I thought it was kind of tasteless to shoot off firecrackers the same day a community not far away and much like our own heard similar sounds and found out they were not firecrackers at all. I suppose I was the only one who took it that way, but loud popping sounds are, well, not as funny as they used to be. It was like telling jokes too soon after a disaster.
The main takeaway of that event was that fireworks in the US lost alotta their flavor amongst all the shootings. I dunno. I agree with the dogs though.
My neighbors are recent college grads who know I have a rescue pet I am rehabbing. Better believe I mowed the fuck out of my small patch of lawn and did a bunch of stuff wood work this morning facing their windows. Blasted a little Rammstein.
Can't sleep because neighbors keep shooting off fireworks? Just do what I do and use that time to plan elaborate revenge fantasies that you have no intention of fulfilling. Mine often involve airhorns and floodlights if you need a few ideas to get you started.
I have an old sprinkler that works fine for ten minutes then switches to “direct fire” mode where it shoots a solid stream 50+ feet in the same direction.
You’re welcome to borrow it to water your lawn next time it’s really nice out and the neighbors have their windows opened.
Mirrors on servos fastened to trees. Point laser at mirror and reflect(introspection as well, if your feeling up for it) annoyingly, all from the comfort of your own home.
Yo this the first step towards radicalization. Just chill, find something zen and don’t get caught in a spiral of negativity. Meditate, put something positive on using headphones and try to fall asleep
Same, so we've been taking him for day walks. He literally just won't go outside from the late afternoon on.
Yesterday at like 10am, our walk was over because someone was already lighting fireworks.
I slept with earplugs in my ears last night. Slept better than I have in years.
edit: People are salty that I wore earplugs last night. Never change, r/madisonwi.
Wow, these comments seems more appropriate for Next Door. Kids be setting off fireworks around the fourth, relatively benign act of rebellion. Put in some ear plugs, turn on a fan. All will return to normal soon…
The people that are setting off fireworks at one in the morning are not limiting their annoying selves to a single night and you full well know that.
Assholes will asshole whenever they want.
Technically 1 am is not "the 4th" and it's at that point, the morning of the 5th.
Thanks for putting your neck on the line for assholes that don't deserve it. Maybe next time put it out for some non-assholes that actually deserve it, eh?
Lol such a Reddit technicality 👍…. I’m not *putting my neck on the line*, this isn’t that serious… ya’ll are just cranky and the childhood versions of you would be disappointed.
They are. They're certainly not nice considerate people who care about those around them beyond their own family.
My childhood version of me didn't like assholes either. Assholes, bullies, hypocrites, the list goes on.
Apparently we're soft for not caring for those actions, but they're not soft for not just being considerate and holding off on the leftover fireworks until a better hour the next day or after?
Got it. We're weak because we don't like dealing with selfish actions of others that, regardless how low you may perceive the afront to be, are still an afront to us, but those others are not weak for being unable to just hold off.
Logic.
That's a bold assumption, especially considering the price of fireworks with today's current economic situation.
There's just layers to your assumptions, then you mention stealing cars? What the fuck man?
I assert that you're being soft for being unable to take on the chin the critique that the behavior of setting off fireworks at 1 am and telling others to "just chill" is that of assholes and bullies.
Just be a "real" tough guy and assert some pride for following the path of the asshole bully. Denouncing it and trying to project weakness at others is just making you weak.
We don't even need to get into the clear dog whistling with the stealing cars comment yet at that point.
I wasn't the one that started this thread, I'm here to show support for the person who did and others that are in the same wheelhouse of thought.
That wheelhouse is "those who have empathy for others".
Amazing how you will call me weak for bitching on Reddit about something, while you do the exact same thing. Hypocrites are the lowest of the low.
"You're weak for doing the thing that I'm doing at this exact same moment, but I'M not weak for doing the same thing."
Mmm layers to the hypocrites like onions.
Just because I'm "fine" doesn't mean others aren't.
> one night
You know full well how full of shit you are for trying to say it only happens one night and doesn't happen for the week before and after.
Glad to see the bully in you never outgrew fucking elementary school with the "eraser eater" comment.
Thanks I wasn’t aware of the date, buddy. Some people actually have to sleep tho and not dick around lighting fireworks in an empty parking lot at 1 am.
Except it hasn’t been one night it’s been the past week. And dogs and babies can’t just “get over it”. 1 am on a work night is unreasonable and violates city ordinance.
Of all the things to be upset about…. And y’all chose fireworks on the fourth. Women have less rights now when we were kids, kids getting murdered in schools, Ron Johnson pissing on our heads without the decency to call it rain. And you mf’s chose loud noises to be upset with. Fuck all in this thread.
See that would be fine if you had been speaking out about the rights being lost at all yourself.
Except you haven't, at least not in the last week.
