the corgi from cowboy bebop: potentially unpopular opinion, but I think your little backyard fireworks actually suck

potentially unpopular opinion, but I think your little backyard fireworks actually suck

I enjoy a professional show, but I don’t enjoy the random dude shooting flares way too close to my house and making me jump for no reason and making my dog so scared she can’t take a piss at night

also! it doesn’t look good!

and as an EMT, it baffles me!

also like, this isn’t just about dogs, but glad to know y’all also think it’s funny to terrorize dogs and not just to terrorize your mentally ill neighbors, at least we know where the values stand

like do what you want, be American about it or whatever, but the jokes aren’t funny, thanks, it actually makes my nervous system go into overdrive to hear explosions by my house

like there are only specific times now when I remember I have PTSD, and hearing explosions is one of those times, but yeah, keep the jokes coming

People are so inconsiderate

I was a barista a while ago, and one of our regulars was an artist who was an Iraq war veteran. Guy had to leave town every year because of the ptsd

also, annoying af to people with kids. of these mfers wake up my youngest I am going to be writing the angriest post on the Facebook group ever 🤬

I’m actually amazed people are dumb enough to do it somewhere as densely populated as Philly. I wouldn’t even wanna light fireworks in my large suburban backyard. The risk of lighting someone’s house on fire is too high

if someone lights my house on fire, I will personally light them on fire while laughing maniacally

I’ll help

The number of people who will look down a cannon, to see why it’s not gone off, is too high, every year.

the on call ophthalmologist is never happy this week

ENT just hangs out in the ER.

Sparklers are cooler than roman candles change my mind

also please don't burn down my house!

for real!

This year I’m more of a hater about this than ever before

Also, if you're gonna do it, do it on the actual fireworks day!! Do people really need to light them the whole week before and after?

I hear you. In UK we have the identical issue on Nov 5. Any idiot over 18 allowed to buy large quantities of papery things filled with gunpowder, then set them off wherever and whenever they like. We hated late Oct/early Nov, our dogs were wrecked for days afterwards. Neighbours didn't give a damn.

yep, my corgi is cowering in fear bc some dipshit down the street decided to ring in america. really do not love it.

I’m with you now, but as a kid I loved my dad giving me a few firecrackers and then setting off some simple fireworks in the sky in front of us. It was a big treat.

Amen

Extremely popular opinion in my household, Q

Samesies. And I don’t even have dogs (yet), but the cats hate it too.

Whole-heartedly agree

Uh oh. I see a bunch of people are doing the 'You're expressing your honest opinion, let me try to be funny and contrarian about it' challenge.

yeah I wish they’d perish instead

Mox had a bumper crop of the same people for the same reason.

people are so easily amused by shitty explosions and will defend them to their deaths and I think that’s fucking embarrassing

It's not even that hard to defend your nostalgia or whatever while not being a complete fuckwaffle.

you can even just be quiet and think about it in your head instead of being a cunt to other people, but I digress

A guy on my NextDoor posts before NYE + the 4th like “I’ve got a bunch of professional pyrotechnics and I’m gonna use them! I don’t care about your dog/cat/baby/PTSD bc they’re in memory of my LATE WIFE, who LOVED FIREWORKS!” Like terrorizing the whole zip code was her dying wish. It’s super weird.

Chani is very unhappy about this turn of events.

I personally enjoy fireworks (even amateur ones), but they're a net negative for a million reasons, and "I think big booms are cool" probably isn't a very good reason for them to be allowed.

2a baaaaaby, big booms = big hands

I am jealous of people who live in Massachusetts for this reason and this reason alone. Love to see them shits banned in more places

For some fucking stupid reason the city of Aurora unbanned them this year and they have been going off every night for two fucking weeks now

Two of my pals are giving their dogs (vet-prescribed) downers this year because as they've aged (the dogs lol though the owners too I guess), they've become unable to settle even a little with all the fireworks. Our two are okay currently, but who knows what the future holds.

Mine is on anxiety medication for the first time this year and she absolutely does not know how to relax and let it work. Poor girl is fighting every step of the way.

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4th of July Weekend Callwww.youtube.com The ophthalmologist always knows how to not work

Uhh, is this actually unpopular??? I’m with you on professional shows vs backyard amateurs!!

THANK YOU

I am mentally ill and unpatriotic and hate it more than my dogs.

And probably ILLEGAL TOO

Loud for no reason havin asses

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