Fireworks - why are they still a thing?

So?

You can’t just keep banning things that affect a few people, or dogs.

It’s for the families of sensitive individuals or pet owners to distract, make themselves scarce, or sound proof for the evening.

You don’t just ban something people have enjoyed for years, in order to suit a few…or one day something you enjoy might be banned because someone else doesn’t like it….eg dogs in public spaces.

Although with this government who knows? Because they seem the sort to just ban nice things.

Side note, I don’t personally buy and set off garden fireworks, as I don’t find them that impressive compared to the ones made for display, and I get my firework fix at Disney each year, but if neighbours want to set them off, I’m unbothered.

Fireworks threads always remind me of the falsely aggressive threads of lore- middle lane hogging, how often you wash your towels and similar nonsense, where you can’t believe people actually care about it to the hysterical extent they appear to on the internet.

they always contain the same comments about dogs and veterans as if it’s in anyway reasonable for people to plan their celebrations around their neighbours dog or an imaginary ex service person.

Well exactly. Your bloody dog barking isn’t any better than fireworks going off. And cats? You mean those evil meanies who kill birds? 🤣

They have a chance of avoiding dogs, but there's no choice with fireworks.

I’d take the bus myself but you do you 😂

Back garden fireworks make me nervous since when I was a kid one rocket didn’t take off and exploded at ground level.
Luckily we were in a friend’s field (with loads of adults, we weren’t kids setting fireworks off…!), the diameter of the rocket explosion filled the entire field. Bits of firework flew past us all standing a field away from the ignition spot.

Dread to think if that happened in a suburban garden (even just raging neighbours, let alone fires!).

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · Today 09:30

I'd agree in many cases with the IQ indicator comment especially considering the winds last night.
Bloody idiots. We are getting a puppy in a few weeks and I'm dreading NYE going forward ...

Oh dear. You’re not as intelligent as you think and you’re no dog-lover. Knowing what you know about fireworks you are still going to get a puppy. Not a rescue dog, not an older dog being rehomed but a puppy. This is an animal created deliberately due to demand from people like you who use these animals for entertainment and to meet their emotional needs.

You’re happy for an animal to be created that may find fireworks traumatic because it benefits you. Clearly, your comfort comes before the dog’s comfort. You need to recognise your own role in any trauma your puppy experiences before you start blaming others.

Are you ok?

Which people are you calling cunts? Pro or anti firework?

I don't think they should be sold to the public, but have no issue with professional displays.

Few people have the space or skills/sense to use fireworks safely and they are very dangerous. They are harmful to animals (not just house pets), harmful to the environment and create litter.

DH has been collecting fireworks debris from our garden this morning. We didn't have fireworks and neither did our next door neighbours.

😂😂😂
Dealers sent texts now, they have menus, whatsapp, and payment options. They deliver at home within 30 mins. They need no smoke signals to let users know what's on.

It has puzzled me that some of us are apparently hard wired to enjoy them, and fires, and others are just left cold. In nature nothing except wildfire and volcanoes looks like them. and the sensible evolutionary response is not to say "Ooo how pretty" but to run like the blazes. But here we are. Enough of us watched and said Ooo and escaped to pass our genes on. The rest of you will have to outbreed us to stop them.

Read Bilbo describing Gandalf's fireworks to get the flavour of their appeal.

I agree about the bangs. Nobody's mentioned the effect on the ex-military who've been in combat, and for whom they can lead to recurrence of PTSD. A friend of a friend loathed them.

There are ND people who are scared of dogs, if we're going down that road.

I am someone who thinks it should be organised displays only and designated days. You can plan to avoid them if that were the case.

Noise isn’t a bad thing. I mean, dogs barking not just a few times a year but every fucking day is great, right? And wildlife can live with occasional noise. After all, millions of wild animals put up with being slaughtered and maimed by pets every year. 🙄

I’m a member of Mensa and set off fireworks in my back garden once or twice a year. In fact bonfire night is my favourite night of the year. So there goes that theory.

Somebody should let Mensa know so that they can revoke your membership 😂 because it IS a certain demographic that let's fireworks off in their garden.

I’m a member of Mensa and set off fireworks in my back garden once or twice a year. In fact bonfire night is my favourite night of the year. So there goes that theory.

I find displays boring.
I understand the fuss about them if you never saw fireworks before but saw them once saw them all.

if you add to that how bad they are for birds, pets, etc, then I simply cannot bother to watch.

I think they should be for organised displays only. I have a neighbour whose garden meets mine, except their garden is 100ft long and mine runs along sideways and is very narrow so my property and bedroom is only 14ft from the hedge that seperates us.

It's these neighbours who practically live in their garden all year round. Bonfires most nights and fireworks let off approx 30-40ft from my house every bonfire night and new years. They seem to buy the biggest ones they can find.

I literally lie in bed waiting for it to be over with my room shaking from the massive booms and hearing their rockets thudding into my roof. I find the spent ones in my plant pots, on my patio, sliding off my roof etc Utter idiots.

I like displays on the TV but that’s it. I’m
not fussed about wildlife as cars and planes and even cats do far more damage in a year than fireworks ever will but the offended don’t seem to care about that so much as it serves them a purpose

I'd agree in many cases with the IQ indicator comment especially considering the winds last night.

Bloody idiots. We are getting a puppy in a few weeks and I'm dreading NYE going forward ...

It's not just dogs who get scared, many neuro diverse people do as well. But as long as you're happy............

Sorry but I agree with this too 😂

We had people letting them off when it was still light - how stupid is that, you cant even see them- they may as well have just lit their money and waved it around like a sparkler

Fireworks are amazing.
But it's possible that drone displays will take over to an extent - no explosion risk to worry about, and can do more intricate patterns.
Would that be more environmentally friendly? I don't know.