r/Norway • u/Clear_Blueberry2808 • 21h ago

Other Am i getting too old?

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u/leelmix 20h ago

I just think of all the people and pets/animals they hurt by doing it. Its incredibly selfish. (Not to mention illegal)

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u/trevr0n 20h ago

Growing up I never thought much about it, but my wife has CPTSD so I get pretty stressed on her behalf now. I no longer think fireworks are very cool haha

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u/MistressLyda 16h ago

Ooof! That is fucking rough. A mate of mine struggles with the same, he has ended up dogsitting similarly terrified dogs way up in the mountains. Was amazing to see how his mood in January changed after that became possible, and I am pretty sure hibernating at him saved the sanity of a mildly vintage old dog that used to spend a week shaking like a leaf.

Fingers crossed for an as peaceful evening as possible for you guys, and that a solution is found for next year 🤞

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u/starkicker18 19h ago

I just went out with my puppy and someone let off 4 fireworks. Thankfully it went well (we have been working on loud noises since this will be her first NYE), but that's just not cool. It's one thing on NYE because I can prepare/anticipate it, but before the 31st it's just assholery.

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u/leelmix 19h ago

Ye, we had an adult dog who was not afraid of fireworks but after a group of teenagers standing in a close circle talking fired a big one a few days after new years while still not dark right next to my mom and the dog he started shaking every time he heard fireworks. This was right outside a grocery store so lots of people around.

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u/Dreadzgirl 18h ago

I admit fireworks are pretty to look at in the sky, but I do worry loads about the animals. Not only our pets, but all the wild animals as well. How much they must freak out every single year. I'm dogsitt8ng one 9f my mom's dogs this new years and obviously I won't be outside unless 8 am walking him, but I am nervous about new years eve because he's not used to city life and the amount of fireworks here

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u/starkicker18 18h ago

FWIW, this is what I did with my last dog, who ended up not hating fireworks.

First, I made sure she went out to do her business before the fireworks started going off. I closed the windows (this was in Canada for 1 July). I played some music loud enough to help drown out the sound, but not so loud that it stressed out the dog (she was use to the music / me playing guitar). Then when it got close to the firework time, I sat on the floor with a shit ton of treats and calmly talked to the dog and tried to focus on other things like simple tricks. Keeping yourself calm will help keep the pup calm, so just try to act normal when the fireworks start.

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u/Dreadzgirl 17h ago

Yeah this is what I have done 8n the past. Except my dog 8s not a foodie. Or a toy'ie 🤣 but I'll Def exhaust him with a loooong trip earlier and the music.

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u/starkicker18 7h ago

Good luck!

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u/Phorykal 18h ago

Eating animals is more selfish than fireworks. Do you abstain from meat?

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u/leelmix 18h ago

I cant eat meat anymore but food is necessary, fireworks whenever you feel like it is not.

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u/Phorykal 18h ago

Meat or milk is not necessary to survive in the slightest. There are many types of food.

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u/LolzinatorX 18h ago

But it depends a ton on what those around you teached you while growing up. Not everyone is born with knowledge about everything, and we should stop expecting people to know everything.

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u/Phorykal 18h ago

Sure, but now everyone who read this thread knows and should change their cruel habits. Including you.

Or if you don’t, then at least don’t bring up fireworks saying it’s cruel to animals lmao. That’s just virtue signalling nonsense.

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u/LolzinatorX 18h ago

Lmao is such a weird thing to say in this situation. Just learn to respect people. Guy says «I don’t like scaring animals» and the first thing on your mind is BUT DO YOU EAT THEM YOU EVIL. You wouldn’t speak like this to a person in real life, so why do it at all?

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u/Phorykal 17h ago

«Learn to respect people»

That’s ironic considering you disrespect animals by taking away their rights by killing them. Is killing and taking away rights worse than telling someone to stop killing and taking away rights?

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u/LolzinatorX 17h ago

Killing, eating and taking away rights has nothing to do with fireworks. This thread is about fireworks. You are literally hurting your case, as people like you just make me want to eat more meat, sadly.

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u/johann_popper999 19h ago

All the best things in life are selfish. That's why life isn't selfless.

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u/leelmix 19h ago

There is a big difference between using fireworks legally and illegally.

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u/ObjectiveCoach1510 7h ago

I just love fireworks and pets. One evening to carry on it’s ok. Det er så jævla mange som sutrer på vegne av hunder. Hunden min elsker fireworks 😊

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u/Notyour_grandpa 6h ago

How good for you. Your anecdotal story definitely outweighs the fact that the majority of dogs (and animals in general) are frightened and become highly stressed because of fireworks.

Så hva med å holde kjeft og tenke på at din situasjon ikke er representativ for resten?

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u/Biscuitcrumb96 19h ago

Come to Ireland on Halloween. It sounds like a warzone. We are in the trenches in the run up to October 31st every single year. What lunatic is selling the youths boxes of fireworks!!!!!

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u/New-Student1447 22m ago

Last few new year celebrations I've had Ukranian refugees on my mind. Hope they manage okay

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u/Withdrawnauto4 20h ago

Hørte fyrverkeri utenfor for en liten time siden

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u/HelloThere465 19h ago

Var noen som fyrte av I går på jobben...

Jeg jobber på Shell

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u/Patton-Eve 8h ago edited 3h ago

As a dog owner…no you are right

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u/Klingh0ffer 18h ago

The people saying it is just harmless fun, are missing the point entirely. They are ruining it for everyone else.

More and more people are against fireworks. Someday it will be banned. That day gets closer and closer for every idiot using fireworks before it’s allowed on New Years Eve. If we could contain it to that night only, we could have a chance of keeping it.

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u/161music 3h ago

No. Fireworks suck. At any age and anytime and anywhere. (I’m 18)

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u/csch1992 20h ago

Bare å politianmelde. Er faktisk ikke lov å skyte opp før selveste nyttårsaften etter kl 20. De som skyter før bryter loven

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u/FonJosse 20h ago

Hva hjelper vel det?

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u/FlourWine 17h ago

På forrige plassen jeg bodde er det to separate husstander som sender opp raketter hele året, går sjeldent en uke uten at man plutselig hører et smell 😑

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u/idsdejong 4m ago

Come to the Netherlands, we've been in a warzone since half november...

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u/Passe_Myse 19h ago

Yes.

Everyone knows that much like atom bombs, you have to test fireworks.

When you are going to spend your hard earned money on something other than tractors, Volvos and alkohol. You want to make sure it works. How else are you going to get the respewof your peers?

It is also worth noting that girls and others of the female persuasion loves a man that can look Death in the eye an not flinch.

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u/Adrindia 18h ago edited 18h ago

By the sound of it, I'd strongly recommend against coming to the USA on the evening of July 4th

EDIT: Seems I completely missed the point here. Now I learned something new :)

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u/Clear_Blueberry2808 18h ago

I think you misunderstood the point here. Fireworks are illegal to set of until New Year’s Eve.

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u/Adrindia 18h ago

Ah my bad, you're right, thanks for the info! This is quite interesting, here in the States it's decided per-state, and in some it's either entirely illegal to buy/launch or not touched by law at all. In either case, many people just go and buy them from "free" states and launch them anyway, and the authorities usually don't enforce it at all. Do they do any enforcement in Norway?

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u/Clear_Blueberry2808 14h ago

Between Christmas and New Year the police kind of see between the fingers on this, otherwise it would be enforced.

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u/Antares42 18h ago

I didn't know it's illegal to set off fireworks in the US on July 4th.

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u/Atomkraftverk 20h ago

Er vel på tide å ta seg en ekstra runk da