Page 10 | Fuck fireworks

FenFairy · 2023-11-05T19:09:39+00:00

Every single person setting them in their gardens is an arsehole.

AlwaysGinPlease · 05/11/2023 20:15

UpToonGirl · 05/11/2023 19:16

My local FB page has been flooded with missing cats and run away dogs for the last few weeks. YANBU.

Same here. Sadly a fair few dead pets. I loathe fireworks and the utter wankers that let them off. Big fucking bangs. Our dogs are ok but I know so many are not. Not just dogs, all animals suffer. If you're a firework wanker, shame on you.

pictoosh · 05/11/2023 20:15

This thread is perfect for a Sunday night.

Original poster

FenFairy · 05/11/2023 20:16

BitOutOfPractice · 05/11/2023 20:14

I think this thread has been refreshingly honest. But if you don’t like a certain level of bluntness back @FenFairy i suggest not calling everyone who likes and enjoys fireworks a count first. You sort of set the tone

I haven’t complained about anyone being blunt, couldn’t give a shot how anyone expresses themselves (especially if they’re a cunt)

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ScremeEggs · 05/11/2023 20:16

If you're a firework wanker, shame on you.

🙄

Thatladdo · 05/11/2023 20:16

Fuck fireworks? I wouldnt recommend it.

To ban private sales and £5 a year added to CT bills so every city, town and villiage can have a single, controlled good display, sounds like it would be a better idea.

DaftyInTheMiddle · 05/11/2023 20:17

It’s the absolute lack of care and compassion for wildlife that bothers me the most. Not just the noise but the pollution.

People don’t think about the birds absolutely terrified / dying of fright in their hedge as they’re setting off garden fireworks, or any of the other local wildlife that can literally die from fright. It’s literally torture for them.

knowthescore · 05/11/2023 20:17

lemonsaretheonlyfruit · 05/11/2023 19:23

Ok let's just say it's one week a year. Still not that big a deal really is it? My kids are teens now but I never worried or complained about it. It's just part of living alongside other people I think.

Two weeks, plus New Year.

pictoosh · 05/11/2023 20:17

<cackles> 😆

BitofaStramash · 05/11/2023 20:17

I love them.

All the organised displays never came back after Covid so the back gardens fireworks have returned.

We don't do it ourselves but enjoy watching out the window.

I'd rather go to an organised display but it's not to be.

friendsfiend · 05/11/2023 20:17

stayflufft · 05/11/2023 20:12

Unpopular perspective but we had fireworks in our garden tonight. Cat was fine, both kids now asleep as they still continue around us. It’s one day a year when we do them.

So one day a year when you do them for maybe 20 mins. Then one of your neighbours and others in surrounding streets.
Times that by maybe 5/6 nights in a row.

So it's not just your small display, it's the cumulative impact. Surely you can try to understand that?

SapphOhNo · 05/11/2023 20:18

YABU. Let people enjoy things.

HaddawayAndShite · 05/11/2023 20:18

MissFancyDay · 05/11/2023 20:14

Shouldn't children be a bit more resilient than this? Do a few fireworks really reduce them to crying and shaking wrecks? Mine never batted an eyelid. It's a noisy old world out there.

Shouldn’t a grown adult be able to use a bit of cognitive thinking to work out every child is different, and yours doesn’t represent every child out there?

tpxqi · 05/11/2023 20:19

AlwaysGinPlease · 05/11/2023 20:15

Same here. Sadly a fair few dead pets. I loathe fireworks and the utter wankers that let them off. Big fucking bangs. Our dogs are ok but I know so many are not. Not just dogs, all animals suffer. If you're a firework wanker, shame on you.

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Such irresponsible pet owners should be banned from keeping pets. There, problem solved. If you can’t train your pets, only you are to blame.

WillowCraft · 05/11/2023 20:19

Thatladdo · 05/11/2023 20:16

Fuck fireworks? I wouldnt recommend it.

To ban private sales and £5 a year added to CT bills so every city, town and villiage can have a single, controlled good display, sounds like it would be a better idea.

