“but I like them so I don’t see the problem and won’t stop”
Well yeah, when it’s 2-3 days a year it just makes me want to say “Womp Womp” about the complaints. Not everything has to be something you like
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 months ago
I don’t like the loud noises, the smoke, or the debris leftover.
Maybe 200 years ago they were impressive. All the color and whatnot up in the sky. But we live in a modern age. We have things way more entertaining than colorful explosions that don’t have such immediate drawbacks.
It’s also supremely annoying and like a microcosm of everything wrong with humanity that some folks will be like “I don’t like them for a set of valid reasons” and a bunch of people will be like “but I like them so I don’t see the problem and won’t stop”
aidan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 months ago
So you’re lacking in empathy. Acknowledging something is an important first step.
I imagine that if you had a dog you wouldn’t be “womp womp” about torturing it two or three times a year.
Or if you had a friend with PTSD, you wouldn’t go out of your way to aggravate that a couple times a year.
Certainly not for an extremely mild form of entertainment.
aidan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I imagine that if you had a dog you wouldn’t be “womp womp” about torturing it two or three times a year.
Or if you had a friend with PTSD, you wouldn’t go out of your way to aggravate that a couple times a year.
These were not the arguments you presented. Those arguments I am more empathetic to. You said:
I don’t like the loud noises, the smoke, or the debris leftover.
To which I want to say “Womp Womp”
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 months ago
People don’t like the loud noises because they terrify their dog or trigger PTSD.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 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 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 4 months ago
They’re entertaining, special, and impressive