fireworks are so white-trash.
i do enjoy 4th of july fireworks. and by fireworks i mean the ones put on by an organized group of safety professionals, at a good distance from all the people who choose to watch them. anything else, besides sparklers, i do not like. you know, the kind of fireworks you can buy at a roadside stand and light up yourself. i really don't care if i offend anyone, but i think "those kind" are super white-trash and redneck. besides also being super dangerous. if it makes you feel better you could say i'm just skittish and that i probably had a bad experience. but honestly it seems to me all too often people mess around with fireworks and don't give a second thought to what kind of things could happen if they are not perfectly careful. it can't be dangerous if it's all in fun, right? fuck that. if the fun could easily seriously injure/maim someone (or worse) i really don't think it's fair to expose anyone else to it. that is, unless you give some kind of actual consent that you would like to participate.
and yes, i did have a bad experience. but only relatively recently, and my feelings about fireworks have been around my whole life. so my bad experience is really more about being unable to let go of the anger that resulted from it. it also bothers me that there are nice people who would have a party, and set off "surprise" fireworks directly behind where i am sitting as a "joke." yeah, that's really funny. i don't care how careful you are being, that is really stupid. even if you had been planning it all along, i think you have some responsibility as a host (even if you're a halfway-decent host) to not put any of your guests in an potential danger. how hard can it be to make up some reason to say, "excuse me, but could you not be sitting here right now?" also, once it's obvious someone at the party is beyond upset, i think that's when you decide, "maybe that's enough for tonight." not, "hey, let's do some more!"
sigh. whatever. fireworks are dangerous. it makes me sound old. i don't care. i don't need to light things on fire to have fun and act like an idiot. i can be an idiot all by myself. but if you ever have a bbq and invite me, this is why i will first ask you if there will be fireworks before i give my answer. please answer honestly. .
and yes, i did have a bad experience. but only relatively recently, and my feelings about fireworks have been around my whole life. so my bad experience is really more about being unable to let go of the anger that resulted from it. it also bothers me that there are nice people who would have a party, and set off "surprise" fireworks directly behind where i am sitting as a "joke." yeah, that's really funny. i don't care how careful you are being, that is really stupid. even if you had been planning it all along, i think you have some responsibility as a host (even if you're a halfway-decent host) to not put any of your guests in an potential danger. how hard can it be to make up some reason to say, "excuse me, but could you not be sitting here right now?" also, once it's obvious someone at the party is beyond upset, i think that's when you decide, "maybe that's enough for tonight." not, "hey, let's do some more!"
sigh. whatever. fireworks are dangerous. it makes me sound old. i don't care. i don't need to light things on fire to have fun and act like an idiot. i can be an idiot all by myself. but if you ever have a bbq and invite me, this is why i will first ask you if there will be fireworks before i give my answer. please answer honestly. .