Great idea! Can we do that for all the annoying things? I'd happily pay £5 a year so that every city, town and village can have a single controlled good dog

LittleMooli · 05/11/2023 20:20

Thatladdo · 05/11/2023 20:16

Fuck fireworks? I wouldnt recommend it.

To ban private sales and £5 a year added to CT bills so every city, town and villiage can have a single, controlled good display, sounds like it would be a better idea.

One display per city?! Don't be ridiculous.

ScremeEggs · 05/11/2023 20:20

fuck fireworks? I wouldnt recommend it.

😂
Yeah, that doesn't sound Health and Safety compliant 😁

Womencanlift · 05/11/2023 20:20

FenFairy · 05/11/2023 20:02

You can see which parents are raising the next generation of selfish arseholes, can’t you!

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Yes it’s usually the ones with dogs who think the whole world should revolve around their pet, whether the are “just playing” in the park (aka being a bloody nuisance) or wanting fireworks to be banned so everyone loses out

LittleMooli · 05/11/2023 20:20

WillowCraft · 05/11/2023 20:19

Great idea! Can we do that for all the annoying things? I'd happily pay £5 a year so that every city, town and village can have a single controlled good dog

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Fair point

Sirzy · 05/11/2023 20:21

MissFancyDay · 05/11/2023 20:14

Shouldn't children be a bit more resilient than this? Do a few fireworks really reduce them to crying and shaking wrecks? Mine never batted an eyelid. It's a noisy old world out there.

Mine is autistic and very noise sensitive. It has been a nightmare for him over recent weeks.

at least if it was limited to organised displays only it wouldn’t last for as long and people could plan better.

organised displays are also a lot safer - how many people actually read And stick to the instructions with regards safe distances from properties for the fireworks they buy? Many of the ones easily purchased now simply aren’t safe for most domestic gardens

Mothership4two · 05/11/2023 20:21

Coffeerum · 05/11/2023 19:27

It’s funny in firework threads everyone should alter their behaviour because you have a pet dog, but then seem to think their dog can do whatever the fuck it wants the rest of the time regardless of how other people feel about it.
This weekend alone I’ve had my toddler not wanting to play on the slide because some selfish prick had their dog in the playground, got pushed over at 9 months pregnant by a massive dog running into my back because again the selfish owner had brought it to a ticketed outdoor lights show and it ran off afraid of the music, and jumped up at twice while walking my kids though some grass land. If it had been my toddler pushed off I would have been raging, but none of those owners gave a shit.

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Dog owners don't have a hive mind that means they all think and behave the same. Do you think that selfish attitudes/behaviours from a few members of a group reflects the beliefs and behaviour of the whole group? There is a name for that.

Sorry that you and your child were horribly affected and yes THAT dog owner sounds like a pr**k

knowthescore · 05/11/2023 20:21

Coffeerum · 05/11/2023 19:56

People who glorify veterans and war upset me, can I ban them?

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It's not glorifying veterans nor war to recognise that a former soldier might have PTSD after serving in Helmand or Basra.

stayflufft · 05/11/2023 20:22

WeighDownOnMe · 05/11/2023 20:13

Not unpopular.
Representative of the vast majority of people.

Commonly known as 'the cunts' I think 😁

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@WeighDownOnMe Happy to be a wanker of a cunt who loves fireworks and entertaining my small DC. Better than being a miserable whinging arse who complains about a few whizbangs. You can count yourself as one of those too @FenFairy .

AlwaysGinPlease · 05/11/2023 20:23

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Memememestillme · 05/11/2023 20:23

Yep we had fireworks yesterday. I love them. I'm not too bothered if the noise upsets the neighbours dog since his annoying barking bothers me at least one or 2 nights a week every bloody week. I do message the neighbours beforehand and let them know though.
Really don't care if you think I'm a cunt OP.
Pets, kids and veterans have to deal with thunder so I'm sure a couple of nights of fireworks isn't much worse than a big storm anyway

BitOutOfPractice · 05/11/2023 20:23

I beg to differ @FenFairy when you try and shut down others by accusing them of being happy to “terrorise” vulnerable people and animals, you’re not exactly welcoming open debate are you? Signed, a cunt.