The sale of fireworks started yesterday. Last night, I was in a “bad” part of the city, and they were already shooting off fireworks all over the place.
I’m one of those who thinks that they should be banned because most people simply are not mature enough to be playing with explosives. Especially those people who are spending a ton of money on them…
GoldenEgg_Sol on
Im not German and Yes, Please ban firecrackers
BazingaQQ on
Im neither for nor against fireworks, but that is a false headline and a very sloppy and misleading story.
The only survey linked to said that 22% want to see fireworks in a private party and the pnly reference to the headline is an unreferenced and unverified caption under a stock photo.
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Kaleldoscope360 on
The other half buys fireworks and makes the stores and manufacturers money.
Inevitable_Ad574 on
100% support the initiative.
losorikk on
Why not let the cities do fireworks shows like in other countries.
It’s prettier safer and cleaner.
sahurKareem on
That headline and article got debunked like a thousand times already.
OTee_D on
“A fifth of the population is actively taking part”
Same info, just framed different.
What is the percentage of most other popular hobbies or traditions?
SoldierSinnoh on
I live in Berlin, and its just awful. Annoying, smelly, just awful
Efficient-Topic5313 on
no
Cigarrauuul on
So it’s the minority. Strange way to say that though.
DrLurchi on
In Germany we don’t say it should be banned. We say: „pyyrooooteeechnik… ist doch kein Verbrechen…!!“
And I think it’s beautiful
Incidentally, a mere 3.7% of the population in Germany voted in favour of a ban in the “largest petition”. There is a slight discrepancy between media coverage and reality.
WeakDoughnut8480 on
So more than half don’t want a ban?
Cross_22 on
Be careful what you wish for.
Growing up in Berlin I now miss the fireworks show every single year. Living in a large US metropolis the New Year’s Eve highlights of the past years were:
a) a single person banging a spoon on a pot at midnight
b) the sound of ocean waves in the downtown harbor
Absolutely pathetic and disappointing.
City-run fireworks can help a little, if you happen to be in an area where they are visible or like to rub shoulders with tons of people in the designated areas.
Swoop8472 on
The majority of all Germans don’t want a ban on fireworks.
Fixed the title.
Prestigious_Gain_535 on
I can’t carry a knife anymore, and now they want to take away my Pyro license, no fun!
Monkfich on
I live in a medium sized town, and it is a bonding experience for my family and the neighbours’ families to come out onto the street, chat a bit, and set off hundreds of euros of fireworks off. The next morning I’m up early to help clean up my contribution to the mess on the street. We did have flares one year, and rockets fired randomly by hand, but that was a one off.
Sure, pets will be scared, I’ve been there. Just keep them watching the tv or something and distracted, and it won’t be so bad.
crone66 on
Correct title: Majority of Germans want to use/buy fireworks.
Nice Framing…
Ballerbarsch747 on
“Oh no, personal freedom! We need to ban anything that could lead to people hurting themselves or others!”
da_Aresinger on
I just think fireworks should be even more expensive. Some kind of tax that’s used for cleanup and environmental initiatives.
(Also do this for cigarettes)
inter_stellaris on
After our stupid moron of a neighbour found it incredibly funny to throw one of these red firecrackers into the hallway of my house through the open door while I was in there and suffered of hearing loss after that a couple of days, after hearing the ambulances and fire brigades all night long, and after I walk the streets the next days every year and see all the trash on the streets those morons cannot be bothered to clean up after theirselves I cannot help but think that this is a „tradition“ so stupid that each and every Alien watching that shit from afar must think our race has no brain cells left.
I mean it even isn’t nice to look at and bears no aesthetic or art at all, it’s just loud and smelly and satisfies some primitive instincts leftover from the Stone Age. It‘s simply embarrassing.
PabloZissou on
Here in Berlin since Tuesday idiots are using firecrackers non stop since 4 PM horrible.
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The sale of fireworks started yesterday. Last night, I was in a “bad” part of the city, and they were already shooting off fireworks all over the place.
I’m one of those who thinks that they should be banned because most people simply are not mature enough to be playing with explosives. Especially those people who are spending a ton of money on them…
Im not German and Yes, Please ban firecrackers
Im neither for nor against fireworks, but that is a false headline and a very sloppy and misleading story.
The only survey linked to said that 22% want to see fireworks in a private party and the pnly reference to the headline is an unreferenced and unverified caption under a stock photo.
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The other half buys fireworks and makes the stores and manufacturers money.
100% support the initiative.
Why not let the cities do fireworks shows like in other countries.
It’s prettier safer and cleaner.
That headline and article got debunked like a thousand times already.
“A fifth of the population is actively taking part”
Same info, just framed different.
What is the percentage of most other popular hobbies or traditions?
I live in Berlin, and its just awful. Annoying, smelly, just awful
no
So it’s the minority. Strange way to say that though.
In Germany we don’t say it should be banned. We say: „pyyrooooteeechnik… ist doch kein Verbrechen…!!“
And I think it’s beautiful
Incidentally, a mere 3.7% of the population in Germany voted in favour of a ban in the “largest petition”. There is a slight discrepancy between media coverage and reality.
So more than half don’t want a ban?
Be careful what you wish for.
Growing up in Berlin I now miss the fireworks show every single year. Living in a large US metropolis the New Year’s Eve highlights of the past years were:
a) a single person banging a spoon on a pot at midnight
b) the sound of ocean waves in the downtown harbor
Absolutely pathetic and disappointing.
City-run fireworks can help a little, if you happen to be in an area where they are visible or like to rub shoulders with tons of people in the designated areas.
The majority of all Germans don’t want a ban on fireworks.
Fixed the title.
I can’t carry a knife anymore, and now they want to take away my Pyro license, no fun!
I live in a medium sized town, and it is a bonding experience for my family and the neighbours’ families to come out onto the street, chat a bit, and set off hundreds of euros of fireworks off. The next morning I’m up early to help clean up my contribution to the mess on the street. We did have flares one year, and rockets fired randomly by hand, but that was a one off.
Sure, pets will be scared, I’ve been there. Just keep them watching the tv or something and distracted, and it won’t be so bad.
Correct title: Majority of Germans want to use/buy fireworks.
Nice Framing…
“Oh no, personal freedom! We need to ban anything that could lead to people hurting themselves or others!”
I just think fireworks should be even more expensive. Some kind of tax that’s used for cleanup and environmental initiatives.
(Also do this for cigarettes)
After our stupid moron of a neighbour found it incredibly funny to throw one of these red firecrackers into the hallway of my house through the open door while I was in there and suffered of hearing loss after that a couple of days, after hearing the ambulances and fire brigades all night long, and after I walk the streets the next days every year and see all the trash on the streets those morons cannot be bothered to clean up after theirselves I cannot help but think that this is a „tradition“ so stupid that each and every Alien watching that shit from afar must think our race has no brain cells left.
I mean it even isn’t nice to look at and bears no aesthetic or art at all, it’s just loud and smelly and satisfies some primitive instincts leftover from the Stone Age. It‘s simply embarrassing.
Here in Berlin since Tuesday idiots are using firecrackers non stop since 4 PM horrible.