I’d rather listen to fireworks a couple or three days a year than the incessant, random barking of all the fucking dogs around us. Not to mention clearing up the cat shit on the front grass every few days. Fucking hate your pets. They’re noisy and dirty and I have to stand in the cold clearing up after them.

I like them well enough. They are environment dependent but I can watch them on tv with a low volume or muted. Its the colors and shapes really. Ill admit that watching the around the world new years ones are at least as much about seeing the locations. Also my dog hates them big time so im not wild about them going off locally. Lastly I worry they are just wasteful and not good for the environment. I kinda wonder if drones are better but they would need to be used a whole lot over their lifetime so im not sure if they are resource wise.

I don’t mind a single occasion for 5-10 minutes, maybe twice a year.

Yesterday it felt like I was living in a microwave, next to the popcorn bag. That’s less preferable.

It’s a first world problem, but I’ve been playing a game where relying on sounds is key. Including distant explosions. Wearing headphones (otherwise I would have hated bonfire night even more) it was hard to tell what’s real and what’s not.

But even outside of the game, after a while it gets pretty exhausting for me. I don’t think the general populace is responsible enough to use fireworks safely and considerably.

same here, the noise and environmental devastation. I understand childrens thinking they’re fun but audits? Most depressing though is others don’t see it like this, that a few bright sparkles are all it takes to distract is more the issue

As a teenager I loved it. Blowing stuff up was always fun, honestly that part still is but these days I blow up electronics.

As an adult. I fucking hate it and can’t wait for it to be globally banned. The stress on household pets alone is enough reason to ban it, never mind the teenagers blowing off their hands or the huge mess it causes. And of course the mess gets cleaned by other people than the ones that made it.

Thankfully the Netherlands banned it, however our neighbors didn’t. Trash people will buy overpowered fireworks from Germany and set them off here which is arguably worse.

Is there a fire code / regulation in your area which seems totally pointless & unreasonable? You can thank an asshole setting off illegal fireworks for that

I don’t like them either. If they were invented nowadays they would never have been allowed.

I’ve always liked them, I like the feel of the bass of the explosions in my chest.

Plus I work between two displays in London so it gives me a job.

Having said that, they should be banned for use by the public because the majority of the public are fucking morons and can’t use them responsibly.

I think they should be restricted to organised displays only.

The general public can’t use them responsibly.

No, I’m sure a lot of people hate them and feel the same as you do about them. But a lot of people enjoy them too 🤷 they are exciting, thrilling, traditional and a sociable event. Me personally, I’m not fussed either way by them.

No, they’re also bad for the environment, bad for wildlife, and bad for domesticated pets, especially puppers.

the boom boom crowd doesn’t have the brainpower to know how selfish and stupid their explosive fetish is. we deal with it twice a year at minimum here in the US (4th/new year). It’s absurd. and every fucking year some poor kid blows off a bunch of fingers because their parents don’t realize kids should be supervised WITH EXPLOSIVES.

edit: ah here we have the downvotes from the low iq boom boom blow fingers off of children crowd, right on time

You’re far from the only one. I used to be indifferent. For most of my life I lived on the outskirts of the suburbs of a major US city. Homes were far enough away from each other that it wasn’t too big of a deal to hear them in the distance.

Then I moved into a city proper. I hate them. I hate them so much. What once was a minor and predictable annoyance was now a month long game of “Fireworks or Gun Shots?” twice, sometimes several times a year. Because you can’t just launch them on the proper holiday, no. You gotta do it a week in advance.

One time I lost the coin flip. It was gun shots, not fireworks. My wife and I are lucky the strays were above our heads.

I don’t care for them, but I don’t hate the fireworks as much as I hate the dickheads setting them off at 3am when it’s not anywhere near a holiday.

In Switzerland, theres an upcoming vote on banning private fireworks entirely in a few weeks. And it looks like it might pass by a big margin. People are just tired of it.

It was fun as a child, but back then we had very little fireworks, and only on the national holiday. Nowadays, theres constant banging for several days around both new year and the national holiday. I hate the fucking noise and will vote yes on the ban.