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Woodswalker

(549 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2023, 08:43 AM Feb 2023

Would it be wrong to

Get a hold of a bottle of helium and a shitload of white balloons and release them into the sky in my inbred republican neighborhood. Wonder how long it would take to hear the first gunshots 🤣

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Would it be wrong to (Original Post) Woodswalker Feb 2023 OP
Yeah make sure they say happy birthday or something Walleye Feb 2023 #1
The sentiment... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #2
Release a big one over MaraLoco. Captain Zero Feb 2023 #3
As long as the remains can be retrieved... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #5
Thank you. Don't get me started on balloon releases. GoCubsGo Feb 2023 #4
When I was young The Jungle 1 Feb 2023 #6

2naSalit

(99,838 posts)
2. The sentiment...
Tue Feb 14, 2023, 10:40 AM
Feb 2023

Is acceptable while releasing balloons into the air like that is an environmental sin.

2naSalit

(99,838 posts)
5. As long as the remains can be retrieved...
Tue Feb 14, 2023, 10:45 AM
Feb 2023

It would be okay. I can imagine that one over magalaga would just get friendly waves.

GoCubsGo

(34,649 posts)
4. Thank you. Don't get me started on balloon releases.
Tue Feb 14, 2023, 10:45 AM
Feb 2023

Not just an environmental sin. I know of several people who lost horses and other domesticated animals to choking on balloons, or has body parts injured by being strangled by the ribbons that are tied to them. Or, the countless wildlife that are killed or maimed because of them...

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
6. When I was young
Tue Feb 14, 2023, 01:43 PM
Feb 2023

We would get dry cleaner bags and make a cross with balsa wood in the opening. Put candles on and light them.
Hold burning paper under the bag to fill it with hot air. We did this at night. It would be a glowing orb in the sky. We did this in southeast Pa when it was wet outside. There may have been some leafy vegetation involved.

We also had a space ship made out of two sawyer sleds. With lights and three legs. We would put that out by the road and watch the people.

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