PSA for those in America
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AI detectors don’t work reliably, and often just end up flagging autistic people as AI. And even if it is, the points can still be valid. The em dash is a big giveaway, but those are also common with people who read a lot of fanfic (cough autistics cough). Because the em dash is commonly used in fanfic dialogue, so fanfic readers and writers get used to seeing and using it.
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Cops are worse.
They're also stupid and disruptive.
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what kind of injuries they see the most on 4th of July.
The explosive kind?
Many victims have blue eyes.
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It's not just the 4th of July. Assholes here sell and set off fireworks for any possible holiday.
Edit: I love fireworks. I love watching the huge shows and setting them off myself. I don't like hearing them at 3am on Christmas morning. Or the three days leading up. Or the next month of random explosions until they pick up again for the new year, of which is when they should be used. But then they continue until they're sold again for valentines day. Once again, I love fireworks, just not to celebrate the existence of Wednesday.
I live in a vacation town where fireworks are illegal and I can hear them basically every weekend from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
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AI detectors don’t work reliably, and often just end up flagging autistic people as AI. And even if it is, the points can still be valid. The em dash is a big giveaway, but those are also common with people who read a lot of fanfic (cough autistics cough). Because the em dash is commonly used in fanfic dialogue, so fanfic readers and writers get used to seeing and using it.
At this point. I just block anyone I see using the em dash. Will a few false positives slip in? Sure, but I'm confident that I'm blocking more bots than nots.
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Many victims have blue eyes.
Could you explain please? I don't understand
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Gimme a cool drone show over fireworks any day
I went to Universal around last Christmas and they had an awesome drone show. I had never seen anything like it and didn't even know it was a thing. 100% better than a fireworks display.
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Could you explain please? I don't understand
One blew this way, one blew that way
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It is dark/sophomoric humor, and I poorly constructed the straight-man/funny-man mechanic; I expected someone to add the punchline before you got here.It lives rent-free in my brain's darker space, having popped up in the aftermath of the Challenger Distaster.
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It is. Yes. Doesn't change the message.
But why are you using AI to write forum posts?
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Heh. Opposite to everyone here, I am pro-fireworks.
Once a year.
Bird deaths are sad thing but if it's a planned thing once a year, people can shelter their pets and folk who are vulnerable can simply prepare. No harm done, honestly.
But oh my god do I want to murder wankers who proceed to shoot fireworks, often just under peoples windows, for weeks after that. Dear god am I feeling hateful for that.
And yeah, about why I like fireworks - they are pretty, feel amazing, are special occasion and overall, are fun. And yes, that's literally blowing money into the air so I don't do that much, but I still love them.
Edit: Oh, and when done en-masse, there's something magical to them. Even awe inspiring.
Jup, no harm done. Just millions of wild animals that get scared, wounded or are dying as a result. Not to forget the massive pollution of the air and the environment or the people with pets or special needs who are in most cases not really able to protect themselves from that. We humans are so shitty that this is by far not the worse we do. But "no harm done" is a sick joke.
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Fireworks might be beautiful for a moment, but they leave behind a trail of harm.
They pollute the air with toxic chemicals and fine dust, spiking asthma and breathing problems. After events like July 4th or Diwali, air quality drops dangerously — and people with lung issues feel it immediately.
The noise isn’t just loud — it’s traumatizing. Pets panic, birds die, and people with PTSD or autism often suffer in silence.
Tradition isn’t a good excuse when it causes this much damage.
Not all traditions are worth keeping — especially when they hurt the most vulnerable.Traditions are peer pressure from dead people
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Jup, no harm done. Just millions of wild animals that get scared, wounded or are dying as a result. Not to forget the massive pollution of the air and the environment or the people with pets or special needs who are in most cases not really able to protect themselves from that. We humans are so shitty that this is by far not the worse we do. But "no harm done" is a sick joke.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Are you shooting in forest or something? Birds in cities, yes, and I even admitted it in my previous comment, so what's you on about?
And what do you mean people with pets or special needs are not able to protect themselves? Ever heard of a radio? One of many things you can use to drown out the shots for pets. Or are you just sitting your pets on the window and pointing at the beautifully ligthened sky while the poor pet shivers beside you, like psychopats?
And for people - headphones exist. It's literally one night a year.
So yeah, no harm done.
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Are you shooting in forest or something? Birds in cities, yes, and I even admitted it in my previous comment, so what's you on about?
And what do you mean people with pets or special needs are not able to protect themselves? Ever heard of a radio? One of many things you can use to drown out the shots for pets. Or are you just sitting your pets on the window and pointing at the beautifully ligthened sky while the poor pet shivers beside you, like psychopats?
And for people - headphones exist. It's literally one night a year.
So yeah, no harm done.
You can repeat "no harm done" at the end of every comment, and it wouldn't change any of the data we have proving it does, in fact, a lot of harm
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At this point. I just block anyone I see using the em dash. Will a few false positives slip in? Sure, but I'm confident that I'm blocking more bots than nots.
It's so sad such illiteracy means people like you associate the dash with AI
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Are you shooting in forest or something? Birds in cities, yes, and I even admitted it in my previous comment, so what's you on about?
And what do you mean people with pets or special needs are not able to protect themselves? Ever heard of a radio? One of many things you can use to drown out the shots for pets. Or are you just sitting your pets on the window and pointing at the beautifully ligthened sky while the poor pet shivers beside you, like psychopats?
And for people - headphones exist. It's literally one night a year.
So yeah, no harm done.
And what do you mean people with pets or special needs are not able to protect themselves? Ever heard of a radio? One of many things you can use to drown out the shots for pets. Or are you just sitting your pets on the window and pointing at the beautifully ligthened sky while the poor pet shivers beside you, like psychopats?
And for people - headphones exist. It's literally one night a year.
What a selfish and self centered argument.
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Counterpoint: if you can't keep the debris off other people's property, you don't have enough room to be setting off fireworks.
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let the cat do what it wants
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Hope you keep that mindset if you ever become venuarable
there are conditions worse than death, like severe radiation burns
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Are you shooting in forest or something? Birds in cities, yes, and I even admitted it in my previous comment, so what's you on about?
And what do you mean people with pets or special needs are not able to protect themselves? Ever heard of a radio? One of many things you can use to drown out the shots for pets. Or are you just sitting your pets on the window and pointing at the beautifully ligthened sky while the poor pet shivers beside you, like psychopats?
And for people - headphones exist. It's literally one night a year.
So yeah, no harm done.
When I lived in LA it started a week early and on the 4th itself it was a fireworks show finale amount of fireworks for 8 hours straight.
But just turn on the radio.... right.
Maybe it's time to realize different places are different and there may be values to other people's perspectives even if they don't reflect your particular worldview.
