Poll of the Day > Coronavirus must be great for the firework industry

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OhhhJa 06/28/20 3:18:45 AM #1:	People set them off constantly near me now. I see them when I'm out driving a lot, too. Has this been everyone else's experience? <cite>OhhhJa posted [p:941371530] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>People set them off constantly near me now. I see them when I'm out driving a lot, too. Has this been everyone else's experience? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sarcasthma 06/28/20 3:35:24 AM #2:	I always heard them a lot around July 4th for some reason. --- What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? A pickpocket snatches your watch. <cite>Sarcasthma posted [p:941371838] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>I always heard them a lot around July 4th for some reason. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OhhhJa 06/28/20 3:45:48 AM #3:	Sarcasthma posted... I always heard them a lot around July 4th for some reason. It's been like this for over a month here <cite>OhhhJa posted [p:941372006] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>Sarcasthma posted... </cite> <quote>I always heard them a lot around July 4th for some reason.</quote>It's been like this for over a month here </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FatalAccident 06/28/20 5:13:56 AM #4:	Sarcasthma posted... I always heard them a lot around July 4th for some reason. lmao --- walks away <cite>FatalAccident posted [p:941373398] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>Sarcasthma posted... </cite> <quote>I always heard them a lot around July 4th for some reason.</quote>lmao </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HelIWithoutSin 06/28/20 5:21:26 AM #5:	FatalAccident posted... lmao --- And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer. -Hans Gruber <cite>HelIWithoutSin posted [p:941373511] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>FatalAccident posted... </cite> <quote>lmao</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
party_animal07 06/28/20 5:22:22 AM #6:	They've been going non-stop since the beginning of June here. Literally every night until at least 2 am. --- https://images.app.goo.gl/azaFeZSgzXpCeCX69 <cite>party_animal07 posted [p:941373528] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>They've been going non-stop since the beginning of June here. Literally every night until at least 2 am. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
captpackrat 06/28/20 9:48:53 AM #7:	https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/23/fireworks-why-going-off-every-night-theories-explained tl:dr Possible answers: Background noise is lower because of pandemic so sound travels further Retailers are illegally selling high-end fireworks normally used in (now cancelled) shows The police are doing it as psychological warfare People are just bored --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. <cite>captpackrat posted [p:941378093] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/23/fireworks-why-going-off-every-night-theories-explained tl:dr Possible answers: Background noise is lower because of pandemic so sound travels furtherRetailers are illegally selling high-end fireworks normally used in (now cancelled) showsThe police are doing it as psychological warfarePeople are just bored</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkPizza 06/28/20 9:59:45 AM #8:	People do it occasionally here. But that was even before Coronavirus. That being said, Sarcasthma posted... I always heard them a lot around July 4th for some reason. --- Official King of Kings Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around. <cite>LinkPizza posted [p:941378344] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>People do it occasionally here. But that was even before Coronavirus. That being said, Sarcasthma posted...</cite> <quote>I always heard them a lot around July 4th for some reason.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fierce_Deity_08 06/28/20 10:12:30 AM #9:	I hope not. Our state is really flammable this time of year. The fire a couple years ago that went through our place was started by someone just grinding metal. --- Official Fierce Deity in my own mind. GT: OnikaraStar, PSN: Onikara, NNID: OnikaraStar <cite>Fierce_Deity_08 posted [p:941378677] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>I hope not. Our state is really flammable this time of year. The fire a couple years ago that went through our place was started by someone just grinding metal. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gguirao 06/28/20 2:20:02 PM #10:	I'm not hearing firworks where I live. --- Donald J. Trump--proof against government intelligence. <cite>gguirao posted [p:941387683] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>I'm not hearing firworks where I live. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nichtcrawler X 06/28/20 2:22:38 PM #11:	OhhhJa posted... Has this been everyone else's experience? Not at all, but then I think we have a completely different fireworks culture here. Without a license, it is only allowed a certain period of time around old and new. And even that is shifting as society at large is starting to aknowldge fireworks are actually to dangerous in the hands of normal people. --- Official Teetotaller of PotD Dovie'andi se tovya sagain! <cite>Nichtcrawler X posted [p:941387800] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>OhhhJa posted... </cite> <quote>Has this been everyone else's experience?</quote> Not at all, but then I think we have a completely different fireworks culture here. Without a license, it is only allowed a certain period of time around old and new. And even that is shifting as society at large is starting to aknowldge fireworks are actually to dangerous in the hands of normal people. