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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 19:36

FenFairy · 05/11/2023 19:32

We’ve had them on and off since about a week before Halloween. In another week they’ll start for Diwali, and then we’ll get them over Christmas and new year too. It’s maybe not quite months and months but we’ll have had it on and off for about 8 weeks by the time we get to January

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Great, isn’t it. A bit of fun for people.

WeighDownOnMe · 05/11/2023 19:37

I like them.

Obviously I'm a 'cunt' though.

friendsfiend · 05/11/2023 19:37

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.

Living alongside other people should mean being considerate. The selfish cunts can fuck off to one of the many organised displays being put on and quit the ridiculous noise that's going on around me right now.

LittleMooli · 05/11/2023 19:38

wigglew · 05/11/2023 19:29

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.

I have double glazing - they are so loud.

Waferbiscuit · 05/11/2023 19:38

I always wonder who the types are who like to set off fireworks. I'd suggest it's 'the people who like to party the most have the least to celebrate.'

Whinge · 05/11/2023 19:38

tpxqi · 05/11/2023 19:36

Great, isn’t it. A bit of fun for people.

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Do you think it's fun for posters like @Sauvblanctime ? Sad

LittleMooli · 05/11/2023 19:39

Basically I'm ok with fireworks but they need to be fewer and noise limited

pictoosh · 05/11/2023 19:39

WeighDownOnMe · 05/11/2023 19:37

I like them.

Obviously I'm a 'cunt' though.

Also a cunt. Never mind.

Pleaseme · 05/11/2023 19:39

I love fireworks. Lucky enough to have a really good free display nearby. Sponsored by a large, local business. Not a fan of people setting them off in the gardens as it’s upsetting for animals/ wildlife. I’ve not seen or heard any fireworks this year ( apart from display) to be fair.

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 05/11/2023 19:39

Coffeerum · 05/11/2023 19:28

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'm in the Northwest and it's fireworks every night from September through to the new year. Unfortunately I live close to areas where we have had some pretty high profile fatal shootings and it's not nice thinking was that a gun or a firework.

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FenFairy · 05/11/2023 19:39

HomeBird43 · 05/11/2023 19:32

most kids are only frightened if you’re an uptight wreck about them yourself. They pick up on that. Ignore them and they won’t care either.

Gosh you must be busy if you know most of the 12 million kids living in this country, how do you find time to be on mumsnet?

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Missingmyusername · 05/11/2023 19:40

tpxqi · 05/11/2023 19:36

Great, isn’t it. A bit of fun for people.

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@tpxqi Yes - for me I don’t mind them, pretty noisy little lights, small minds and all 🤔🤣But I don’t buy them because people, animals and the environment suffer and because I’m not a complete cunt. 😉

JenniferBooth · 05/11/2023 19:40

The power just dipped here as a firework went off

evinalina · 05/11/2023 19:40

Mehhhh
Can't get worked up about it, sometimes we go to a display, this year we've stayed home and we had a peek out the window. A bit annoying now cos the kids are trying to get to sleep and they're noisy but it'll all be over again soon.

I always remember them growing up. I just think it's one of those, and I kind of like the tradition of it Grin

BeadedBubbles · 05/11/2023 19:41

wigglew · 05/11/2023 19:19

Honestly, live a little.

My neighbours have been setting them off and I've really enjoyed it. I have a dog and I have children too.

LIVE a little. It's not a big deal. Find something else to complain about.

Jesus. Do you know how ridiculous it is to tell people who hate fireworks that they should 'live a little?'

My idea of 'living' isn't to pollute the environment and terrify animals.

Burnoutwhat · 05/11/2023 19:41

FenFairy · 05/11/2023 19:36

Have you ever met a three year old? I assume not because you can say til you’re blue in the face ‘some inconsiderate pricks are going to be making an inordinate amount of noise all night tonight but you won’t get hurt’ and it’s still not going to stop them from being terrified when it sounds like there is gunfire in their bedroom.

My dogs are trained. They’re still terrified. Bloody stupid comment.

Not sure what your last paragraph even means - that I shouldn’t have had children because people set off fireworks? If that’s the kind of idiocy you’re coming up with then what’s the point of even talking to you.

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Oooft hun you really are obviously angry. Bit embarrassing for you to be this worked up over some noise.

I mean it's mad to think you can change how the world is because you chose to breed. Fyi

Enjoy your night

tpxqi · 05/11/2023 19:41

Missingmyusername · 05/11/2023 19:40

@tpxqi Yes - for me I don’t mind them, pretty noisy little lights, small minds and all 🤔🤣But I don’t buy them because people, animals and the environment suffer and because I’m not a complete cunt. 😉

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Your nomination for the Pride of Britain awards is in. What with your selfless sacrifice and all.

Firewerk · 05/11/2023 19:42

I do agree they shouldn't be sold to the public mainly as some people can't be trusted to use them safely, sensibly and with considerations to others; I do enjoy the local display though. Its afforable, well publicised so people can make arrangements for their pets, hardly hear any in the area aside from that one night so seems it satisfies mosts urge for fireworks!

TheJubileePortrait · 05/11/2023 19:42

I love fireworks but I do think they should be in organised displays only.

I don’t trust the general public setting them off in their backyards. There’s a certain type that do that. Usually have XL Bully’s. You know the ones.

Obliv · 05/11/2023 19:42

Why do people have the right to enjoy things that a significant amount of other people and animals find unpleasant?
Humans are so self centred Sad

WeighDownOnMe · 05/11/2023 19:43

Probably the same way you're finding time to post on MN while your 3 year old sobs in terror OP...

friendsfiend · 05/11/2023 19:43

Burnoutwhat · 05/11/2023 19:30

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've trained my dog.
Done desensitisation/exposure work with them.
Put calming plug ins all over my house.
Got special jackets and other clothes.
Drugged them.

Nothing helps when they're frightened and stressed. Rescue dogs are often traumatised anyway. So they cower and cry and shit themselves and bark constantly getting more and more stressed. Some animals die from heart attacks due to the constant stress night after night.
People with PTSD, autism and other sensory difficulties are also suffering.
Babies and children are freaked out.

But you go ahead and enjoy your selfish bullshit entertainment.

Fieldofbrokenpromises · 05/11/2023 19:43

WeighDownOnMe · 05/11/2023 19:37

I like them.

Obviously I'm a 'cunt' though.

😂

Desecratedcoconut · 05/11/2023 19:44

Waferbiscuit · 05/11/2023 19:38

I always wonder who the types are who like to set off fireworks. I'd suggest it's 'the people who like to party the most have the least to celebrate.'

Yup, it's probably the people sharing the evening with friends and family with some fireworks who have the sad lives, not the ones moaning about it on the internet.

Loveandloveandlove · 05/11/2023 19:44

I don’t mind for a few given nights of the year but they seem to be let off for more nights than is acceptable. Wish there was a law for allowed nights to let them off!

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