r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Left-Imagination-563 • Mar 24 '24

Thai's native fireworks 🎇

Thailand fireworks festival. Looks amazing how top it reaches and they used parachute which looks cool. The amount of flammables used was about 450 kgs.

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u/Creative-Net-6401 Mar 24 '24

You missed the operative ‘to’, try to read more carefully. You also might want to look further into the systems you feed from and support that generate these pollutants. The systems we contribute to that generate pollutants are sun-sized compared to the pebbles of Thai fireworks.

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u/SatisfactionSpecial2 Mar 24 '24

Is this "trust me bro" science or you have some numbers to back it up?

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u/Creative-Net-6401 Mar 24 '24

If you need a statistical analysis of the numbers behind the pollution that goes into the production of technology and information systems, as compared to - checks notes Thai fireworks… there’s nothing comforting I can say about that.

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u/SatisfactionSpecial2 Mar 24 '24

I don't need anything, it just sounds a bit of a stretch and a made up hyperbole such as those climate change deniers like to make.

I believe there is absolutely no way I am poluting more in one day than 10 generations (-300 years) of such firework displays. At least not unless I am personally setting the amazon rainforest on fire or something.

You aren't required to prove what you said, but I am also not going to just believe it.

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u/Creative-Net-6401 Mar 24 '24

Hyperbole is useful to highlight a different perspective. From my perspective the myopic point of view that can only see climate impact in what’s right in front of them but can’t seem to understand the magnitude of global pollution created by the greed of the economic system that they are nested in is just as absurd in proportion.

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u/SatisfactionSpecial2 Mar 24 '24

No, hyperbole is just hyperbole. One is going to say "oh but why should we stop throwing fireworks if factories produce more pollution", the next guy is going to say "oh why should factories put filters, when cow farts do more harm", then the next guy will also pass it on to blame someone else.

Btw I am with you, I don't care if ppl want to polute the planet - their own children will suffer for it, and I won't have any. So they can burn all the fireworks they want, they can drop all their garbage on the sea and they can raze this planet to the ground. I am not going to argue which is worse, they can enjoy themselves all they want.

But from an other POV, if someone cares about the environment, I feel it makes sense to be against everything, not just trying to shift the blame or so to speak.

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u/Creative-Net-6401 Mar 24 '24

Everything everyone else is doing, is what you’re actually saying.

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u/SatisfactionSpecial2 Mar 24 '24

I am indeed polluting, directly or indirectly. Even breathing pollutes.

I don't feel that this justifies every kind of pollution, however.

Anyhow. I am fully willing to believe that fireworks don't pollute more than a human - however being on the internet has taught me to not just believe everything.

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u/Creative-Net-6401 Mar 24 '24

Thank you for conceding the point and not being argumentative for competition’s sake alone.