I've come to despise fireworks. Let's see, they traumatize my dog, they go off endlessly late at night for weeks surrounding holidays where I live, they're very wasteful, and they're basically the same every year anyhow. Over the past 20 years I've probably spent 5 minutes being mildly impressed by fireworks. Does not seem like a good trade off for me.
I really, really like fireworks. The louder and flashier the better. However since I've become a dog owner, befriending some war vets, and generally learning how disruptive they can be to both peoples and animals lifes, I've definitely grown in favour of restricting them quite heavily. I would be fine if they were only allowed at set times and places, so people can make plans to avoid or atend them and not have to worry about the bangs being all encompassing and randomly going off the entire week before an event.
๐ญ for the unaware, the creation of fireworks was a way to celebrate the winter solstice, and how as a community we achieved so much to survive another year. Goes to show you, people abuse technology for depravity.๐ญ
for the unaware, the creation of fireworks was a way to celebrate the winter solstice
I... what? This is nonsense. Fireworks in imperial China were used in many festivities, and they weren't "created to celebrate the winter solstice". They were created when the accidental discovery of gunpowder was combined with a more ancient technique of throwing bamboo onto fire to create loud noises.
Where on Earth did you hear this?
I don't even understand how this misinformation fits into the context of the post, given it's clearly talking about someone with PTSD who becomes retraumatized by the sounds of the explosions.
Edit: Sorry, I still can't get over how puzzled I am at the cooked-up notion of people of the Song dynasty thinking "yes, we will celebrate Dongzhi, the 22nd of 24 solar terms, by inventing fireworks as a way to, uhhh... show how much we achieved by surviving another year. Lunar New Year? The fuck is that? Send it early."
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I've come to despise fireworks. Let's see, they traumatize my dog, they go off endlessly late at night for weeks surrounding holidays where I live, they're very wasteful, and they're basically the same every year anyhow. Over the past 20 years I've probably spent 5 minutes being mildly impressed by fireworks. Does not seem like a good trade off for me.
Animals and traumatized veterans of war hate this one trick
I really, really like fireworks. The louder and flashier the better. However since I've become a dog owner, befriending some war vets, and generally learning how disruptive they can be to both peoples and animals lifes, I've definitely grown in favour of restricting them quite heavily. I would be fine if they were only allowed at set times and places, so people can make plans to avoid or atend them and not have to worry about the bangs being all encompassing and randomly going off the entire week before an event.
Well, I'm curious for what happens on the 29th of November. For me, I already know what vote I'm taking.
๐ญ for the unaware, the creation of fireworks was a way to celebrate the winter solstice, and how as a community we achieved so much to survive another year. Goes to show you, people abuse technology for depravity.๐ญ
I... what? This is nonsense. Fireworks in imperial China were used in many festivities, and they weren't "created to celebrate the winter solstice". They were created when the accidental discovery of gunpowder was combined with a more ancient technique of throwing bamboo onto fire to create loud noises.
Where on Earth did you hear this?
I don't even understand how this misinformation fits into the context of the post, given it's clearly talking about someone with PTSD who becomes retraumatized by the sounds of the explosions.
Edit: Sorry, I still can't get over how puzzled I am at the cooked-up notion of people of the Song dynasty thinking "yes, we will celebrate Dongzhi, the 22nd of 24 solar terms, by inventing fireworks as a way to, uhhh... show how much we achieved by surviving another year. Lunar New Year? The fuck is that? Send it early."