300 million lbs of fireworks and 2.7 billion dollars gone in a cloud of smoke.

  • aidan@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Isn’t that what parades are for?

    But parades are boring

    There are other ways to get that. The universe is huge, look up on a quiet night with little light pollution.

    People need novelty in life, if it’s there every day it’s not special.

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      10 days ago

      That’s fair, I just think there are ways to get that besides blowing things up once a year, especially given that fireworks produce a lot of unnecessary waste and pollution in the environment.

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        10 days ago

        I just think there are ways to get that besides blowing things up once a year

        I mean, I think it’s good that people get to safely experience explosions, something most people probably wouldn’t experience in their lives otherwise.