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Fuck fireworks

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FenFairy · 05/11/2023 19:09

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

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tpxqi · 05/11/2023 20:45

ElevenSeven · 05/11/2023 20:43

And the next generation of anxious bedwetters

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Well put

WeighDownOnMe · 05/11/2023 20:45

User0000009 · 05/11/2023 20:43

Fireworks are pointless shit. Just an excuse to make noise and disturb people. I think before you are allowed to buy them you should have to answer questions on the history of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot because let’s face it the majority of moron cunts making the racket won’t even have a clue why they’re doing it. Wankers

Jesus Christ!

There's so many people on here acting as if it's normal to call people cunts and wankers for having a different opinion on something.

It's pretty horrible actually. Like fuck would any of you have the balls to talk to people like that in real life.

Goldenbear · 05/11/2023 20:46

How can anyone get this worked up about fireworks. Realistically, is November the 5th going to not be marked anymore, following the rant on MN.

I tried to go for a drink in three different pubs today with my husband. Had to leave every single one due to asthma brought on by all the dogs in the pubs. In one pub I think I counted more dogs sitting on dining chairs around the table for a roast dinner than I did humans but ultimately I had to remove myself.

creativegoblin · 05/11/2023 20:46

My veteran baby golden retriever actively organises fireworks displays.

SheWhoShallNotBeNameChanged · 05/11/2023 20:47

WeighDownOnMe · 05/11/2023 20:45

Jesus Christ!

There's so many people on here acting as if it's normal to call people cunts and wankers for having a different opinion on something.

It's pretty horrible actually. Like fuck would any of you have the balls to talk to people like that in real life.

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Exactly this! I know which kind of person I’d rather be and it’s not the ones typing out awful insults to people who dare to have an opinion different to them.

MrShady · 05/11/2023 20:47

These are the ones we have here
Double glazing, built 15 years ago and every window shut

https://youtube.com/shorts/bFboByYCIYE?si=B7Nqky1QLHL9dSgP

mydogisthebest · 05/11/2023 20:48

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.

But its not one week a year is it? More like three weeks or more a year and often they start before it even gets dark (which really shows how so many firework lovers are complete morons) and end after midnight. So hour upon hour of them.

A friend of mine lives in Essex and where she is they go off night after night for over a month. She has a dog who is terrified, who shakes uncontrollably in fear. She has tranquillisers from the vet but it is hardly fair to use them for that amount of time is it. Also unless she has a crystal ball how is she meant to know when exactly the idiots will be letting fireworks off.

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FenFairy · 05/11/2023 20:48

SheWhoShallNotBeNameChanged · 05/11/2023 20:47

Exactly this! I know which kind of person I’d rather be and it’s not the ones typing out awful insults to people who dare to have an opinion different to them.

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It’s not about your shitty opinions, it’s about the fact that we’ve now had three continuous hours of it sounding like there are bombs falling around our ears. What you think is absolutely irrelevant, it’s what you DO that is causing harm.

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LittleMooli · 05/11/2023 20:48

ElevenSeven · 05/11/2023 20:36

Always Sobbing and ANXIOUS

God help us all. Imagine this generation in WW2

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Why? This generation weren't in WW2 and didn't have to worry about being sent to war to die.

Inastatus · 05/11/2023 20:49

@CornishGem1975 - I can’t quote your post on my iPad for some reason but what is your rationale for blaming a pet owner because their dog is terrified of fireworks? I’ve owned dogs and cats all my life - some of them have been totally fine with them and others, including my current dog, have been absolutely terrified. She has her thunder shirt on, calming music on tv and us for company and she is a nervous wreck. The cats are completely unbothered. It’s down to the individual animal, not the owner.
I love fireworks but agree that they should not be sold privately and limited to organised displays at set times.

Goldenbear · 05/11/2023 20:49

SheWhoShallNotBeNameChanged · 05/11/2023 20:47

Exactly this! I know which kind of person I’d rather be and it’s not the ones typing out awful insults to people who dare to have an opinion different to them.

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Yes, what has Mumsnet become - the C word used so liberally and with such viciousness. People need to get some moderation and proportionality back I their lives and chill out!

Bingsbongs · 05/11/2023 20:49

mydogisthebest · 05/11/2023 20:41

Well what a sensible argument NOT.

Are people sitting in their homes shaking fear because of a dog? I don't think so.

Not just about being terrified though is it? What about the fact that wildlife die every year either through fright or injury. What about my neighbour whose horse miscarried? Is that all fine. Probably in your moronic view it is

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If the horse was that traumatized i guarantee the owner had left the horse in the field ans had not put the horse in the stable in its box.

I gree around throughbreds,warmbloods and other sports horses, studs and breeding mares- never..ever..no horse was traumatized by fireworks, they were all non fussed in stables ar night fed blankets on nodding off and only woke up if someone put the stable
lights on.

