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My neighbor sets of fireworks all summer. But they really go nuts on the 4th.

Not once have I felt "terrorized".

Cam we stop with the over dramatization of everything. And don't give me 'well some people might have PTSD from being deployed'. My brother in law is one of those. You don't need to white knight for them, or wrapping their experiences for you agenda. They know the 4th is coming, they know what to expect.

It's like if a dog was a human.

I swear, I thought they were talking about internal combustion engines until the last line.

My first dog was so chill that he didn't give a single fuck about fireworks or thunder. He'd sleep right through it. Even before he went deaf. I swear he was just a dude who got turned into a dog or something because nothing about the human world seemed to bother him.

I truly hate fireworks so I agree passionately

I love how often they're being replaced by drone shows! If they fail, all the do is drop to the ground, not explode peoples hands off. I was at a fireworks show where the tube stand holding some fireworks fell flat and launched fireworks at the crowd, luckily they were on water, on a barge far enough away and it dropped downwards enough to just go into the water. I was in the trajectory with two small kids. I don't think I've been to another show since then.

I just want some bottle rockets, maybe a couple of small crackers, couple of fountains and some blacksnakes.

The big stuff isn't all that amazing if you're not right under it. Watching a show from a mile away is FAR less than then screwing around with a handfull of fairly safe rockets in your backyard

Y'all are why the right thinks the left is full of whining pussies.

Had an apartment in a shady neighborhood for the first time in my life once. Did not appreciate the random "pop" noises that never really sounded like fireworks. Will never live that down.

This is actually happening in my community and we're trying to get the guy to leave. He's a part of a PMC and they are doing drills and testing. The howitzer is very loud and disruptive. I could probably find the New York Times article on if if people are interested