Fuck fireworks

And there, @Fulshaw just said it, much better, in one swift post 😬

So no one is allowed to use their garden as they see fit incase it bothers your cat who I bet shits on everyone's lawns.

Fair enough.

You do a better job at posting when tired than I do, I take gibberish to a whole new level😂

Not intentional as I hadn’t seen your post! But we are in agreement.

In truth, there’s likely a subset of wankers in any large grouping of humans you care to name.

We went to the most spectacular display last night.

we worked hard to train ddog when he was little but taking him in the garden while fireworks were going off and feeding him hot dogs and cheese to ensure he didn’t associate them with fear. I do find it slightly odd how so many dogs are scared, especially cocker poos when they are part gun dog. Dd1 also struggles with loud noises - she wore ear defenders when little and now wears earmuffs as she’s an older teen.

There’s lots of fb posts like this one but contrast that to the thousands of smiling faces of people choosing to go to these events and I think they’re here to stay so maybe people need to adapt because you are in the minority (even if you are active on social media).

Dog & Cat owners worrying about “environmental impact” you couldn’t make it up. Worried about the environmental impact involved in the production of pet food? Worried about the environmental impact of dog & cat shit ? Worried about the environmental impact of birds killed by cats ?

Your pets are having a negative environmental impact every day, not a couple of days a year.

Hot dogs and cheese. Good idea. Thank you for that. Working on the training.

Goodness, yes maybe for some the impact is good, their children get some momentary joy looking up at the night sky like my youngest did on Saturday night (brought our pets inside) or like my 16 year old and his friends did having some momentary free fun viewing a cricket ground display from a distance, socialising with friends in person, being happy and having some memories from his younger years that are about living just like my generation did. Some of the best memories I have from childhood, are from the gathering of friends, fireworks night at our house and food, some guitar playing. Are we legitimately allowed to enjoy ourselves anymore.

Fireworks should be limited to public displays only.

Allowing the sale of explosives to the GP is clearly insane for all sorts of reasons.

My younger dog spent all last evening crying and shaking with fear at the bombardment of "bombs" that went off around us.

They never used to be this loud. They don't need to be this loud and it would be an easy thing to restrict the noise of these things.

Wow this thread was quite the ride 😬

The Blue Meanieas are out in force again, I see.

but this is not standard firework use. It’s criminal behaviour intended to hurt and scare people.

Banning fireworks because some people will throw them at strangers is disproportionate and unfair.

I’m sorry someone tried to assault you. But it’s not really the issue here.

My old horse lives in Nowheresville Under The Hill and was apparently watching the distant fireworks from his stable. Not bothered. Plenty of hay, deep straw bed and a nice supper.
Middle-aged cat not keen, as lots of noisy fireworks going off from Friday through early Monday morning. She stayed underneath my bed for a while and then later got under the duvet with me. Cheese Dreamies helped her acclimatise to the noise.

Gods forbid times change & societal expectations change with it.

Social media has shown that a large proportion of the population absolutely don't enjoy them.

So tired of the 'oh, my children need some momentary joy', as if the entire populace of under 18s have an utterly miserable existence with nothing to enhance their lives.

Your children don't take precedence over everything else.

It was 2am when I finally fell asleep last night and there were still intermittent bangs of fireworks going off.

If it stopped at a reasonable time, say 9-10pm, I wouldn’t have an issue, but to carry on till 2am is just taking the piss and has happened at least three nights this week

Social media has shown that a large proportion of the population absolutely don't enjoy them

No, social media has shown that there's a large proportion of loud, moany people that don't enjoy them but there's still a large proportion of people who do enjoy and love them too.

Really? Because my social media has been filled with people enjoying both organised and home displays. The only place I have seen any negative views about fireworks this weekend has been this thread

Also if animals are getting as distressed as people on this thread are making out, would they not be as distressed with organised events too?

Indeed, totally oblivious to impact pets make all year round. I have dogs and realise they do impact the environment so try to minimise that but thinking a few fireworks are worse!

Dogs are trainable and can be desensitised but better if start young. So many dogs now seem to have 'issues' separation anxiety, noise anxiety, unable to come to recall, not socialised with other dogs or people....I assume its down to poor breeding and then poor owners.

However, seeing Edinburgh and Manchester thugs shows how many idiots there are around. Shame though since many responsible people around.

I’ve always had the same stance, organised public displays only. No need to have them in gardens.

I do think MN bring out the more extreme views. I mean the OP has gone really over the top with the ranting, (cunts, fuck this and that, arseholes, etc etc) I thought she might have something else going on bringing that extreme anger out. I feel sorry for that level of anger, it's not healthy.

That is a big reason why this thread is so entertaining though. One of the funniest things on MN is entitled, fulminating pet owners.

Proud to be that 'loud moany' person, amongst many, I couldn't care less about your opinion.

I anticipate that one day they will be banned from sale to the GP, year in year out more people are realising how nasty the things are.

I'll be very happy when that day comes, but please do enjoy them while you can😊

There are quite a few posts that are batshit crazy as the expression goes, light relief and I wonder if people just do it for the threads. Surely not that wound up or have some of those views in real life 😳