# To those setting off fireworks: Fuck you, you fucking FUCKS! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 5, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693 "2021-07-05T00:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/141 "2021-07-07T16:14:32Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > I see a lot of people here using fireworks as a talisman for various life ills. If fireworks keep you from sleeping it means you probably need to fix your sleeping habits, fireworks should not be a major disruption to sleep. Additionally lots of things will be loud enough to wake you up in the middle of the night, falling back to sleep should not be very difficult or disruptive. If you’re getting otherwise healthy sleep, being woken up in the middle of the night should not be a big deal. > > BTW I struggled with serious insomnia and used prescription sleep aids for years, I’m not being blase–I’m saying I don’t assume **my unhealthy** sleep pattern justifies me crying about the unfairness of the world. Noise in a civilized area is normal, what’s abnormal is minor sleep disruptions making you so upset you cry and throw temper tantrums. That to me is a sign you have bad sleep health, as a sufferer of that very thing, I’m telling you there **are** ways to improve that, and crying about noise isn’t one of them. > > PTSD is a tragic thing, but I’m highly skeptical that most veterans with PTSD are set off by fireworks. I’m a veteran myself (because of all the Stolen Valor shit on the internet, I like to point out most of my military career fell in times of peace and I was a REMF for most of it but I was deployed to combat zones twice–i.e. I’m a veteran in that I’m a retired servicemember, I don’t have a closet full of combat medals); and I’ve been known to get drunk at the local VFW hall, there’s been a lot of guys in there openly mock the idea that fireworks sets off PTSD. These are people who fairly honestly talk about the fact they **do** have PTSD. > > Now PTSD as a pyschiatric thing, is going to have variable manifestations from person to person, so I’m not saying no veteran’s PTSD has ever been set off by fireworks. But there is a fuck ton of stuff that can set off PTSD (including in the millions of regular civilians who have PTSD for various reasons unrelated to serving in combat), and we can’t structure our society around that. Tell me, when you’re wearing your doctor hat, do you post as **Marin\_Jekyll**? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/142 "2021-07-07T16:16:13Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I’ve wondered whether some of the people with freaked-out dogs have been making things worse by getting upset _about_ their dogs getting upset, and then their dogs get even more upset in response to their emotions, and it creates a feedback loop? Sure, however there are also situations like my own. We have four dogs. One is horribly noise phobic. She is still shitting blood/mucous (stress colitis) from fireworks on the fourth. One other dog is mildly affected, and the other two are fine, even seem to like it. We have worked with a trainer. We treat all four dogs the same, although each is from a different background. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/143 "2021-07-07T17:14:00Z")
I actually just straight don’t believe the claims expressed here about the duration, frequency or etc of fireworks. I’ve lived around people launching fireworks my whole life, it’s never that level. I think we just have a bunch of easily triggered people mad that they heard a loud noise–to which I say again, move out into a farm house or something if you can’t stand noise outside your house. You live in a society, not a monastery. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/144 "2021-07-07T17:15:39Z")
100% they have been. I have two dog breeders in my immediate family (who have competed in shows etc for years) and I can tell you that virtually none of their dogs or my dogs have had the sort of crippling anxiety issues around loud noises that I so frequently see expressed on the internet. Dogs are evolved to socialize in a codependent relationship with humans, they feed off your emotional cues and your responses to things. Your dog hears a loud noise and gets scared, so you baby it, shower it with attention etc to make it feel better. That has now created a reward feedback loop teaching your dog that it’s good to get upset and be afraid. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/145 "2021-07-07T17:21:09Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > You live in a society, not a monastery. Goodbye, motherfucker. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/146 "2021-07-07T17:27:49Z")
