Get back out there, soldier! Light those sticks!
Hot take. Fireworks are stupid and disruptive.
Cops are worse.
Depends on the country
I dont think Peck was arguing that you should call the cops, just saying that fireworks are bad, a factually correct statement.
They’re also stupid and disruptive.
It’s not just the 4th of July. Assholes here sell fand set off fireworks for any possible holiday.
But… that’s illegal!
Nah, they made it legal where I’m at, and now there are fireworks tents out for any holiday.
I live in a vacation town where fireworks are illegal and I can hear them basically every weekend from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
When you see ICE about to kidnap someone - YES
Takes too long though, reaching for a brick though…
I think that the cops will just work with ICE.
I feel heard with this one. Thanks
I really want to call on the dipshits down the street (they’re aiming their bottle rockets down the street instead of up in the air) but they haven’t broken or burnt anything yet. We might get lucky.

People that call for things on the left, don’t spend NYE in Europe

youtu.be/16sR6cu4-Hw

FIREWORK MADNESS & CHAOS in BERLIN 2025 NEW YEAR EVE

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Time for this old treasure
Omg the racist comments jesus
Instructions unclear

It’s always ‘don’t be a karen and call the cops on illegal fire works’ followed by ‘why the fuck did you not call the cops on the illegal fireworks’ after house fires break out.

I’d like to remind everyone that fireworks are an explosive. Want to know how dangerous fireworks are? Ask ER staff what kind of injuries they see the most on 4th of July.

what kind of injuries they see the most on 4th of July.

The explosive kind?

Many victims have blue eyes.
Could you explain please? I don’t understand :(

One blew this way, one blew that way

Tap for un-spoiler?

It is dark/sophomoric humor, and I poorly constructed the straight-man/funny-man mechanic; I expected someone to add the punchline before you got here. It lives rent-free in my brain’s darker space, having popped up in the aftermath of the Challenger Distaster.

"Who's on First?" from The Abbott and Costello Show (1953)

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I root for the cat. I hope he gets the fuckers.
Funny. In Germany we have been discussing banning fireworks for new years for a while now since more and more people realize the mix of alcohol and fireworks is a bad idea and traumatizing pets, war refugees and old people, killing wildlife and poisoning the air for days to come is not worth it so some people can watch something go boom.
I’m glad I live somewhere that only has new years fireworks, and almost no air pollution issues

As a German…every year since forever, I ask myself what is so great about this boom boom. Didn’t even wanna do it as a boy. My dad wanted me to want, so HE could do boom boom.

Now that I’m older I still don’t get it. Except now it even hurts to watch money literally explode while there are people that are hungry or have no shelter or no help at all.

It’s banned here and people still shot off hundreds of them directly across the street from city hall and the police station. As well as every direction in the distance.

Fireworks might be beautiful for a moment, but they leave behind a trail of harm.

They pollute the air with toxic chemicals and fine dust, spiking asthma and breathing problems. After events like July 4th or Diwali, air quality drops dangerously — and people with lung issues feel it immediately.

The noise isn’t just loud — it’s traumatizing. Pets panic, birds die, and people with PTSD or autism often suffer in silence.

Tradition isn’t a good excuse when it causes this much damage. Not all traditions are worth keeping — especially when they hurt the most vulnerable.

the most venuarable get hurt by almost everything, not all of them are gonna live
I’ll try my best to not be venuarable, then.
Are you implying that people and animals should rather die?
if the cat dies shooting at the people bothering it then so be it, if the people die because of the cat they deserved it
Hope you keep that mindset if you ever become venuarable
there are conditions worse than death, like severe radiation burns
Who cares he’s right. I haven’t met a single person who likes fireworks who isn’t dumb. I have pets and i started to hate loud noises. I personally consider fireworks one of the worst things. And if you have someone who likes this trap them in a room without foo til they change their mind…
It is. Yes. Doesn’t change the message.
But why are you using AI to write forum posts?
AI detectors don’t work, and often just end up flagging autistic people as AI.
At this point. I just block anyone I see using the em dash. Will a few false positives slip in? Sure, but I’m confident that I’m blocking more bots than nots.
It’s so sad such illiteracy means people like you associate the dash with AI
Gimme a cool drone show over fireworks any day
I went to Universal around last Christmas and they had an awesome drone show. I had never seen anything like it and didn’t even know it was a thing. 100% better than a fireworks display.
Traditions are peer pressure from dead people
let the cat do what it wants
My cat escaped and ran into the yard without permission and hid under a bush in the yard. I think she was enjoying the fireworks. Couldn’t get the cat out of hiding until the fireworks were over.

celebrating your terrorist country - NO

taking action action your terrorist government and peers disguised by the sounds of fireworks - YES

It’s funny to see lemmings not like fireworks. First time the reaction to fireworks has been to cry.
Ive never met anyone who defends fireworks who isn’t a dumb piece of shit. Even the people who love them think they need to be replaced with something that causes less issues.

My city allows fireworks. We are the only city that does in my area so people come from all over the place to set them off.

At a certain point last night there were so many going off that I started to wonder if I were shoot .40 cal into the ground would anyone be able to hear it. So I did. I went into my backyard (alone) found a safe spot and shot one into the ground. I was correct in my assumption. There is no way anyone could tell. So I got away with it. The point of all of this is if I needed to ever kill my neighbor I would just wait until the 4th.

Just to add I was sober last night and alone.

So what you’re saying is, it’s basically the purge except just for gun crime