44 points

I was in the emergency room in early July once and it was full of guys with ice packs on their hands. It wasn’t even the fourth.

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47 points

Smart of them to get finger surgery at off peak times.

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17 points

Early bird discount?

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4 points

Got get an extra finger added early

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18 points

try finger
but hole

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18 points

5 in the pink, 3 in the stink

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10 points

Burn it!

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34 points

This is where AI gets all their extra fingers.

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Does it make me a bad person to hope that the little shits setting off fireworks until 2am from mid-June through September blow at least one finger off?

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21 points

No

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22 points

Cab someone explain for non-Americans?

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36 points

Americans light fireworks for 4th of July. Sometimes when getting a little brave they hold them in their hands before throwing them, leading to damaged fingers

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24 points

It’s our independence day, and we traditionally shoot off lots of fireworks.

Lots of fireworks (+ alcohol, + people trying to show off) winds up with some people losing digits.

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13 points

I worked at a hospital that would keep a record of lost fingers every 4th of July from fireworks accidents. It was always amazing how many people blow off a finger every year! There is a popular place in the areas south of Seattle, near Native American Reservations (they don’t have the same laws on the rez so they sell illegal fireworks) to buy fireworks and within half a mile and 20 minutes apart two people blew their fingers off one year.

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6 points

Fireworks go boom, but not according to plan

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