Grayox@lemmy.mlcake to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoDoes anyone else feel like fireworks are a complete waste of money and a ridiculous amount of unnecessary Pollution?message-squaremessage-square407fedilinkarrow-up1968arrow-down1160file-text
arrow-up1808arrow-down1message-squareDoes anyone else feel like fireworks are a complete waste of money and a ridiculous amount of unnecessary Pollution?Grayox@lemmy.mlcake to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square407fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoAs a middle path I propose we let people buy fireworks on a free market. That way they’re there, but nobody is forced to set them off.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAnd this “everyone” thing is a straw man. If everyone in my neighborhood alone set them off, it would be thousands of people doing this in an area about 0.5 Sq mile/1.29 Sq km/129 ha. As is, it’s about 20. And even that is quite entertaining.
As a middle path I propose we let people buy fireworks on a free market. That way they’re there, but nobody is forced to set them off.
And this “everyone” thing is a straw man.
If everyone in my neighborhood alone set them off, it would be thousands of people doing this in an area about 0.5 Sq mile/1.29 Sq km/129 ha.
As is, it’s about 20. And even that is quite entertaining.