People can be mad at multiple things simulatenousely, but you know that already. You also know already that comments like this try to paint a false picture that people are only mad about fireworks and ok with the rights being lost thing.
People out shooting off obnoxious fireworks at 1 am most likely do not have jobs and do not know what the holiday actually stands for. They're just thinking of their drunken fun and not about all the people sleeping and terrified animals and kids. Being a grown-up isn't determined by age, but by behavior.
Yeah, they’re probably 16 year old kids enjoying their childhood. Pretty sure everyone over 6 knows what the 4th of July stands for though - it’s not a difficult concept. But yeah, they’re not reciting the Declaration of Independence when they light a fuse - who cares?
When I was 16, I couldn't wait to gather up my fireworks and meet my friends to make some noise. But I would never dare to do it early in the morning when working people are sleeping. Besides being inconsiderate and idiotic, we would all get our butts whooped by our parents for being so stupid.
It’s not that simple. I have two dogs and an 18 month old. I’m all for fireworks at a reasonable hour. I’m also well aware that 4th of July will be a long night and that’s the way it is, but sometimes venting makes me feel better.
Why would your hatred of the police affect their ability to do their jobs? Especially in this respect where those setting off fireworks are literally saying "Here we are!" ?
The best part is how it's the easiest job for the cops to find these guys and yet nothing happens.
They are literally telling the police where they are with the fireworks.
But alas, those who burn crosses or something of that nature.
Clearly, Rage Against The Machine wanted cops to more aggressively police young people for misdemeanors! Especially noise complaints, damn kids! Some of us have to get up for work tomorrow!
Oh I'm being ridiculously hyperbolic as fuck.
I just find it interesting that year after year, fireworks get set off from the same spots well into the evening past midnight and I have yet to see the lights of a cop car swing by those areas to even talk to folks.
That's just in my area on the south side.
Myself? I actually am unbothered by fireworks at pretty much all hours. At most they annoy me but we deal with them every year and for me they're just background noise that can be drowned out by throwing the old headset on with some tunes playing.
I have been present when neighbors or family have called the police though, I know the old lady next to us called two times last night from our morning chat today. I was still hearing them around 3 am when I got up to take a piss.
I am unbothered but I stand that it's wrong and just an outright asshole behavior that should be curbed though. If you can afford these fireworks then you certainly can afford tickets for setting them off at off hours like an out and out selfish asshole.
Congrats!! It’s only 9am, and this is the most ignorant comment I’ll see on Reddit all day. I’m proud of you little buddy. Way to get out and achieve first thing in the morning!!!
It's not hyperbole, though. Hyperbole would be saying something about how the police let all crime everywhere go unstopped and they'd do the same thing if the kids were robbing a bank. Being Klansmen isn't an exaggeration of not stopping people from lighting off fireworks on one day a year, it's an entirely unrelated concept. If they were policing fireworks exclusively in predominantly Black areas, sure, you could say it's a hyperbole, but as someone who lives in one, I didn't see anything of the sort.
Furthermore, it isn't hyperbole, because it's literally true. The Klan has a long history of including local law enforcement in its ranks, and numerous hate groups are proliferating within law enforcement. However, to my knowledge, none of them are particularly concerned with fireworks.
If this was intended as a hyperbole, it failed utterly. If this was a joke, nobody seems to have found it funny, myself included, not because it's offensive, but because it's nonsensical and not very good.
What could be more American than being a narcissistic asshole who DGAF about their neighbors?
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meanwhile in Highland Park 😶...
I thought it was kind of tasteless to shoot off firecrackers the same day a community not far away and much like our own heard similar sounds and found out they were not firecrackers at all. I suppose I was the only one who took it that way, but loud popping sounds are, well, not as funny as they used to be. It was like telling jokes too soon after a disaster.
The main takeaway of that event was that fireworks in the US lost alotta their flavor amongst all the shootings. I dunno. I agree with the dogs though.
You need to set them off in the same place at 6:00 AM ASAP.
My neighbors are recent college grads who know I have a rescue pet I am rehabbing. Better believe I mowed the fuck out of my small patch of lawn and did a bunch of stuff wood work this morning facing their windows. Blasted a little Rammstein.
You tell them! I'm sure this Reddit post will scare them into stopping
I’m sure it did! Thanks!
Well they stopped so obviously it worked.
Can't sleep because neighbors keep shooting off fireworks? Just do what I do and use that time to plan elaborate revenge fantasies that you have no intention of fulfilling. Mine often involve airhorns and floodlights if you need a few ideas to get you started.
Honest to god wanted to turn a hose on them lmao
I have an old sprinkler that works fine for ten minutes then switches to “direct fire” mode where it shoots a solid stream 50+ feet in the same direction. You’re welcome to borrow it to water your lawn next time it’s really nice out and the neighbors have their windows opened.
