Fireworks - why are they still a thing?

I don't get the 'organised displays' argument Why aren't they bad for wildlife and frightening for pets?

They're advertised so you can prepare yourself in anyone in your house is going to he triggered by them.

They last 10 - 20 minutes instead of 3 - 8 hours, and don't go on for evenings on end. There's no "oh let's save those last few rockets for tomorrow so the kids get an after dinner treat" going on.

They are managed by professionals who undertake risk assessments, and not randoms in a tiny garden setting off literal explosives.

People being injured by fireworks every year, that end up in A&E, are usually letting them off at home and are less likely to be injured at a display.

Not sure what you'd do re wildlife but in terms of pets re organised displays if its a couple of nights a year you can prep re sedation, music on etc. You just need to know but if its randoms on random nights eg little Chardonnay's 8th birthday, its a nightmare.

Don’t the street dealers round your way wave sparklers? I see loads of them. When drugs are available on bonfire night you can see just how young the dealers can be: some are primary school age. It’s county lines. Defo.

I don't get the 'organised displays' argument Why aren't they bad for wildlife and frightening for pets?

There are some great tips about getting dogs used to fireworks, I used the blue cross advice when I had my puppy. He sometimes arches an eyebrow at a particularly loud firework but he's fine with them and will happily be in the garden with us when we are watching the fireworks go off. I don't set fireworks off myself, I'm too tight to waste my money like that 🤣

I think someone has been pulling your leg @EmmaMaria

I wish I felt like this. I just see the same 10 shapes I’ve seen my whole life.

Agree with licensed displays to music - a lot more interesting.

They need banning for Mr semi detached from Croydon with a garden the size of a postage stamp and the biggest fecking rocket he can purchase from Lidl, mostly fuelled by Stella.

This. It’s classist, racist and disablist. What awful people they must be to think like this. They’ll be first in line when the new nazi party is being recruited

Licensed displays only.

The general public randomly setting explosives off on residential streets is not on.

Some people like fireworks, some people don't and there are a whole range of opinions in between the two. It isn't binary.

Liking fireworks implies nothing about someone's position on an arbitrary scale of intelligence nor does it imply anything about social status.

What does imply a lack of any form of decency in a person is coming on a forum and saying someone who enjoys something you don't is in some way 'lesser' than you are.

WTF 😭so let me get this right, you’re a heroin addict who needs to score to the tune of £300 a day to stay alive yet you have to wait through the life threatening seizures, looking out the window until the rockets go off? Then you drag your half dead body over to the dealers, buy a days worth then go back home and do it all over again?

you really think that’s how drug dealing works?

im sure you’re having us on. No one would believe that

I hate them our dog was so scared on bonfire night she opened the door (border collie/husky cross so way too smart and pushed the handle) jumped or climbed out of the 6 foot fence and kept running until she hit the road and was knocked down. She now only has 3 legs and we have to keep her in the boiler house because it locks every weekend from about 4.30 and for weeks around every holiday so the kids can still get in and out.

It’s true about the drug dealing signals.

Round here when some low grade weed comes in the dealers wave sparklers around. Ketamine is Catherine Wheels nailed to trees. Cocaine is announced by Roman Candles. Smack is rockets.

A huge shipment of all sorts of drugs arrived once. The neighbourhood was lit up like New Year at the London Eye.

Are they environmentally friendly? How do they manufacture the drones? I could imagine that process is far worse than making fireworks but happy to be wrong. I’m just not keen on sweeping statements with gaps in them.

I love fireworks and in all my years of pet ownership never had a cat that batted an eyelid or a dog that even vaguely cared. Watching Dunkirk on tv was louder. (Caveat - I have a gun dog so maybe that’s the difference).

Yeah, those people need to develop their own coping mechanisms, rather than expecting to just ban fireworks altogether.

Yeah, as sad as that is, it isn’t a reason to ban fireworks.

Or they could just wear some headphones

God there's been so many threads complaining about fireworks this year - why is everyone so miserable? It's nearly always because of dogs.

Maybe people should have less dogs? I also find them incredibly annoying but what can you do 🤷‍♀️

I also need to know the logic between going out and buying a pack of fireworks and putting on a display to announce the shipment versus simply making calls on your burner phones

I also need to know why you think that “shipments” of drugs arrive irregularly at a drug dealer 😭

literally the smallest knowledge about how drug dealers work would debunk this. Like watching 24 hours in police custody. Or a quick google

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Ahhh I missed that. It's probably because I'm not as clever as I think

Great username btw

What you've written here makes absolutely no sense whatsoever 😳

If the dealers have just let the entire neighbourhood (and surrounding areas) know that they've picked up drugs, how would catching them be difficult?

And have you never heard of plain clothed police?

I think she was being sarcastic

Nope!

Honestly, just no! 🤣

What do the dealers think the police actually do with this 'indication'?

Sit in their cars eating doughnuts and admiring the lovely free display, completely unaware that it's drug related? 🤦‍♀️

You are kidding, right? 🤣🤣