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Man, people really do love their fireworks... Noise, light and pollution, Yay!
I wonder how many of you guys complain about cars for the same reasons...
Don't forget the fires and injuries!
People can get really defensive and hostile about fireworks and I've never really understood it.
I quit smoking at the beginning of this summer because it's a terrible habit that's inconsiderate to others at best(and bad for me too). So I quit. The thing is I actually liked smoking....Nicotine is something else(I used nicotine gum for anyone wondering)
So if I can accept that about smoking, why is it so hard for folks to understand that fireworks, while enjoyable, can have detrimental effects to other living creatures nearby? Some of whom might be people? It's just really strange to me.
Over here, it's pretty rare to have a car that causes a lot of noise.
A few days ago, there was a car crossing me that was quieter than my cycle's hub. And it was an ICE.
Only the "sports" cars and bikes tend to be loud and thanks to petroleum prices (and the vehicle's price itself) are much less in number.
But loudspeakers and fireworks, I cannot bear.
Air pollution? Mine is a smoker's country. People like me are lucky not to be handed the Darwin award.
https://youtu.be/CTV-wwszGw8
Coming to answer after being woken up by a neighbour's after-party noise, after a few hours of inadequate sleep caused due to noise from said party. And it's half past ten. On top of that, I have had a bad sleep for the past 2 weeks due to continuous bombardment (no, that's just Diwali) for the past 2 weeks.
And even from the video, you may notice - It's less about cars, but that people are loud:
Air pollution:
Taken from 9:13 in the video.
There is just one case, where I would look differently and that is the case of tuk-tuks and mopeds, which turns out to be out of necessity and lack of money. Because those have to be cheap, to cater to the requirement of the target customer, reduced noise comes lower in the list of priorities.
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