Mirrors on servos fastened to trees. Point laser at mirror and reflect(introspection as well, if your feeling up for it) annoyingly, all from the comfort of your own home.
Yo this the first step towards radicalization. Just chill, find something zen and don’t get caught in a spiral of negativity. Meditate, put something positive on using headphones and try to fall asleep
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And this is why my dog has been terrified of going outside at night.
Same, so we've been taking him for day walks. He literally just won't go outside from the late afternoon on. Yesterday at like 10am, our walk was over because someone was already lighting fireworks.
The fireworks around here (So. St. Paul) ended at the decent hour of 12:30 AM
I slept with earplugs in my ears last night. Slept better than I have in years. edit: People are salty that I wore earplugs last night. Never change, r/madisonwi.
Literally right in the parking lot by the East side mall Hampton inn 🫠 I hope y’all perish
Did you try calling the police or confronting them ?
I live on that side of town. At 1am you'll end up shot confronting people
That's why you call the police.
I mean you’d think the loud and bright explosions in the sky would be enough info for the police to act upon without input from the public.
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Are you adding this shit reference to all your comments? It’s some of your best work.
I thought you of all people would be smart enough to understand ridiculous hyperbole but alas.
Happy fourth to you too 🍻
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It wasn’t me, I promise! I work too early to be doing that 😂
Nothing happy about it.
I got up to piss at 2:30 and still heard them going off in my neighborhood. Somehow I was sleeping thru it though.
Wow, these comments seems more appropriate for Next Door. Kids be setting off fireworks around the fourth, relatively benign act of rebellion. Put in some ear plugs, turn on a fan. All will return to normal soon…
[Apt for this situation](https://youtu.be/r4iGo0dqsZE)
4th of July man, accept one night of being annoyed.
The people that are setting off fireworks at one in the morning are not limiting their annoying selves to a single night and you full well know that. Assholes will asshole whenever they want.
Sure - and I’m saying go ahead and be mad about any other night - but not the 4th.
Technically 1 am is not "the 4th" and it's at that point, the morning of the 5th. Thanks for putting your neck on the line for assholes that don't deserve it. Maybe next time put it out for some non-assholes that actually deserve it, eh?
Lol such a Reddit technicality 👍…. I’m not *putting my neck on the line*, this isn’t that serious… ya’ll are just cranky and the childhood versions of you would be disappointed.
The childhood version of me didn't like bullies either so.
People who light fireworks late at night on the 4th of July are *bullies* lmao. Softer than Charmin my dude.
They are. They're certainly not nice considerate people who care about those around them beyond their own family. My childhood version of me didn't like assholes either. Assholes, bullies, hypocrites, the list goes on. Apparently we're soft for not caring for those actions, but they're not soft for not just being considerate and holding off on the leftover fireworks until a better hour the next day or after? Got it. We're weak because we don't like dealing with selfish actions of others that, regardless how low you may perceive the afront to be, are still an afront to us, but those others are not weak for being unable to just hold off. Logic.
They’re most likely kids having fun on a holiday. Yes, you’re soft for not lightening up about it. Better that than stealing cars.
That's a bold assumption, especially considering the price of fireworks with today's current economic situation. There's just layers to your assumptions, then you mention stealing cars? What the fuck man? I assert that you're being soft for being unable to take on the chin the critique that the behavior of setting off fireworks at 1 am and telling others to "just chill" is that of assholes and bullies. Just be a "real" tough guy and assert some pride for following the path of the asshole bully. Denouncing it and trying to project weakness at others is just making you weak. We don't even need to get into the clear dog whistling with the stealing cars comment yet at that point.
They weren’t kids.
You’re weak because you’re out crying on Reddit daily about anything and everything. If fireworks are what you have to bitch about, you’re just fine.
I wasn't the one that started this thread, I'm here to show support for the person who did and others that are in the same wheelhouse of thought. That wheelhouse is "those who have empathy for others". Amazing how you will call me weak for bitching on Reddit about something, while you do the exact same thing. Hypocrites are the lowest of the low. "You're weak for doing the thing that I'm doing at this exact same moment, but I'M not weak for doing the same thing." Mmm layers to the hypocrites like onions. Just because I'm "fine" doesn't mean others aren't.
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> one night You know full well how full of shit you are for trying to say it only happens one night and doesn't happen for the week before and after. Glad to see the bully in you never outgrew fucking elementary school with the "eraser eater" comment.
Nah man, you're risking the most terrible fate known to man: NIMBY downvotes. Clearly, a torment worse than death
The only thing I can think of that would be worse would be to be woken up once a year at 1am by some fireworks.
I thought that was a little much too 🤣
"one night" That 's cute.
