# Gender reveal explosion in New Hampshire rattles houses for 20 miles
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 23, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585 "2021-04-23T05:21:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/1 "2021-04-23T05:21:01Z")
you know i think the authorities need to start getting involved in these things …
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/it-s-a-boom-gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/ar-BB1fXju0?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=SK2DDHP](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/it-s-a-boom-gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/ar-BB1fXju0?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=SK2DDHP)
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### Author:  [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/2 "2021-04-23T05:24:07Z")
Geez crikies.
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/3 "2021-04-23T10:36:46Z")
When my daughter told us, it was a screen shot of her ultrasound labeled “Roxanna Fae” - not even a GIF of fireworks!
Kinda makes you wonder what kind of parents these folks will be…
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### Author:  [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/4 "2021-04-23T11:32:30Z")
There seems to be some sort of ever-escalating informal competition to keep making these gender reveal thangs bigger and bigger.
I’m waiting on the headline about someone who lets off a pink or blue tinged nuke.
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/5 "2021-04-23T11:59:34Z")
“That’s right, Carolyn, all available tracking technologies around the globe are zeroed in on the incoming asteroids. Experts at space and defense agencies stress that both objects are on near-intercept trajectories with the potential for Earth impact, but it can’t yet be confirmed which of them will strike the planet. Wait a minute, I’m being told there’s a phone call from someone in rural Texas who wants to tell us what this all means…”
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/6 "2021-04-23T12:07:25Z")
> [@Princhester](#):
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> I’m waiting on the headline about someone who lets off a pink or blue tinged nuke.
From Wikipedia.
[ ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Atomic_blast_Nevada_Yucca_1951_%28better_quality%29.png)
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### Author:  [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/7 "2021-04-23T12:35:10Z")
Actually maybe if it’s a boy they let off a surface nuke. Big pillar of smoke. Mushroom head. Wink wink.
If it’s a girl they let off an underground nuke. Crater. Ho ho.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/8 "2021-04-23T12:39:52Z")
Mostly what these events reveal is spectacularly poor judgment.
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### Author:  [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/9 "2021-04-23T13:40:57Z")
Just what was wrong with filled cupcakes? Not “I’m the center of the world” dramatic enough?
Some of these events have KILLED.
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### Author:  [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/10 "2021-04-23T14:35:34Z")
Social media reduces the IQ of most folks by at least 10 solid points. This Instagram IQ hits those at the median and below the hardest. We should be sympathetic. Not everyone is born with the spare IQ to burn.
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### Author:  [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/11 "2021-04-23T14:42:08Z")
Yeah, I blame social media. No one goes viral by doing what’s already been done. You have to go bigger and better.
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### Author:  [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/12 "2021-04-23T15:02:50Z")
I’d have been tempted to text back “Cool name! Is it a boy or a girl?” 🙂
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### Author:  [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/13 "2021-04-23T16:46:54Z")
> [@Deeg](#):
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> Yeah, I blame social media. No one goes viral by doing what’s already been done. You have to go bigger and better.
Bigger and dumber.
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-reveal-explosion-in-new-hampshire-rattles-houses-for-20-miles/940585/14 "2021-04-24T15:27:20Z")
Here’s a few posts on the same event in another thread:
> [@Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread/931945/425):
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> [Gender reveal party using 80 pounds of explosives sets off earthquake reports (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gender-reveal-party-using-80-pounds-of-explosives-sets-off-earthquake-reports/ar-BB1fX2gQ?ocid=msedgntp) Nobody gives a rat’s ass about your baby’s gender. You are a fucking idiot(s)