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SunWuKung420 06/28/20 2:22:51 PM #12:	None of the companies that do firework shows are working, so it's doubtful the firework industry is booming. --- Align your chakras, it starts with your breathing. http://www.arfalpha.com/ScienceOfBreath/ScienceOfBreath.htm <cite>SunWuKung420 posted [p:941387812] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>None of the companies that do firework shows are working, so it's doubtful the firework industry is booming. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DirtBasedSoap 06/28/20 2:23:29 PM #13:	captpackrat posted... Retailers are illegally selling high-end fireworks normally used in (now cancelled) shows this is it. These guys are making a lot less right now and are just unloading fireworks for cheap. --- Every man with a microphone thinks he can tell you what he loves the most <cite>DirtBasedSoap posted [p:941387833] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>captpackrat posted... </cite> <quote>Retailers are illegally selling high-end fireworks normally used in (now cancelled) shows</quote>this is it. These guys are making a lot less right now and are just unloading fireworks for cheap. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ogurisama 06/28/20 2:23:34 PM #14:	https://youtu.be/TnTKF8Iqz3E --- http://cdn-android.apptap.com/img/870/mobi.colortrilogy.bitlink/267135850.png https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/10/5/uv4r7nGyrE6ylt2lHGWpiQ2.gif <cite>Ogurisama posted [p:941387836] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/TnTKF8Iqz3E </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 06/28/20 2:28:49 PM #15:	I've been hearing an unusual amount for the past couple months. I think it's just people being bored. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:941388060] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>I've been hearing an unusual amount for the past couple months. I think it's just people being bored. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SunWuKung420 06/28/20 2:30:35 PM #16:	captpackrat posted... Retailers are illegally selling high-end fireworks normally used in (now cancelled) shows High end, commercial grade fireworks are considered explosives and federally regulated. Unless a company is having a firesale (ie, already closing their doors), I doubt they want their license to produce shows revoked from selling fireworks illegally. DirtBasedSoap posted... this is it. These guys are making a lot less right now and are just unloading fireworks for cheap. Unlikely. --- Align your chakras, it starts with your breathing. http://www.arfalpha.com/ScienceOfBreath/ScienceOfBreath.htm <cite>SunWuKung420 posted [p:941388134] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>captpackrat posted... </cite> <quote>Retailers are illegally selling high-end fireworks normally used in (now cancelled) shows</quote> High end, commercial grade fireworks are considered explosives and federally regulated. Unless a company is having a firesale (ie, already closing their doors), I doubt they want their license to produce shows revoked from selling fireworks illegally. DirtBasedSoap posted... </cite> <quote>this is it. These guys are making a lot less right now and are just unloading fireworks for cheap.</quote> Unlikely. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SilentSeph 06/28/20 2:37:32 PM #17:	party_animal07 posted... They've been going non-stop since the beginning of June here. Literally every night until at least 2 am. Same I hate it --- Delicious and vicious, while maliciously nutritious. <cite>SilentSeph posted [p:941388382] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>party_animal07 posted... </cite> <quote>They've been going non-stop since the beginning of June here. Literally every night until at least 2 am.</quote>Same I hate it </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sonicplys 06/28/20 3:16:13 PM #18:	People are stupid --- SF Giants, SF 49ers, GS Warriors, SJ Sharks. The 2010 to 2022 Game of the Decade: Greatest game of all time/ever made: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate AKA Smash 4.8 <cite>Sonicplys posted [p:941389872] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>People are stupid </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EclairReturns 06/28/20 3:19:56 PM #19:	FatalAccident posted... lmao Is the joke that the bloke lives in a place where the American Independence Day is not celebrated, or is it a joke about how American fireworks are extremely loud, and that he can hear them from the western shores of the country that does celebrate that day, thousands of miles away from his current place of residence? --- Number XII: Larxene. The Organization's Savage Nymph. <cite>EclairReturns posted [p:941390031] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote><cite>FatalAccident posted...</cite> <quote>lmao</quote> Is the joke that the bloke lives in a place where the American Independence Day is not celebrated, or is it a joke about how American fireworks are extremely loud, and that he can hear them from the western shores of the country that does celebrate that day, thousands of miles away from his current place of residence?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DirtBasedSoap 06/28/20 3:20:05 PM #20:	SunWuKung420 posted... Unlikely its whats happening --- Every man with a microphone thinks he can tell you what he loves the most <cite>DirtBasedSoap posted [p:941390037] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>SunWuKung420 posted... </cite> <quote>Unlikely</quote>its whats happening </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