SheWhoShallNotBeNameChanged · 05/11/2023 20:49

FenFairy · 05/11/2023 20:48

It’s not about your shitty opinions, it’s about the fact that we’ve now had three continuous hours of it sounding like there are bombs falling around our ears. What you think is absolutely irrelevant, it’s what you DO that is causing harm.

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Funnily enough, what you think is also irrelevant because it’s not exactly changing anything is it? Or have the fireworks magically stopped because you’re calling people morons and cunts?

tpxqi · 05/11/2023 20:49

These shrieking hysterics must actually secretly look forward to this time to year. So they can play victim bingo and complain that everyone else is selfish for not pandering to their lack of parenting and pet training. Won’t someone think of the hedgehogs.

WeighDownOnMe · 05/11/2023 20:50

That last comment is particularly tone deaf when there are hundreds of kids being killed by actual falling bombs weekly right now @FenFairy

Time to have a wee regroup and reign it in maybe.

LittleMooli · 05/11/2023 20:50

MrShady · 05/11/2023 20:40

Hate them. Never used to mind them but then I got one put through my window
I'm on edge every time one goes off nearby

I'm so sorry

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FenFairy · 05/11/2023 20:50

SheWhoShallNotBeNameChanged · 05/11/2023 20:49

Funnily enough, what you think is also irrelevant because it’s not exactly changing anything is it? Or have the fireworks magically stopped because you’re calling people morons and cunts?

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What the fuck does that have to do with the price of fish?

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knowthescore · 05/11/2023 20:50

FancyFanny · 05/11/2023 20:33

Fireworks have long been a tradition and used to commemorate an historical event for hundreds of years. They have got a bit louder and bigger over the years, but I don't remember everybody being traumatised by them in the past. One of my cats doesn't like them and hides under the bed for a few hours- but she also hides under the bed for about 3 hours every time the window cleaner comes too! The other one just takes it in his stride. Honestly, the over-dramatic over-reaction on here is ridiculous. Keep your cats and dogs in, the birds and mice will be a bit frightened but will not be harmed or permanently traumatised, and as for the war veterans- well I don't really buy into the firework trauma stories anyway... never heard a soldier complain, only the anti-firework brigade using them as part of their argument.

https://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/about-us/news/our-call-for-tougher-restrictions-on-fireworks/ 74% of veterans support tighter regulations about firework sales.

Your anecdote is trumped by actual data from veterans' charities

Help for Heroes and Combat Stress call for tougher firework restrictions

Help for Heroes and Combat Stress want tougher restrictions on fireworks after new survey of veterans.

https://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/about-us/news/our-call-for-tougher-restrictions-on-fireworks

ElevenSeven · 05/11/2023 20:50

FenFairy · 05/11/2023 20:48

It’s not about your shitty opinions, it’s about the fact that we’ve now had three continuous hours of it sounding like there are bombs falling around our ears. What you think is absolutely irrelevant, it’s what you DO that is causing harm.

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Bombs!!

Do me a favour. People are living in actual war zones and you’re comparing bonfire night as if you’re both in the same situation. Are you insane?

TwinkleStarrr · 05/11/2023 20:50

My toddler 20 months is so scared for them, it's been painful really.

tpxqi · 05/11/2023 20:51

FenFairy · 05/11/2023 20:48

It’s not about your shitty opinions, it’s about the fact that we’ve now had three continuous hours of it sounding like there are bombs falling around our ears. What you think is absolutely irrelevant, it’s what you DO that is causing harm.

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Bombs falling around your ears?

This is getting surreal now.

mydogisthebest · 05/11/2023 20:51

SheWhoShallNotBeNameChanged · 05/11/2023 20:47

Exactly this! I know which kind of person I’d rather be and it’s not the ones typing out awful insults to people who dare to have an opinion different to them.

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Well if you would rather be a totally selfish moron who cares not a jot for pets, wildlife, people with ptsd, some elderly etc that's certainly not something to be proud of.

Are you also ok with fireworks being thrown at cars, at buses, through letterboxes, at the emergency services trying to do their job?

pictoosh · 05/11/2023 20:51

"bombs falling around our ears"

Stop it.

HamstersAreMyLife · 05/11/2023 20:51

MadeOfAllWork · 05/11/2023 19:16

I agree. I’ve had to keep the cat in all evening. She wasn’t impressed. Not to mention all the wild animals.

Well done. We just got home and our cats gone out which is most unlike her. Last 2 days she's stayed in and tbh she's usually nearby at this time of day as its wet food time so I'm hoping she's OK 😥
Tbh I don't mind fireworks generally on bonfire night if they're done safely. It's the fact there are random ones from end of Oct until new year that bothers me.

HeathrowQuestion · 05/11/2023 20:51

@ElevenSeven i have two pretty anxious kids and that made me laugh out loud. Very fine line between validation and feeling entitled to have the world revolving around you 365 days of the year.

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