Of everything I posted I’m surprised a monastery reference is what set things off. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/147 "2021-07-07T17:30:37Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > I actually just straight don’t believe the claims expressed here about the duration, frequency or etc of fireworks. That may just be because you are an idiot. They don’t bother me or my dogs, but they certainly are full on and constant for hours. That you have not experienced this is just your own ignorance. To accuse others of lying because it does not fit your experience is the mark of being a rather pathetic little creature. > [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > I’ve lived around people launching fireworks my whole life, it’s never that level. Obviously you’ve not lived around people launching fireworks at that level. When you live in a neighborhood with a couple hundred homes, it doesn’t take much for it to be a constant thing. Maybe you live in a less populated area, and so don’t have as many neighbors to invite you to join in their exuberance. > [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > I think we just have a bunch of easily triggered people mad that they heard a loud noise I think that you are a pretty shitty person to make such a statement. > [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > to which I say again, move out into a farm house or something if you can’t stand noise outside your house. Why don’t you move to another message board if you can’t stand people sharing experiences that you have not had? > [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > You live in a society, not a monastery. Yes, and one part of living in a society is actually respecting the those around you. We do live in a society, not a free for all where we don’t give a shit about our neighbors. Well, you probably don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/148 "2021-07-07T17:36:20Z")
> **[Fireworks blamed for multiple fires, deaths across Pa.](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/07/fireworks-blamed-for-multiple-fires-deaths-across-pa.html)** > > Four years after a state law passed allowing consumers to buy stronger varieties of fireworks, numerous fires and at least two fatalities have been blamed on fireworks across Pennsylvania this Fourth of July weekend. From the article: In [Lebanon, firefighters spent much of Sunday night through Monday at Consolidated Scrap Resources](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/07/firefighters-have-left-the-scene-of-3-alarm-fire-at-central-pa-recycling-center.html) on the 300 block of North 14th Street, where a three-alarm blaze and explosion ripped through the building. While the investigation continues, Lebanon City Fire Commissioner Duane Trautman acknowledged Monday that fireworks might be to blame. And as firefighters battled the blaze, [he expressed frustration to Fox 43](https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/third-alarm-fire-active-lebanon-local/521-69028a55-edeb-4615-825d-b78987f10bd3)that people were still setting off fireworks. “We were already unnerved by the explosion and they’re going up overhead, big booms, fireworks, while we’re here fighting this,” he told the station. He said there has been a reckless use of fireworks in Lebanon and around the region, adding, “It’s disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/149 "2021-07-07T18:09:38Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cq8k-ZbsXDI/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgVChSMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAGJDRpNjVFPvyWAOSFwoE-9oTmxw "The Doors - Light My Fire") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq8k-ZbsXDI) +++++ > **[‘It scared me, because there are families there’: Fireworks blamed for 3...](https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/fireworks-blamed-for-three-house-fires-in-east-austin/)** > > The Austin Fire Department says that fireworks caused an overnight fire in east Austin that ultimately damaged three homes. > **[Truck carrying fireworks explodes in east Toledo neighborhood, injuring 3](https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/toledo-fire-rescue-fireworks-in-u-haul-truck-get-out-of-control-in-east-toledo/512-a974f83b-cbef-4f90-acb7-87b80adfe72a)** > > Toledo Police and fire crews responded to the call around 10:22 p.m. on Berry Street. > **[Fireworks intentionally thrown onto roof cause apartment complex fire in...](https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/fire/2021/07/06/brockton-highland-street-apartments-complex-building-fire-rubber-roof-intentional-fireworks-fourth/7871557002/)** > > Fire investigators say a Monday evening fire at a 24-unit apartment complex in Brockton was intentionally caused by using pyrotechnics. > **[News](https://www.kmov.com/news/)** > > St. Louis, Missouri breaking and local news updates from KMOV News 4 > **[At Least 5 Brockton Fires Blamed On July 4th Fireworks](https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/brockton-4th-of-july-fireworks-fires/)** > > Fireworks are linked to at least five fires that broke out on the Fourth of July in Brockton. > **[Fourth of July fireworks cause several fires in the Fayetteville area](https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2021/07/05/fourth-july-fireworks-cause-several-fires-fayetteville-area/7867554002/)** > > Several fires were started by fireworks over Fourth of July weekend, including at least one house fire and multiple dumpster and grass fires. > **[Brigham City fireworks cause at least two fires on 4th of July](https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/brigham-city-fireworks-cause-at-least-two-fires-on-4th-of-july)** > > While