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What's up with this meme of fireworks being bad for the environment? Are you telling me that not firing fireworks is going to have an effect on the environment when planting 20 million trees won't?
@alyx
Yeah. They definitely do, but I think that the effect is basically zero. The bigger danger is something catching on fire or someone blowing their hand off.
@matrix @alyx I remember a story from my country a few years ago: a large store owner was having a Christmas/New Year (can't remember) party in his large house with lots of guests. He had bought this automatic fireworks... thing. Think of a Patriot missile launcher, but for fireworks.
Obviously the machine malfunctions after firing one firework.
Obviously the guy decides that the best course of action, while drunk and in front of people, is to go and fix it but manipulating the device himself.
And of course the machine fired all fireworks at once, blowing off his head in front of everybody. 😕
Happy New Year. 🎊
Obviously the machine malfunctions after firing one firework.
Obviously the guy decides that the best course of action, while drunk and in front of people, is to go and fix it but manipulating the device himself.
And of course the machine fired all fireworks at once, blowing off his head in front of everybody. 😕
Happy New Year. 🎊
@rasterman
Not bad... not bad... This year, a fellow Romanian thought it was a good idea to put a lit firecracker into his mouth. Suffice to say, he didn't get to see 2020.
@matrix
Not bad... not bad... This year, a fellow Romanian thought it was a good idea to put a lit firecracker into his mouth. Suffice to say, he didn't get to see 2020.
@matrix
@rasterman
>Firecrackers are thouse that look like sticks of dynamite/shotgun shells
Yes, but ours are quite smaller than shotgun shells. A medium one is about the size of a AAA battery, and there are even smaller ones. Also, bigger ones usually fire 2 or 3 times.
The news story wasn't very specific about the size, or what exactly he did with the firecracker. But from how they describe the damage, it sounds like he put it entirely in his closed mouth.
@matrix
>Firecrackers are thouse that look like sticks of dynamite/shotgun shells
Yes, but ours are quite smaller than shotgun shells. A medium one is about the size of a AAA battery, and there are even smaller ones. Also, bigger ones usually fire 2 or 3 times.
The news story wasn't very specific about the size, or what exactly he did with the firecracker. But from how they describe the damage, it sounds like he put it entirely in his closed mouth.
@matrix
@matrix setting shit on fire certainly won't help anyone but the people selling it.
@matrix I think it's just another angle of the people who don't want you to find enjoyment in anything in your life. The same association of people that promotes living in tiny houses, working in a cage, eating bugs... You just don't get to enjoy your fucking fireworks a couple of times a year.
Karens complaining that fireworks hurt dogs' ears, though. That's how you get municipal ordinances against them.
Karens complaining that fireworks hurt dogs' ears, though. That's how you get municipal ordinances against them.
I think it's less of an environment issue, and more of a problem that the smoke persists in the air and is bad for your health. Although I doubt it could have a major effect on someone unless they had asthma or something similar.
Maybe one could argue that the metals used in fireworks pollute the soil/water, but I don't think any of the materials used are especially toxic.