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A question about fireworks please. (self.Blind)
submitted by OutlawJessie
Hi there, can I ask you guys a question please? I was on my Reddit feed and there was a display of mini drones, flying in formation to produce a light show, I thought maybe they would one day replace firework displays.
There's a fairly strong movement to have private sales of fireworks banned in a lot of places already. The noise from them frightens animals (my old dog was hysterical at the merest hint of a firework, she chewed a huge hole in the kitchen wall once), and they scare some people, wake babies, upset old folks, and of course there's physical environmental fallout to consider, basically litter falling from the sky.
I appreciate some visually impaired people wouldn't be able to see the actual firework lights, but I also know deaf people who go to concerts for the vibes. Would you miss fireworks at all if they didn't exist anymore? As a blind or partially sighted person, do you gain any enjoyment from the sound and feeling of the explosions set to music at a professional display? Or the residual smell of gunpowder in the air. Would moving to drone displays take away an experience you enjoy, or wouldn't it matter to you.
Thank you for any replies.
There's a fairly strong movement to have private sales of fireworks banned in a lot of places already. The noise from them frightens animals (my old dog was hysterical at the merest hint of a firework, she chewed a huge hole in the kitchen wall once), and they scare some people, wake babies, upset old folks, and of course there's physical environmental fallout to consider, basically litter falling from the sky.
I appreciate some visually impaired people wouldn't be able to see the actual firework lights, but I also know deaf people who go to concerts for the vibes. Would you miss fireworks at all if they didn't exist anymore? As a blind or partially sighted person, do you gain any enjoyment from the sound and feeling of the explosions set to music at a professional display? Or the residual smell of gunpowder in the air. Would moving to drone displays take away an experience you enjoy, or wouldn't it matter to you.
Thank you for any replies.
razzretina 5 points 3y ago
Personally I wouldn't miss them. It would be nice to go out in July and June without the things going off everywhere from every corner. The big shows are very unpleasant to me. I hate feeling that unnatural boom in my chest and ribs. A thunderstorm is fine, but fireworks have always been too much for me.
blackberrybunny 3 points 3y ago
I'm a 51 y.o. woman, who has been legally blind since birth. I can tell you that there is something really awesome and amazing seeing huge fireworks exploding up in the sky. I love the boom they make. I love the sizzle sounds from the sparkles. I would miss them a lot. Sometimes, you can smell them.
The drone shows are nice, but they are nothing like fireworks. It's like trying to explain the similarities of oranges and say, golf balls. The only thing they have in common are that they are both round. The only thing fireworks and drone shows have in common is that they are visually entertaining, if you will. Drones and fireworks are nothing alike. A drone show is nice on its own, but it can't be compared to huge fireworks. So yes, I'd miss fireworks a lot.
The drone shows are nice, but they are nothing like fireworks. It's like trying to explain the similarities of oranges and say, golf balls. The only thing they have in common are that they are both round. The only thing fireworks and drone shows have in common is that they are visually entertaining, if you will. Drones and fireworks are nothing alike. A drone show is nice on its own, but it can't be compared to huge fireworks. So yes, I'd miss fireworks a lot.
codeplaysleep 2 points 3y ago
I can see them and I still wouldn't miss them. They're exciting when you're little. After that, they're just kinda boring. You've seen one fireworks display you've seen them all.
noaimpara 2 points 3y ago
I never go to fireworks show because I’m genuinely scared to get hit by one or something (private shows are not banned at all where I live) but I also really damn like the sound. But my fear + the fear of people, animals, babies etc etc > my liking of the sound. I wouldn’t care about missing out. I guess there would still be music and stuff the go with the light show, so I think I’d still go.
CloudsOfMagellan 2 points 3y ago
I like them but wouldn't miss them
DrillInstructorJan 1 points 3y ago
Going to have to go against the flow here, I love fireworks! I loved them when I could see them and I love them even more now. I am for most purposes completely blind and I often describe it as like having your head in a a bucket. It sounds weird but one of the things I miss is a sense of distance. I am not really aware of or capable of perceiving anything further away from me than my arm's reach, except things I can hear. One of the things I love is to hear the echo of the fireworks off the buildings around me. I went to a display near a big church this year (it's November 5 in the UK) and for the first time I got an actual impression of how big this thing is, when the echo crashed back off it and I could sort of hear the building. To put this in perspective, if I got my sight back tomorrow I would not start gazing at sunsets, I would go out in the street and just look at something that's really distant. Any distant object, just to get a feel for distance again. Fireworks give me a bit of that.
Don't want to lose that, fireworks rock.
Don't want to lose that, fireworks rock.
OutlawJessie [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Thank you all. I'd just wondered if without the sounds and scents, so with just the lights, this would be an experience lost to you forever, but you all sound as equally divided as the fully sighted world is.
People with animals and PTSD usually hate fireworks while other people love them.
I like them, but I'd forgo them for the sake of the people who dislike them, our son is 17 now so he doesn't want mummy to take him anymore, I wouldn't object to them being banned.
Thank you for allowing me to visit your community.
People with animals and PTSD usually hate fireworks while other people love them.
I like them, but I'd forgo them for the sake of the people who dislike them, our son is 17 now so he doesn't want mummy to take him anymore, I wouldn't object to them being banned.
Thank you for allowing me to visit your community.
bscross32 1 points 3y ago
Yeah i love fireworks and blowing shit up.
Arinvar 1 points 3y ago
My wife is totally blind from birth. She hates fireworks, hates the noise, hates the smell. Just a boring 30 minutes standing up in a crowd that is noisy and smelly.
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