300 million lbs of fireworks and 2.7 billion dollars gone in a cloud of smoke.

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      That’s a false equivalency.

      They are explosives. They are less safe than most sports, movies, video games, concerts, tons of things. This is like saying “yes, doing knife throwing tricks at people is less safe than pillows”. Of course it is, what bar are you setting. Come on, fireworks are literally playing with explosives. Children and drunk people alike.

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          4 months ago

          And way less safe than not playing with explosives at all.

          You gain brief enjoyment at the risk of fires and injuries. This makes no sense.

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            It’s almost like our collective experience is so boring and gloomy and so stressful for our little bodies and brains that we as a species are prone to mercurial outbursts where we act recklessly as a way to prove our existence to ourselves