Fuck fireworks

Agree they should be kept to organised displays only.

Local news had reports of fireworks being thrown at firemen attending a call.
it absolutely beggars belief.

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.

I like them but I wish it was actually just one night a year like it’s supposed to be! Seems to span 2/3 weeks where I live these days, which really does make it more difficult for managing children/animals (as I realise now I’ve not got the cat in because I stupidly thought we were all done last night 🙀)

But some cunt will no doubt come along to tell me why it’s more important that they get to look at some shitty sparkly lights.

I doubt it. Some people will agree with you, and others will say they like fireworks, although they understand why others don't. People don't generally say fireworks are important.

Same boat, baby sleeping but constantly waking up at loud bangs. My little one is an awful sleeper at the best of times but the one night this week he went nicely and his sleep is interrupted again and again 🤬 wish they would do silent ones so people can still see the lights but don't have to listen to that fucking bang bang bang 😠

Is all your double glazing absolutely shit? I've lived in lots of different places and never have fireworks been more than a slight annoyance. Where do you all live that the fireworks are so loud and frequent that your kids and animals are terrified, indoors, for weeks on end?

I am absolutely, 100% in agreement with you. It changes my opinion of people if I know they set off fireworks from their garden.

This was such terrible luck. Not sure if the firework was from the public display or a private one. I know the chances of this happening are small but I’d rather just stay in on fireworks night /week. I’m lucky that I don’t need to go anywhere, so I have the luxury of choosing to do that.

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Again, it's not one day or even one week. I've already had weeks of fireworks, and they will continue for the next few months. Part of living alongside other people is being considerate, and sending explosions into the sky which terrify small children, adults, pets and wildlife is antisocial.

Tonight they seem to be just explosions round our way. I'm sure it used to be more gentle sounding ones 😬

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.

I fucking hate fireworks.

They're bad for the environment and wildlife. They scare everyone's pets. They're dangerous and some drunken twat gets injured every year.

Fair enough if it's a professional display in an approved safe space but I fucking hate bell ends having them in gardens in residential areas.

Again, it's not one day or even one week. I've already had weeks of fireworks, and they will continue for the next few months.

This is just so dramatic and not at all reflective of the many areas of the country I’ve lived in over the years. Continue for months??

I live in south Manchester. I have full double glazing. My dog is absolutely petrified, shaking and trying to climb out of the window. Thanks for the empathy.

Should just do the silent fireworks and leave the rest to professional displays. Be considerate to those with PTSD from war zones, babies, animals, children and people with sensory issues, wildlife, the environment...

But pretty lights go bang.

It just doesn't bother me, my baby, my toddler or my dog.

My neighbours set loads off last night. Right now I can hear them more in the distance, I presume down the street.

But even when my neighbours set them off last night it didn't bother us at all. It's not that loud.

Get some double glazing, I think.

FGS Humans suffer too. It’s not all about dogs.

I don't mind normal fireworks in the garden at a reasonable time. Roman candles, sparklers etc
But our neighbours buy huge noisy fireworks like.those in an organised event unsuitable for a residential area. They seem to make the windows shake. And of course the flashes don't stay in their garden. We had sparks from their fireworks on our windows and patio and pieces of firework to pick up from the garden the next morning .
And they go on until midnight.

Maybe you should have trained your dogs and taught your 3 year old about them/talked to them.

It's not like you didn't know this was coming. Not like you didn't know this happened annual when you had a baby or got dogs.

I'm getting really pissed off with them now as they make my dog bark her head off! It's given me a headache!

Maybe if people controlled their dogs for the rest of the year, picked up after them and generally ensured that they didn’t impact on the rest of us, we might be inclined to give slightly more of a shit about their sensitivities. But as it goes….

I’m not a particular fan of fireworks to be honest, but consideration works both ways.