Why can’t we have drone displays instead of fireworks?

[Nobumsonthetable]

My poor dog is wrapped around me with fear. Every time there is a bang I get a start. The point of fireworks is surely the look rather than the sound?? And as for letting random idiots buy them in bloody Lidl and set them off in their back gardens - this is insane. I live in a densely populated suburb of London. Setting off fireworks here is so fkn antisocial. Grr.

Ah yes, you’re right. While we’re at it, let’s cancel birthdays too, aging happens regardless, after all. No cake, no candles, just a quiet acknowledgment that time remains undefeated.

So from next year, we’ll all sit in silence at midnight, nod solemnly at the clock instead.

Jeez, what a miserable existence.

It’s a cultural tradition. There isn’t really anything to understand

Someone in our tiny village, which is surrounded by horse and livestock fields, started setting them off an hour ago. Dog remains in terrible state of panting, drooling stress. Small child was also quite worried about the bangs at bedtime, she hates fireworks.

Suspect I'm just getting less tolerant as I age but I do think setting them off in gardens is such a selfish, ignorant thing to do. Sure, those people might get a couple of minutes of enjoyment but it's sorta fucked our new year's eve as we'll be trying to calm the miserable dog and hoping there won't be more...

It's not just dogs, we notice it more in dogs as they live so closely with us.
Wildlife, birds, deer, rabbits, can all be terrified and it can lead to their deaths.
Horses are affected too

We've had fireworks going off round here since it got dark - there are a lot of families from China and Hong Kong in the area and they love them. Luckily my dogs aren't bothered but we are pretty fed up with all the bangs.

Exactly what I thought, how embarrassing 🙈

Sorry, you’re calling me a dick when you suggested I’m a toddler?

Are you capable of having a discussion without resorting to insulting and name calling? Very mature.

Let’s be honest here - you’re not arguing against bad behaviour, you’re just annoyed by the kind you personally dislike.

But how will fireworks fix anything ?

I see fireworks as similar to owning dogs tbh. Some people absolutely adore them and it makes them happy. Some people hate them, but have to put up with them because other people want them in their lives.

I definitely think we should transition to only using the quiet ones, they are just as nice but you dont feel like WWIII is happening quite so soon.

Maybe im old and grumpy but they didn't used to be this loud!!

I like fireworks, as do many other adults. I’m not embarrassed about that at all and have no reason to be.

When I am queen I will ban fireworks. Never mind that my dog is driving me fucking berserk barking at them - the impact on wildlife is horrific. At least we can try and console our pets, and keep them in. If you’ve ever seen how birds respond when fireworks are let off during the day, you’d never buy or pay to see another display. It’s heartbreaking and I am cursing every single one of my utterly moronic neighbours for literally burning money letting off truly shitty rubbish fireworks that are all bang and no knickers with no thought for animals.

Maybe we will follow suit in a few years time:

www.euronews.com/2025/12/30/going-out-with-a-bang-dutch-shoppers-snap-up-fireworks-before-nationwide-ban

Planned events do not bother me as much but it gives me the rage that fireworks are sold to the general public.

I feel so sorry for the animals, as well as those suffering from PTSD.
Not forgetting the police, fire department and NHS that have to deal with accidents or just little shits messing around with them.

If it was just planned events then at least pets and farm animals can be put away, music played etc but when they go off randomly it’s really difficult.

@EmilyWeather well as long as people get all excited to see a few seconds of pink sparkly stuff in the sky f**k the wildlife, what total morons 🤬

Ending it by killing a load of birds so we can look at a bit of glitter in the sky then come inside and still be miserable seems churlish.

Agree

Ah yes, because outrage typed on a phone made with mined metals and shipped globally is a bold stand for wildlife.

🙄

Didn’t realise this thread was on AIBU where everyone uses their responses as an excuse to release their pent up frustration and misery.

Perhaps because fireworks have got increasingly louder and more powerful in that time. Not to mention more accessible to the public. They were not as routinely sold in shops 15 years ago. You had to go to specific shops they were not next to the till in Tesco like they are now.

Nothing at all like dog ownership. My dogs have absolutely no impact on your life or anyone else bar my own.
My dickhead neighbour’s fireworks have massively impacted my life tonight. And every other bloody night this year they have chosen to let the damn things off so far.

Oh and d my dog has bigger all impact on my neighbours either.

You must be kidding. My dad used to buy them from a bloke in the pub in the 80s 😭 Tesco’s are more safety compliant, of that I am certain 😂

They probably create less litter too. I'm fed up with picking up firework litter left by lazy people.

I think they’ve become more affordable. When I was a kid, my parents didn’t have the money to spend on fireworks. We weren’t especially poor either - but only rich people had their own displays. Everyone else bought tickets for the village display at the scout hut. It was a big social event. Everyone went.

Then globalisation really ramped up, they’re cheap as chips, and every back garden seemingly feels the need to let off between 8 and 20 shitty dribbles for their own personal 3 minutes of dopamine/pics for Instagram.

I REALLY judge people that let off shit fireworks in their back garden. Like, go big or just fuck off. Delight me with the visual. Make it worth a few pigeons dying.

A bloke in my town lets them off in memory of his dead father, and they’re epic. He gets a pass. Everyone else with their £30 tin of loud disappointment from Asda is a moron. This is the hill I will die on, my judgy pants are hoiked up, pearls clutched, lips pursed.