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Editor's note: this is a post about American Independence Day celebrations

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Alright, I'm going to launch explosives around your house. For several hours. Yes it is dangerous and terrible for wildlife and the environment. And yes your pets will get sick from eating the debris and you will feel terrorized inside your own home.

No you can't opt out of it. Everyone is doing it and frankly it's weird that you don't want to.

No you can't be the one launching the explosives you need a license for that. You can however launch these marginally smaller ones though. Yeah just whenever you want. 2am sounds great.

So anyway, fireworks were a mistake and it's never too early to start reminding you of that.

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

A few winters ago, I took a trip to Iceland, specifically Reykjavik. I learned that, for new year's, there is an organized party well outside the city limits with no fireworks. This was for folks that didn't want to participate in the usual celebrations that take place in town. They noted that it was quite popular with the Syrian refugees on the island. I think about that a lot.

I'll add that NYE Fireworks in Iceland make American Independence Day celebrations look like a solemn funeral in comparison. I've never been anywhere that has been shelled, but I now have a really good idea what that would look and sound like.