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California El Dorado wildfire sparked by device to reveal baby's gender

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  1. [3]
    TildeMan
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    Didn't this happen a couple of years ago as well? https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/us/arizona-gender-reveal-party-sawmill-wildfire-trnd/index.html
    7 votes
    1. [2]
      moonbathers
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      Yep, NYT has a compilation of a few of them https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/us/gender-reveal-party-wildfire.html
      7 votes
      1. Akir
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        This is so fundamentally stupid on so many levels. This is why I have so little faith in humanity.

        This is so fundamentally stupid on so many levels. This is why I have so little faith in humanity.

        5 votes
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    skybrian
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    I guess we shouldn't be too surprised, given all the illegal fireworks on July 4th?

    I guess we shouldn't be too surprised, given all the illegal fireworks on July 4th?

    3 votes
    1. Heichou
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      But it's their constitutional, god-given right to be able to start wildfires

      But it's their constitutional, god-given right to be able to start wildfires

      3 votes