I’d also like to add that there are only a few days each year when it’s allowed; loud vehicles are not a great example because they annoy people year-round.

For July 4, yeah. But doing it at midnight on New Years is important to a lot of people.

I like setting them off at my own pace. Lighting the fuse and running away is half the fun.

What I don’t get is people who only buy a few 100+ shell batteries. At that point you’re better off gong to a show.

Is it that fun?

Yes. Sorry. I only have 1 or 2 days a year where I can legally blow stuff up.

“Vending machines are more deadly than sharks”.

While it’s true that (at least for some years) more people are killed by vending machine accidents than shark attacks, your personal risk depends on what you do. If you’re a vending machine factory worker who never goes into the ocean, you’re far more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark. But if you live in a part of the world that doesn’t have vending machines and you swim in the ocean every day, the reverse is true.

Although you survive, you get 2nd degree burns that take a regular amount of time to heal.

The ability to talk to animals

That’s my secret. I’m always shitting my pants.

I think it’s overall a good feature, but it’s also a bit unfortunate that you can’t vote based on the score that you think something should have, without that vote carrying an additional (unintended) meaning.

Like if someone gives a poorly thought out but otherwise good faith opinion. Maybe it has a score of -50 but it only deserves -10. Now my upvote might be seen as proof that at least one other discussion participant supports that opinion, when that’s not actually the case.

One annoying thing on some subreddits was moderators auto-removing your posts unless you had a certain amount of karma.