Mike Fragassi: I used to never really hate fireworks. But 3 things have changed my mind: - having a dog who is terrified of them - the escalation in increasingly loud boomers over cool light shows - motherfuckers who keep doing it until 2 am Anyway, nowadays I'm on team prosthetic surgery

I used to never really hate fireworks. But 3 things have changed my mind: - having a dog who is terrified of them - the escalation in increasingly loud boomers over cool light shows - motherfuckers who keep doing it until 2 am Anyway, nowadays I'm on team prosthetic surgery

4th thing: wildfires. Thankfully not an issue by me. Yet. Yet

How about roofs/wood decks catching fire?

13 fireworks related fires across the city.

Fireworks Blamed For NW Side Man's Death — And 13 Fires Across The Cityblockclubchicago.org The 34-year-old was killed in Belmont Gardens Thursday night. Officials say his injuries appear to have been caused by the "delayed ignition of a mortar device."

Yet Damn it

strongly believe we should have drone shows in the US instead of firework shows.

*SHOWS* are a whole 'nother thing. Hell, I'm fine with *shows*. Dipshits in the alley are what I'm complaining about

ah yeah. we have yahoos on the block. and on the next block. and the next block over. our animals are already hiding and it's not even dark yet.

a week before and a week after we get random explosions at 1:30am on weekdays

I heard one go off at 6 am. Luckily I was already awake with insomnia, for reasons unrelated to the booms

my dog goes crazy at the smallest firecracker, so we just retreat to nowheresville for the whole week every year. this is him enjoying the river and not barking at fireworks for a full week.

Indelible youth experience: reading a YA biography of a kid who was blinded by a firecracker he was lighting. It was intentionally positive, the kid rejected despair and handled his disability very well, and I didn't go totally abolitionist, but I was on the road.

Yeah, I remember what must have been the same book. Might be this one, though this cover is more recent www.amazon.com/Follow-My-Le...

Amazon.com: Follow My Leader: 9780140364859: Garfield, James B.: Bookswww.amazon.com Amazon.com: Follow My Leader: 9780140364859: Garfield, James B.: Books

Wow

I used to love fireworks on the 4th of July. Nowadays, I try to comfort my cats while we have to deal with jackasses (almost certainly all men) finding the loudest legal explosives in the Midwest and blowing them up in my alley.

My enjoyment of fireworks have gone down steeply as my asthmatic sensitivity to smoke has increased.

Also the air quality has gone from "good" to "moderate" after a night with municipal fireworks shows in the area + some individuals setting off fireworks.

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