Skiles Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 There was a time in my life when I really enjoyed fireworks. Then when I was 10, I got a dog. After seeing how much dogs are afraid of them, it turned me sour on the whole thing. Then later in life, I met a lot of war veterans with PTSD, and it's really, really tough for them too. And that made me really hate them. So now, I feel that if you light fireworks, you're a douchebag, and there are no exceptions. 3
Cancer Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 Used to make quarter sticks with bath tissue rolls and epoxy. The hobby shop guy never questioned why I was buying black powder by the pound. 1
Skiles Posted June 22, 2019 Author Posted June 22, 2019 Just now, Cancer said: Used to make quarter sticks with bath tissue rolls and epoxy. The hobby shop guy never questioned why I was buying black powder by the pound. I actually distinctly remember being like eight years old, and a couple of my friends and I decided to make a bomb out of household objects. It didn't work, but imagine the turn my life could've taken.
Skiles Posted June 22, 2019 Author Posted June 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, Cancer said: Could have been a rocket scientist Or a terrorist. Or both...?
Greeny Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 Fireworks are just boring. If you've seen them once you've seen them a million times. And I used to live near a high school and they would set fireworks off all the time for no goddamn reason while I was trying to sleep.
Gyaos Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 Back when I was a paramedic, you wouldn't believe the stupid shit that people would do with fireworks. Back when roman candles were illegal here, someone missed the sky and ended up sending one flying through another person's house, injuring someone inside. Another person thought it would be funny to have firecrackers lined up on their body while someone else lit them. The guy had second and third degree burns all over his chest. I can't say I have PTSD, but it makes me squeamish when someone lights any type of firework that is not a glow worm or a smoke bomb. 1 1
TrigunBebop Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) Why use fireworks when balloons exist? Balloons provide far more bang for your buck. Edited June 22, 2019 by TrigunBebop
Skiles Posted June 22, 2019 Author Posted June 22, 2019 1 hour ago, TrigunBebop said: Why use fireworks when balloons exist? Balloons provide far more bang for your buck. My dogs hate balloons too. You are not invited to our Christmas party. ☹️
🍬Candy🍬 Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 I used to buy $100 worth...then realized im literally lighting my money on fire. 1
HardcoreHunter Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 By the time I was 20 I was pretty much over them. You see a couple of decades worth of fireworks you've seen them all.
Skiles Posted June 22, 2019 Author Posted June 22, 2019 5 hours ago, Greeny said: Fireworks are just boring. If you've seen them once you've seen them a million times. And I used to live near a high school and they would set fireworks off all the time for no goddamn reason while I was trying to sleep. There's never a good school shooting when you need it.
Skiles Posted June 22, 2019 Author Posted June 22, 2019 35 minutes ago, HardcoreHunter said: By the time I was 20 I was pretty much over them. You see a couple of decades worth of fireworks you've seen them all. I think locally, they recently made it legal to set them off a week before and a week after the July 4. So now, instead of hearing them a week before and a week after, I hear them for a fucking month, because apparently fireworks are WAY more fun when you do them outside of the designated legal times.
QueenoftheDorks Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 When I was a kid I was watching some neighbors shoot off fireworks while sitting on the back of my mom's car. A roman candle misfired. It went up into the air but whatever it is in it that make it light up didn't work and it shot off in a small arc and came down over by where we were sitting. It landed on my leg and burned the fuck out of my lower leg by my ankle. I had just gotten over severe burns to one of my feet after accidentally walking through an burned leaf pile that still had burning embers (it burned my foot but really we're lucky it didn't set my grandma's yard on fire or some shit.) That was pretty much when I stopped liking fireworks.
Swimmod_Luna Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 Fireworks are cool on the 4th of July but that's about all I need each year to be happy. Someone in my neighborhood likes to set off fireworks almost every night it seems. 1
Xanatos Posted June 23, 2019 Posted June 23, 2019 So did your mother last night Read that in your best Sean Connery.
Skiles Posted June 23, 2019 Author Posted June 23, 2019 17 minutes ago, Xanatos said: So did your mother last night Read that in your best Sean Connery. Dude. I'm gonna need some ketchup for all these harshbrowns you're dishing out. 1
TrigunBebop Posted June 23, 2019 Posted June 23, 2019 11 hours ago, Skiles said: My dogs hate balloons too. You are not invited to our Christmas party. ☹️ I'll just have my own Christmas party then. With balloons And orgies. And (most importantly) balloon orgies.
helpme Posted June 23, 2019 Posted June 23, 2019 13 hours ago, Athena 92 said: Fireworks are cool on the 4th of July but that's about all I need each year to be happy. Someone in my neighborhood likes to set off fireworks almost every night it seems. When someone is feeding the pigeons the bottle rockets are perfect scare away
StarPanda Posted June 24, 2019 Posted June 24, 2019 My dog goes nuts and stars barking up a storm he even tries to bite the ones on the ground like straight up hes wild
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