• richie510@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Fireworks are illegal in my city but people light them off constantly for NYE, sports, 4th etc. I wish people respected the law, but it is also annoying to hear all the whining about scared fur babies.

    • what@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Personal fireworks are illegal in my city as well. I personally love that everyone collectively says nahhhh we are going to do it anyways.

      I don’t set any off but I enjoy watching people have fun and it tends to be a pretty good show.

  • TrinityTek@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Everyone commenting seems to be missing your point. Regardless how people feel about pets and fireworks, people should be aware that the 4th of July revelry can be extremely difficult for some veterans suffering from PTSD. There’s one I know personally who was in combat in Iraq and saw really terrible things. You can tell talking to him it deeply effects him to this day. I think of it a lot when I hear illegal fireworks. At least with the official fireworks shows they know when to expect it. The illegal fireworks are just random out of the blue and could easily trigger a PTSD episode. Maybe the guy in the screenshot talking about patriotism should consider that.

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      1 year ago

      I think it just comes down to being a basic considerate human being. Shoot all the fireworks you like if you’re not at risk of bugging anyone. I live on the edge of town in a mostly commercial district so around the 4th I’ll fire off whatever but if I lived in a neighborhood I’d either leave town or not buy fireworks. Pretty easy stuff.

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    1 year ago

    I mean, if you know your dog is scared of fireworks, then you should just get your dog some ear muffs and some treats and chill with em until the fireworks are over, give em love so that they learn that it’s nothing bad.

    If you complain about something that doesn’t directly affect your dog, but your not willing to train your dog or put in the effort and love to help it, then you are a bad dog owner.

    Don’t blame the doggos, and don’t blame the people minding their own business not hurting anyone, life isn’t supposed to be super easy no problems 24/7.

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      1 year ago

      Tried all of that. Only thing that works is basically drugging my dog up with tramadol until they pass out.

      Many animals just don’t do well with fireworks and no amount of positive reinforcement will ever remedy it. It is what it is.

  • Alenalda@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Imagine having so much money you can buy a bunch of explosives and set em off for fun. Might as well just set the money on fire.

    • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah this 20 bucks worth of bottle rockets and Roman candles was really putting me into the next tax bracket over here.

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        1 year ago

        You’re downvoted, but I laughed. Imagine not being okay with someone else enjoying something you don’t.

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    1 year ago

    Was driving down a road in a subdivision near my house one firecracker-shooting day and a damn firecracker got shot directly at my car. I swerved on instinct to miss the damn thing; fortunately no one was near.

    Firecrackers are dangerous and loud and irritating and really, really terrible and should be outlawed to be used by regular people. Have your little pretty shows in a known area on Firework Celebration Night Of Whatever, but keep them out of the hands of Joe Public.

  • MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The people round here love their fireworks. There was a whole ass fireworks show in the fire clearing right down the street. It’s almost every night in summer, pretty large aerial fireworks going off, particularly bad the weeks leading up to and after the 4th.

    It’s annoying af. But I’m used to it, and I don’t really have a say in what those people do with their summer nights, nor do I want to.

    Taking care of a dog is tough. It’s like a child, especially a puppy. I have cats. But always had dogs growing up. I’m still unsure if I want to take the plunge, cause my cat is super needy and will probably hate me lol

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    1 year ago

    Exactly. I hope you don’t mind me firing my gun in the air wildly while you set off those fireworks. After all, I’m just celebrating the Fourth like you! Why should I be blamed just because the bullets are coming down onto people and killing them? It’s not like I meant to kill anyone!