many people were celebrating the 4th of July Sunday night, the Brigham Fire Department was busy dousing two fires caused by fireworks, despite warnings that extreme drought conditions and high heat would make neighborhood fireworks particularly... > **[Firework-related fires kept South Metro busy on July 4th](https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/fireworks-caused-fires-on-july-4th/73-4051038d-9f61-4eef-b180-f37140d61de7)** > > A South Metro spokeswoman told 9News legal and illegal fireworks were to blame for the incidents they responded to on Sunday night. > **[Fireworks cause 5 Kansas City home fires on Fourth of July](https://fox4kc.com/news/fireworks-cause-5-kansas-city-home-fires-on-fourth-of-july/)** > > Careless and illegal firework use has contributed to five confirmed home fires and more than a dozen other fire responses. > **[Cedar Rapids family’s shed completely destroyed in fire attributed to fireworks](https://www.kcrg.com/2021/07/07/cedar-rapids-familys-shed-completely-destroyed-fire-attributed-fireworks/)** > > Fire department officials say they received more than double the number of calls over the 4th of July weekend from 2020, and many were calls for structure fires. > **[Fireworks caused most Idaho Falls fires last weekend, agency says](https://www.postregister.com/news/crime_courts/fireworks-caused-most-idaho-falls-fires-last-weekend-agency-says/article_2e1bd88f-63d8-5e6f-b9ba-31ad224e9ceb.html)** > > At 1:05 a.m. on July 4, someone called the Idaho Falls Fire Department about a tree caught on fire by fireworks. > **[Teens cause 2 fires at Gaffney apartment complex with fireworks, firefighters...](https://www.wspa.com/news/teens-cause-2-fires-at-gaffney-apartment-complex-with-fireworks-firefighters-say/)** > > Three teenagers are accused of causing two separate fires at the same apartment complex in Gaffney in less than a week. > **[Fresno fireworks started fires and ruined air quality. A heat wave will bring...](https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article252584533.html)** > > “We went off the chart. ... It was like a war zone.” > **[Fireworks blamed for apartment complex fire in Kennewick. It was 1 of dozens...](https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article252596453.html)** > > Fire officials are worried about the continued danger with thunderstorms possible. > **[Fireworks blamed for two overnight fires in Emporia](https://www.wibw.com/2021/07/05/fireworks-blamed-two-small-fires-emporia/)** > > Emporia fire officials say two overnight fires were likely due to fireworks. > **[Watertown Fire Rescue responds to 4 fires caused by fireworks](https://www.thepublicopinion.com/story/news/2021/07/04/fireworks-fourth-july-fires-watertown-fire-rescue/7858382002/)** > > Watertown Fire Rescue was called to multiple grass fires caused by fireworks Saturday. Damage caused was minimal. [https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.newson6.com/story/60e4bff3e0b3da0bf2a4764b/dozens-of-tulsans-injured-by-fireworks-over-holiday-weekend-&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwivxpiwxtHxAhWSPM0KHR3dAVE4RhDF9AEwBXoECAEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw15yxg25clWRC2aCI6uQ9sC](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.newson6.com/story/60e4bff3e0b3da0bf2a4764b/dozens-of-tulsans-injured-by-fireworks-over-holiday-weekend-&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwivxpiwxtHxAhWSPM0KHR3dAVE4RhDF9AEwBXoECAEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw15yxg25clWRC2aCI6uQ9sC) Come on, baby, light my fire Come on, baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/150 "2021-07-07T18:22:35Z")
Well, I guess that’s a polite way of calling me a liar. You’re wrong in that, but hey, this is the PIT. What more do I expect of you. May you find equal belief in your veracity going forward. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/151 "2021-07-07T18:53:03Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I think that you are a pretty shitty person to make such a statement. What else would you expect from [the sheep slapper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-martin-hyde/944407) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/152 "2021-07-07T19:11:07Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Obviously you’ve not lived around people launching fireworks at that level. When you live in a neighborhood with a couple hundred homes, it doesn’t take much for it to be a constant thing. Maybe you live in a less populated area, and so don’t have as many neighbors to invite you to join in their exuberance. I’ve never lived around people who set off fireworks like what’s described here, and I live in a densely populated suburb. (where fireworks are illegal) But when someone makes a plausible factual claim (not, “I was abducted by aliens”, but “my neighbors set off fireworks until long after midnight, and a lot of them do it on nights other than the 4th”) my inclination is to believe them. