I already hate what will be going on on new years eve.
people who live outside of germany: are folks using tons and tons of explosives where you live too?
@witti I wish the germans would go where there are even better explosives and celebrate new year's there. :P
@distelfliege I used to think we did a lot of fireworks, but then I spent Sylvester in Berlin a few years ago. Y'all are over the top.
@auntiekiki where do you live?
@distelfliege Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. But I've lived all over the US, and firework use at the new year is pretty consistent around the country, in places where their use is legal. The little suburb I'm in now, they're illegal but a few people will still light them off--but it helps.
@distelfliege they did when i lived in amsterdam and they did even more when i was in Warszawa 7 years ago.
@distelfliege many many more than I like. Where I last lived they were totally legal and it was absolutely awful. I think they're less so here but I guess I'll find out?
@ruth then I'm wishing you as low a noise level as possible.
@distelfliege thank you. I find them exhausting, but my dog is so distressed by them that it severely raises my stress.
@ruth here, it's my cat. I feel so bad for her. I went to the vet to ask if there are tranquilizers available for cats, but she had nothing for me. it's a bit tricky to dose a smallish cat correctly..
@distelfliege @ruth Would a thundershirt work for your pets for fireworks? Or are they too loud/startling for a thundershirt to help?
@auntiekiki @distelfliege we have a thundershirt for him and it helped a bit when he dealt with thunder on the plains but it mostly just slightly lowers how badly he vibrates.
@ruth @auntiekiki ok looked it up. I haven't tried it, I wonder if wrestling it on my cat might be a bad start of an already bad night..
@distelfliege @auntiekiki it is much easier to get on a dog than I imagine it would be on a cat. Well, on my dog. Among other things, mine is extremely clingy, so it's easy to manipulate him.
@distelfliege @ruth Heh, yeah, with a cat it'd have to be something they'd work up to. Or maybe just using the corner of a weighted blanket?
@auntiekiki @ruth 2 years ago i wrapped the cat in a blanket and put her on my lap. later i washed the blanked and my pants because she peed on me, she was so in fear. the poor thing.
@ruth @auntiekiki last year she was hiding under the bed. she doesn't dare to hide where it's darker and safer, because she seems to be afraid to be unable to see the potential dangers coming.
@distelfliege @ruth Oh poor thing. That's tough--if she won't completely hide and she doesn't want to be held...it might be best to just let her do what she needs to, as distressing as that can be for us humans.
@auntiekiki @ruth yes *sigh* those shitty fireworks..
@ruth @distelfliege Aw, poor pup.
@auntiekiki @ruth I need to look up what a thundershirt is.. the stuff is very loud here.
@distelfliege Oops, sorry. Here: http://www.thundershirt.com/
@distelfliege They probably will, though it's not traditional. Fireworks are used more and more for different holidays.
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Living in the united states, there's a lot of illegal fireworks use surrounding arbitrary holidays. More of a problem in the summer around here, probably because it's cold around new year's.
@enkiv2 thank the gods for the cold!
@distelfliege @enkiv2 In the UK the whole neighbourhood is rampant with explosives a day, or two before the actual celebration, and then also a day, or two after the festivities ended. People also find every excuse to celebrate and do fireworks during any historical, or specifically national holiday. The majority of people do it, so those who find it annoying come across as a minority every time 😃
@distelfliege @enkiv2 I also do have small rabbits in the garden, and the fireworks scare them to no end, which also drives my adrenaline up.
@mareklach oh no.. at least here it's only around new years eve.. a week before that it starts and after the day, ppl blow up their leftovers.
@distelfliege Reykjavik gets pretty real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sceSxb7idug
@distelfliege because "multiculturalism/diversity" (reality: commercial marketing) and claim to move from centralising fireworks displays in UK at 5th Nov (which is ofc in reality a nasty episode of Christian sectarian violence that led to decades/centuries of war fireworks are now sold (and often discharged) all winter in UK.
Its got better because concerns terrorism and crime led to the stronger ones being banned (gangs were using them as weapons!) but still bad/scary for local animals. 1/2
@vfrmedia oh no... ALL WINTER o.O
@distelfliege NYE fireworks are common in UK now, and before I knew it was tradition in NL (& burning unwanted xmas trees) saw real time feed of Fire Brigade pagers, thought it had proper kicked off in whole country (footy hooligans against refugees or something) and they were setting everything on fire!
Probably also explains why today the seniors were all booked into acute eye clinic at hospital *this* week rather than start of NYE when they will have *plenty* of extra patients just like NL
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