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

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[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

So you consider it to be “everything wrong with humanity” that people can’t just snap their fingers and stop other people from doing things? That one person’s concerns don’t equal another person’s lifestyle change, and that’s the dark side of humanity?

It actually kinda sounds like you’re saying freedom, as a phenomenon, is what’s wrong with humanity.

If you look at it one way, “freedom” is a word for the concept that “A person’s reasons are always legitimate”.

So really, some people claimed legitimate reasons for stopping others from using fireworks, and other people claimed legitimate reasons for saying no thank you and continuing.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 months ago

No, the thing that's wrong with humanity is having someone say "hey this thing that's not a big deal for you (fireworks) really sucks for me (PTSD, pollution, it frightens my dog, etc). Can you refrain?" and people go "nah. I don't care about you. I wanna see some pretty lights"

What are these legitimate reasons for fireworks?

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

They're entertaining, special, and impressive

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