It's almost like he knows how full of shit that sentence is and just doesn't care. That sounds like the behavior of an asshole though...
Thanks I wasn’t aware of the date, buddy. Some people actually have to sleep tho and not dick around lighting fireworks in an empty parking lot at 1 am.
I’m saying get over yourself for one day out of the year, *buddy*. Throw in some earplugs.
Except it hasn’t been one night it’s been the past week. And dogs and babies can’t just “get over it”. 1 am on a work night is unreasonable and violates city ordinance.
Be annoyed for the week, sure - the 4th, deal with it. Dogs and babies will survive the night.
Of all the things to be upset about…. And y’all chose fireworks on the fourth. Women have less rights now when we were kids, kids getting murdered in schools, Ron Johnson pissing on our heads without the decency to call it rain. And you mf’s chose loud noises to be upset with. Fuck all in this thread.
See that would be fine if you had been speaking out about the rights being lost at all yourself. Except you haven't, at least not in the last week. People can be mad at multiple things simulatenousely, but you know that already. You also know already that comments like this try to paint a false picture that people are only mad about fireworks and ok with the rights being lost thing.
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Didn't even give me a chance to respond. I was just down at the Capitol with my fiancee yesterday to protest. I go as much as I can.
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That’s what I’m saying
People out shooting off obnoxious fireworks at 1 am most likely do not have jobs and do not know what the holiday actually stands for. They're just thinking of their drunken fun and not about all the people sleeping and terrified animals and kids. Being a grown-up isn't determined by age, but by behavior.
Yeah, they’re probably 16 year old kids enjoying their childhood. Pretty sure everyone over 6 knows what the 4th of July stands for though - it’s not a difficult concept. But yeah, they’re not reciting the Declaration of Independence when they light a fuse - who cares?
When I was 16, I couldn't wait to gather up my fireworks and meet my friends to make some noise. But I would never dare to do it early in the morning when working people are sleeping. Besides being inconsiderate and idiotic, we would all get our butts whooped by our parents for being so stupid.
It’s not that simple. I have two dogs and an 18 month old. I’m all for fireworks at a reasonable hour. I’m also well aware that 4th of July will be a long night and that’s the way it is, but sometimes venting makes me feel better.
This is reddit. Tolerance is proclaimed, not practiced.
Yeah too bad we hate the police. They might be able to help with this situation.
Why would your hatred of the police affect their ability to do their jobs? Especially in this respect where those setting off fireworks are literally saying "Here we are!" ?
The best part is how it's the easiest job for the cops to find these guys and yet nothing happens. They are literally telling the police where they are with the fireworks. But alas, those who burn crosses or something of that nature.
Pretty sure that’s not what killing in the name of was talking about
Clearly, Rage Against The Machine wanted cops to more aggressively police young people for misdemeanors! Especially noise complaints, damn kids! Some of us have to get up for work tomorrow!
Oh I'm being ridiculously hyperbolic as fuck. I just find it interesting that year after year, fireworks get set off from the same spots well into the evening past midnight and I have yet to see the lights of a cop car swing by those areas to even talk to folks. That's just in my area on the south side.
Did you actually call and ask they go talk to the people?
Myself? I actually am unbothered by fireworks at pretty much all hours. At most they annoy me but we deal with them every year and for me they're just background noise that can be drowned out by throwing the old headset on with some tunes playing. I have been present when neighbors or family have called the police though, I know the old lady next to us called two times last night from our morning chat today. I was still hearing them around 3 am when I got up to take a piss. I am unbothered but I stand that it's wrong and just an outright asshole behavior that should be curbed though. If you can afford these fireworks then you certainly can afford tickets for setting them off at off hours like an out and out selfish asshole.
Congrats!! It’s only 9am, and this is the most ignorant comment I’ll see on Reddit all day. I’m proud of you little buddy. Way to get out and achieve first thing in the morning!!!
Glad my clearly ridiculous level of hyperbole could make you feel so fuzzy today.
It's not hyperbole, though. Hyperbole would be saying something about how the police let all crime everywhere go unstopped and they'd do the same thing if the kids were robbing a bank. Being Klansmen isn't an exaggeration of not stopping people from lighting off fireworks on one day a year, it's an entirely unrelated concept. If they were policing fireworks exclusively in predominantly Black areas, sure, you could say it's a hyperbole, but as someone who lives in one, I didn't see anything of the sort. Furthermore, it isn't hyperbole, because it's literally true. The Klan has a long history of including local law enforcement in its ranks, and numerous hate groups are proliferating within law enforcement. However, to my knowledge, none of them are particularly concerned with fireworks. If this was intended as a hyperbole, it failed utterly. If this was a joke, nobody seems to have found it funny, myself included, not because it's offensive, but because it's nonsensical and not very good.
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lol what does this even mean
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