California fires raging strong.

[shortylickens]

Gender reveal party sparked new California wildfire raging across nearly 7,400 acres

On Sunday, California Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency in five counties due to three wildfires.

www.cnbc.com

My opinion:

Way too many people have kids simply to feed their egos. The only thing more self-absorbed than having a kid is having a gender reveal party. And baby showers no longer have much purpose in an age of consumerism. People can get whatever they need for their babies without begging. And the folks who cannot afford what they need generally dont have friends with lots of money, so they rely on local charities anyway.

 

[shortylickens]

FYI:

Am pretty sure this qualifies as the September Disaster, for those of you who were waiting.
I'd bet a dollar Imgur and Reddit are already flooded with memes.

 

[Fenixgoon]

What if people just didn't do things that could result in fires (edit) but still had reveal parties? Seems like a win win

 

[woolfe9998]

I can smell it literally right now. Wafting through my window which is open because of the heat wave. Smoke. For weeks now.

This can't be good for our health.

 

[Moonbeam]

I can smell it literally right now. Wafting through my window which is open because of the heat wave. Smoke. For weeks now.

This can't be good for our health.

Wouldn't have happened if we swept our forests of debris. Pretty soon the outside temperature will be hot enough to ignite wood.

Supposed to be around 86F Tomorrow and cooling more later in the week

My feral cats were flaked out on my shady porch all day yesterday. Think it was 103F

 

[sandorski]

Your kid ain't the Pope. Neither is the Pope really, but that's another issue.

 

[feralkid]

My opinion:

Way too many people have kids simply to feed their egos. The only thing more self-absorbed than having a kid is having a gender reveal party. And baby showers no longer have much purpose in an age of consumerism. People can get whatever they need for their babies without begging. And the folks who cannot afford what they need generally dont have friends with lots of money, so they rely on local charities anyway.

Really, Shorty?

It was human carelessness that caused the fire, not current trends in parenting that you feel morally outraged over.

 

[Greenman]

I can smell it literally right now. Wafting through my window which is open because of the heat wave. Smoke. For weeks now.

This can't be good for our health.

We'll be in flood season before you know it.

 

[shortylickens]

Really, Shorty?

It was human carelessness that caused the fire, not current trends in parenting that you feel morally outraged over.

I am unhappy with both.
Aside from fires the trend of pointless parties like these has led to plenty of other horrible accidents, and its worse because there completely unnecessary and in a spiritual way, outright bad for people.
Do a search for reveal party disasters or accidents, google has plenty of results.

 

[Moonbeam]

I am unhappy with both.
Aside from fires the trend of pointless parties like these has led to plenty of other horrible accidents, and its worse because there completely unnecessary and in a spiritual way, outright bad for people.
Do a search for reveal party disasters or accidents, google has plenty of results.

We should get together. Whenever I drive and there are cars on the road I scream and curse at the top of my lungs and pray out loud to anybody I drive with that a plague will come and take 99% of them away. When the virus hit one poor family member I often drive told me 'I have gotten my wish'. It's not my fault I hate everybody and wish they all would die. On the bright side I am stress free from holding anything in. I mean, if I am going to feel like the worst person in the world, well, why hide it. I remember long ago going to restaurants with my hard of hearing father and watching my Mom turn green as he would loudly point to all the worthless people eating there. Little did I know I would one day have a family ashamed of me. God, I miss my Dad sometimes these days. He was great. Also, this stays between you and me. Have to keep up face.

 

[Moonbeam]

We'll be in flood season before you know it.

And we're due for a huge earthquake.

 

[dawp]

Gender reveal party sparked new California wildfire raging across nearly 7,400 acres

On Sunday, California Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency in five counties due to three wildfires.

www.cnbc.com

My opinion:

Way too many people have kids simply to feed their egos. The only thing more self-absorbed than having a kid is having a gender reveal party. And baby showers no longer have much purpose in an age of consumerism. People can get whatever they need for their babies without begging. And the folks who cannot afford what they need generally dont have friends with lots of money, so they rely on local charities anyway.

IF they have to do this there are ways to do it without using fireworks, especially during fire season during a drought, like an air cannon with colored powder. or a potato gun

 

[sandorski]

IF they have to do this there are ways to do it without using fireworks, especially during fire season during a drought, like an air cannon with colored powder. or a potato gun

How about Words and a Cake?

 

[dawp]

How about Words and a Cake?

no big boom, tho setting off a couple of m80s buried in a cake could be fun.

 

[Greenman]

Tangential question. How is it possible to know what an infants gender is, and why is it always assumed it will be male or female? Why is such a fundamentally bigoted assumption celebrated at all?

 

[fskimospy]

Tangential question. How is it possible to know what an infants gender is, and why is it always assumed it will be male or female? Why is such a fundamentally bigoted assumption celebrated at all?

Gender reveal parties are pretty stupid, I agree.

 

[snoopy7548]

Tangential question. How is it possible to know what an infants gender is, and why is it always assumed it will be male or female? Why is such a fundamentally bigoted assumption celebrated at all?

I agree. For all we know, the thing could be an Apache attack helicopter.

 

[Moonbeam]

I agree. For all we know, the thing could be an Apache attack helicopter.

Or an Airbus.

 

[snoopy7548]

Or an Airbus.

Hope it's a C-section!

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Fucking Californian and being lazy about raking their Forrest’s. For people who claim to like the Forrest’s they should rake the new daily.


/sarcasm

 

[Muse]

I can smell it literally right now. Wafting through my window which is open because of the heat wave. Smoke. For weeks now.

This can't be good for our health.

The last several days, today included, I have bookmarked AQI reveal sites on my devices. I'm skating daily, gotta know. Right now it's low moderate here, but the situation varies a lot and quickly depending on wind conditions. Gotta wait for some sun, though. Sun don't give a damn about nothin' ... comes up when it pleases.

Fucking Californian and being lazy about raking their Forrest’s. For people who claim to like the Forrest’s they should rake the new daily.

/sarcasm

Rakes for hire.

Gender reveal parties are pretty stupid, I agree.

Yeah, like it matters.

 

[Fenixgoon]

On a shitty note, don't forget that a lot of california's emergency firefighters are actually prisoners, and they get near 0 benefits AND cannot be employed as an emergency respnder once their sentence is fulfilled and they are out of prison, despite having been performing that job.

Watch John Oliver Examine the Disturbing Realities of Prison Labor

On 'Last Week Tonight,' John Oliver offered a disturbing glimpse into the sad realities of prison labor.

www.rollingstone.com

/Runonsentence

 

[brycejones]

Why didn't Obama sweep up the forests?

 

[brainhulk]

So... are they going to name the kid Ashley?

 

[Stokely]

Get used to more and worse fires due to Climate Change. CA has always had fires, but now it's going to take that much more effort in prevention management to keep them from getting out of control. It can be done--just going to cost more when the climate is more favorable to fires. Just one of many changes we are all going to need to adjust to (I'm in hurricane central FLA, we have our own fire and drought problem at times, not to mention coastal issues.)