Motherfucking fireworks

If you had a voting button suggesting it was illegal to use them after 8pm I think that would be what most people can agree on.

Very S Asian community here and for some reason some family have decided to celebrate with a nightly mega mortar bomb thing at 00:30 for three night in a row. They must know they are waking up thousands of people around them. Selfish.

A few fireworks past 8pm on New Years Eve, Diwali, 5th November is really not that bad.

It's infrequent, it causes little to no harm, it doesn't damage others property and it doesn't cost you anything other.

We are so joyless as a country.

Here, they will probably go on for weeks now (or maybe after Halloween). Then kick off again before Christmas until the new year.

Every night, random times from different houses. No way to predict or manage. You can’t drug animals for weeks on end.

To the posters saying that only quiet fireworks should be allowed.. that is somewhat already the case. Comparatively.

Come to china on Chinese new year. The fireworks make the normal British ones seem silent. I've never seen massive roles of 200-500 fire crackers that sound like a machine gun of explosions going off in the uk.. or the banging fireworks that have no light and are just there to create as loud a bang as possible.

That being said, it is only for a small window here and they are as good as banned for the rest of the year. I'm ok with that, it's a reasonable compremise. Have a dedicated set of days, only a few, that you are allowed fireworks without a lisence. Any other time requires a licence. Then you will know that 2-5 days a year you'll have to deal with it, but outside of that it will be fine.

So why the heart-stopping massively eardrum bursting BANG ............cunty chops

Thanks. He’s not normally bothered by them although I too have noticed they are louder than in the past

the ones Last night were 2 gardens down and being let off randomly for about an hour - and they weren’t even very good ones!!

I don’t understand why thousands of people have their own shitty little displays rather than banding together to have a professional show in the local park or what not

And, unlike most of the responses, it's actually quite interesting.

Have you tried a Thundershirt on him?
It's a "swaddle" in a light, breathable fabric.
Not all dogs like them, but it really helped my terrified dog.
I hope your dog is better soon.

They were going off way past 11pm near me (south east) and I thought it was mad with it being a Monday night. They've been going off here since Friday, so it's not just one day. Most likely we'll have random ones going off right up until bonfire night now and beyond. Then more around NYE.

The biggest issue in my opinion is how loud they make them nowadays. If they could go back to being more of a visual thing rather than replicating mortar bombs then I don't think so many people would get upset. I personally wish we had a government who had the balls to either ban them from general sale (restrict them to private displays only), or have a law that only the "silent" fireworks can be sold (I know they're not silent, but they're much quieter).

Maybe I'm yearning to go back to the simplicity of my childhood where we had jumping jacks, catherine wheels nailed to the tree and pathetic rockets that barely left the garden 🤣

I love seeing fireworks but I would totally support a ban on general sale after going to a bonfire funfair and having teenagers shoot them into the crowd.

Now having 2 young kids, I would also support a cap on the noise they can make, especially after bedtime.

We’ve had them very loudly around here for 2 nights and the white noise machines we have for the kid just don’t cut it.

I think those who revel in loud fireworks are sadistic attention seekers. Can’t enjoy a lovely light display quietly, no, it has to be loud and draw attention to themselves. If it distresses others, that’s an added bonus.

Im surprised the government hasn’t banned the bastards yet.

Its been going on every night since Friday where i live till very late,ridiculous

Hate this time of year. Everyone will say you’re a kill joy etc, but people are just too much with them. My dog hates them and it’s made me really notice just how many of the blooming things there are. Cost of living crisis? People can still afford to set fire to a £50 note though.

Get rid of the British stuff then?

I agreed with you op until you admitted you went to a party with fireworks the night before ...so basically fireworks are ok for you and your friends and family, but not everyone elses?!

A loud banging firework is still a loud banging firework at 7pm or 10pm

I'm surprised that now we have quiet fireworks they haven't got rid if the ridiculous banging ones.

I think they are dangerous and would be happy to see licenced displays only

I’m with you OP they go on for days I have even heard them when it’s dusk FFS! They should be banned and organised displays only on the one day not days on end the poor animals !

They are definitely much, much louder than they used to be. I think if possible they should be made quieter. I'd also prefer it if there was a cut off time for them, as I was woken up after midnight by another round of them 🙄

😂

A perimenopausal night of NO sleep at all had made me properly grumpy so thank you for making me chuckle this morning.

Exactly. Festival of LIGHT. Not festival of motherfucking LOUD BANGS, is it?

Which has fuck all to do with what I posted!!

Yes because the world revolves around your two year old.

I hate fireworks and there have been lots here for the last couple of weeks.

My friends son is autistic and he gets very upset if he hears them. Our dogs aren’t too bad with them usually, we’ve done all the stuff suggested to help them, but they have been so bad this week that one of them did start panting and shaking. 😔 I feel for animals, both pets and wildlife. We seem to have them a lot of nights from the start of October right through til January now and I do wish they would be banned.

Seriously, how many shops and cafes have 'dirty pooing out of control dogs'?