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I loved playing with fireworks as a kid, and surprisingly have all appendages and senses intact, I even considered pyro as a job - so I definitely get the appe
by zamalek 4mo ago
I loved playing with fireworks as a kid, and surprisingly have all appendages and senses intact, I even considered pyro as a job - so I definitely get the appeal.
I just think it's time that we left it to the professionals. Unless you are engaging in science or physics, I don't see the value in letting them off yourself.
~~It's also weird that America's birthday is celebrated using a Chinese invention.~~ Edit: bad point, I stand corrected.
- consensus1 4mo agoFell free to leave it to the professionals then. That has always been your right.
- buu700 4mo agohttps://youtu.be/YPX__g3LpUY?t=9 https://youtu.be/YPX__g3LpUY?t=9
- stevage 4mo agoYou literally just explained the value.
- dullcrisp 4mo agoThat’s such a strange thing to say. Should we only use things invented in the last 300 years on the 4th of July?
- netsharc 4mo agoNow I wonder who invented wheat, or sugar (used to make cake)? Also hotdogs are made with Wiener sausages, which are from...
- onionisafruit 4mo agobeef or pork if you’re lucky
- davrosthedalek 4mo agoDas Auge ist (man) mit.
- Isamu 4mo agoI tried tofu dogs for the first time on the grill, they were pretty good.
- RALaBarge 4mo agoI highly recommend the ground tofu for taco's, you would never know they are meatless.
- dh2022 4mo agoIn the production of these hotdogs no animals were harmed!
- dnautics 4mo agoAustria! nothing bad came from Austria
- hi_hi 4mo agoThe people of Frankfurt would like to have a word!
- craftkiller 4mo ago> Now I wonder who invented [...] sugar (used to make cake)? If you're talking about the refined product, then India. If you're talking about the plant, then New Guinea and Taiwan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sugar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sugar
- echelon 4mo agoNo more using the English language, either.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4mo agoYou mean since it was invented by Indians, Germans and the French?
- tmtvl 4mo agoAnd introduced by the English, instead of being properly American like Navajo or Lakota or such.
- afavour 4mo ago> It's also weird that America's birthday is celebrated using a Chinese invention. Not really. America is an amalgamation of all the countries and cultures that emigrated to it. It’s one of the best things about it.
- ActorNightly 4mo ago[flagged]
- JumpCrisscross 4mo agoThis is almost certain to backfire. Better: make drone shows more available, and maybe subsidise them with a tax on fireworks.
- cube00 4mo agoDrones have their own failure mode https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-27/sydney-vivid-festival-drone-failure-explainer/106724050 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-27/sydney-vivid-festival...
- s1artibartfast 4mo ago[flagged]
- a34729t 4mo agoI concur, this would be good for developing cheap drone warfare capabilities. I mean, I love loud explosions and the sound of freedom because I'm not a wuss, but we need to get our drone game on China's level.
- consensus1 4mo agoGet the drone show up and open it up to amateurs trying to shoot down the drone show for maximum adversarial drone warfare preparedness!
- fc417fc802 4mo agoThat would unironically be an amazing festival activity. A drone lightshow open to public participation where the different colors are tied to swarms engaged in a battle royale. I also can't wait for the return of traditional blood sport events with bipedal robots as the contenders (but I digress).
- jimbooonooo 4mo ago
- greenavocado 4mo ago> I just think it's time that we left it to the professionals. Pulling up the ladder behind you, eh? So nice of you to think of the children.
- zamalek 4mo agoYes, because what I was doing was objectively dangerous. Dueling used to be a commonly accepted practice, yes even killing - pity that ladder was pulled up! What about the children's chemistry sets that included uranium, mercury, and cyanide?
- AngryData 4mo agoI think consensual duels should still be legal. Numerous states have laws about mutual combat where it is perfectly legal to beat the fuck out of each other.
- antonvs 4mo agoThe uranium wasn’t really dangerous, unless you swallowed it. Common U-238 has a half-life of about 4.5 billion years, so it’s not actually very radioactive. The most dangerous thing about it is its toxicity as a heavy metal, but plenty of other elements of a chemistry set are at least as dangerous.
- greenavocado 4mo agoYeah I played with those sets with my dad.
- cgyvbunji 4mo agoFireworks for me, but not for thee.
- lotu 4mo agoMaybe leaving it to professionals would make more sense, but the majority of people aren’t in favor of it. I’m not even in favor of it and I had a couple fireworks bursting right outside my balcony last night. I was on the balcony and a ducked, though I would have been fine if I didn’t. Maybe require a brief safety training before purchasing? I’m not sure exactly what is going to reduce stupid behavior with explosives.