captpackrat 06/28/20 3:21:34 PM #21:	Ogurisama posted... https://youtu.be/TnTKF8Iqz3E I like how the guy talking on the phone just looks behind him then keeps walking. "Yeah, the stores on fire. What do you want me to get for dinner?" --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. <cite>captpackrat posted [p:941390098] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>Ogurisama posted... </cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/TnTKF8Iqz3E</quote>I like how the guy talking on the phone just looks behind him then keeps walking. "Yeah, the stores on fire. What do you want me to get for dinner?" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkPizza 06/28/20 3:51:41 PM #22:	captpackrat posted... I like how the guy talking on the phone just looks behind him then keeps walking. That was the best part! --- Official King of Kings Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around. <cite>LinkPizza posted [p:941391318] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>captpackrat posted...</cite> <quote>I like how the guy talking on the phone just looks behind him then keeps walking.</quote> That was the best part!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SunWuKung420 06/28/20 4:15:34 PM #23:	DirtBasedSoap posted... its whats happening I'll not take your word for it. For all the fireworks I've heard, I haven't seen a single https://i.imgur.com/Y3a1yKX.gifv --- Align your chakras, it starts with your breathing. http://www.arfalpha.com/ScienceOfBreath/ScienceOfBreath.htm <cite>SunWuKung420 posted [p:941392281] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>DirtBasedSoap posted... </cite> <quote>its whats happening</quote> I'll not take your word for it. For all the fireworks I've heard, I haven't seen a single https://i.imgur.com/Y3a1yKX.gifv </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosAzeroth 06/28/20 4:23:40 PM #24:	I heard some pretty loud ones last night. Like very booming. But tbh I'm not sure what kind they were, so I'm not going to jump to any conclusions. I don't have enough information for my liking to come to what I'd consider an informed conclusion. <cite>ChaosAzeroth posted [p:941392619] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>I heard some pretty loud ones last night. Like very booming. But tbh I'm not sure what kind they were, so I'm not going to jump to any conclusions. I don't have enough information for my liking to come to what I'd consider an informed conclusion. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NeoSioType 06/28/20 4:28:56 PM #25:	It sounded like someone blew themselves up early this morning. <cite>NeoSioType posted [p:941392859] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>It sounded like someone blew themselves up early this morning. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
captpackrat 06/28/20 4:43:24 PM #26:	I heard some fireworks last night, but it sounded like an organized event. A couple of the bigger towns around here have professional fireworks shows on Saturday nights in the summer, usually around July 4th. --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. <cite>captpackrat posted [p:941393429] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>I heard some fireworks last night, but it sounded like an organized event. A couple of the bigger towns around here have professional fireworks shows on Saturday nights in the summer, usually around July 4th. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkPizza 06/28/20 9:08:20 PM #27:	I just saw a family using some on my street... --- Official King of Kings Switch FC: 7216-4417-4511 Add Me because I'll probably add you. I'm probably the LinkPizza you'll see around. <cite>LinkPizza posted [p:941403813] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>I just saw a family using some on my street...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 06/28/20 11:34:28 PM #28:	I kinda imagine it's probably a wash. They lose money in some regards, make additional money in others. The fact that you're going to have fewer gatherings means that at least some sales are lost, plus the professional side of things is obviously going to be hurting. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:941409147] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>I kinda imagine it's probably a wash. They lose money in some regards, make additional money in others. The fact that you're going to have fewer gatherings means that at least some sales are lost, plus the professional side of things is obviously going to be hurting. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sarcasthma 06/29/20 5:50:31 AM #29:	EclairReturns posted... Is the joke that the bloke lives in a place where the American Independence Day is not celebrated, or is it a joke about how American fireworks are extremely loud, and that he can hear them from the western shores of the country that does celebrate that day, thousands of miles away from his current place of residence? It's neither one of those. --- What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? A pickpocket snatches your watch. <cite>Sarcasthma posted [p:941417498] in Coronaviru... [t:78808923]...</cite> <quote>EclairReturns posted... </cite> <quote>Is the joke that the bloke lives in a place where the American Independence Day is not celebrated, or is it a joke about how American fireworks are extremely loud, and that he can hear them from the western shores of the country that does celebrate that day, thousands of miles away from his current place of residence?</quote>It's neither one of those. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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