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/153 "2021-07-07T19:18:51Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > They frighten animals, they trigger PTSD in people, and, here in the West, their arrogance will start fires, all in the name of some “harmless” fun. Thanks for this. I have mild PTSD from my lovely time in Vietnam, which is triggered by loud noises. As with most people, someone dropping a book makes me jump, but continued explosions of mortar fireworks nearby is too much like the real thing, and really starts to freak me out. It was quieter this year than in past years, as even most of the infants who like to blow shit up realized that after last year’s fires and our recent heat wave, it was probably a really bad idea to set things ablaze. I was fine with what was going on off in the distance, but the cat was on her belly until it stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/154 "2021-07-07T19:21:33Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > I think we just have a bunch of easily triggered people mad that they heard a loud noise–to which I say again, move out into a farm house or something if you can’t stand noise outside your house. Oh, and go fuck yourself, you sorry excuse for a human. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/155 "2021-07-07T19:27:39Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’ve never lived around people who set off fireworks like what’s described here, and I live in a densely populated suburb. (where fireworks are illegal) I live in a densely populated suburb were fireworks ARE legal. Want to launch motars from your backyard? No problem (in fact, the people directly behind my build did. For several hours). Fourth of July around here has been described as “Bombs over Baghdad”, “The Blitz”, and various other colorful metaphors implying destruction and war. It can’t be said to “start” at a particular time on the 4th so much as lingering on from the pre-4th festivities, ramping up as people get out of bed and move outside, and are a full-on din from about noon until after midnight (legally you’re supposed to stop at 1 am, and surprisingly about 95% of it does). The air smells like gunpowder for days. The upside to all this shit being legal is that people don’t feel a need to hide it which I think leads many to engage in safer practices. For example, a couple families in my building used sidewalk chalk to mark out a launching area on the building parking lot well away from burnable stuff instead of sneaking around alleys and such. No need to hide, after all. Of course, you ARE liable for any damage you cause. But my god is it fucking noisy around the 4th. Although my birds aren’t bothered as much by the noise as by the lights and colors after dark. I have no idea why they find that so upsetting but they do. At least it’s easier to block light than sound. They still don’t sleep much, but they can snooze the next day. Me, I usually have to go to work. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/156 "2021-07-07T20:41:30Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > continued explosions of mortar fireworks nearby is too much like the real thing, and really starts to freak me out. I’ve admittedly never been in a war zone, but I think that my neighborhood does a pretty good job of trying to replicate one. You have the little bangs, almost constant from somewhere around that sound like small arms fire. You have mortars going off constantly. Then there’s little pauses, where it gets quiet for a few minutes as people start to reset. Then it starts up again, first with one or two, then others joining in, raising back to a giant cacophony. I can certainly see how someone who has actually been in a battle would find it to be rather disturbingly familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/157 "2021-07-07T21:29:55Z")
@Martin_Hyde is ignorant and he likes it that way. Can’t you people just leave him alone? 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/158 "2021-07-07T21:40:32Z")
Probably a good idea. I mop up enough melted-down snowflakes at work, don’t need to be doing it here. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/159 "2021-07-07T22:20:20Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > I have two dog breeders in my immediate family (who have competed in shows etc for years) and I can tell you that virtually none of their dogs or my dogs have had the sort of crippling anxiety issues around loud noises that I so frequently see expressed on the internet. Your anonymous 3rd party anecdotes are strangely uncompelling! I have two uncles who are psychiatrists and they say that people who do this are dicks. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693/160 "2021-07-07T23:29:00Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > BTW I struggled with serious insomnia and used prescription sleep aids for years, I’m not being blase–I’m saying I don’t assume **my unhealthy** sleep pattern justifies me crying about the unfairness of the world. I don’t believe you sleep, because, you know, [heartless robots like you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Gh_IcK8UM) that steal medicine from old people don’t need to sleep. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-setting-off-fireworks-fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks/945693.md?page=9)