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I just think the novelty of these type of displays was up in the 90s, It's time for an upgrayedd. I propose leprechauns flying up and down the river wearing water jet packs, shooting people with their Chicago-style hot dog cannons would be more with the times. What's your idea?
This causes no harm to the wildlife and is a fun celebration. People here are always talking about "let people enjoy things" when that thing is some counter-culture thing. Well, I say let people enjoy things, even when that thing is a mainstream holiday. Have some fun. Let loose.
I don't mean to sound all new agey, but I feel like we're disrespecting the planet by dyeing a freakin river.
I think that's nothing compared to all the, y'know, irreparable destruction and pollution we do to the to the planet tbh.
In what capacity is it anymore disrespect than doing literally anything else?
As a Dubliner (Ireland, not one of the many Dublins across the pond), I must say that Americans are really weird about Paddy's Day. We have a large parade in Dublin and smaller ones in smaller cities, and then those of us who have kids ho to family fairs, and the rest for a pint at the local. We leave the city centre to the tourists who get shitfaced on overpriced, prepoured Guinness for no good reason. And even though we did some weird things with our river (the time in the slime), we never dyed the Liffey green.
St. Patrick's Day in America has always been more of a celebration of Irish-American immigrant culture than it is of Ireland itself.
I mean.. Other than them dying that shit green none of that sounds that different from what goes on over here in general
Americans look for any reason to get shitfaced. Ask anyone what Cinco de Mayo is about about. Most wont have any clue.
which, you'd think, hey France, we hate the french (which is hilarious considering the Statue of Liberty and La Fayette).... Mexicans beating the French should be easy to recall for us.
The whole French thing is so goddamn funny, from an outside perspective - I mean, France is basically one of the few major countries the USA never fought a land or proxy war against - their only war was the Quasi war which was solely smaller naval battles and was clearly the US fault. And France was almost always willing to back the US...while the US let them down countless times.
while the US let them down countless times.
ehhhh... I dunno man there was this whole indochina thing :|
It's the lack of curiosity or effort to act on it. If I have a question, it's moments before I open the phone and check for an answer. I always get annoyed at people who ask me questions instead of doing it themselves.
We have a lot of people who live far from their country of origin, so they get really excited when they get to celebrate their heritage and get a special national holiday. Then of course the rest of us Americans love a good time and excuse to party, so we love celebrating alongside them. It's all in good fun. When I was younger, there was a whole neighborhood that went off the hook for stuff like St. Patrick's Day, Mardi Gras, and stuff like that. My friends and I would always be so excited to go down there and party it up. It's a really good time for everyone involved.
In Liverpool, which prides itself on its Liverpool roots, Paddy's Day is one of the days to avoid town and most of the pubs for me. Absolute carnage. The other ones to avoid are Grand National weekend, particularly Ladies Day, and Mother's Day.
Fun fact: It’s actually beneficial that they do this because they use Gatorade which has electrolytes and as we all know, that’s what the plants crave.
Head over to the unpopular opinion group, you're not asking a question, you're stating an opinion.
IKR, I'm starting to see more and more of this kind of questions here. I wish mods do something about it
Tribal custom. They do it because they’ve always done it.
I like it
I don’t remember the comedian, but I remember the joke:
“If they can dye it green for St. Patrick’s Day, why can’t they dye it blue the other days of the year?”
I've seen apartment complexes that have little fake ponds and rivers flowing throughout the grounds that are dyed blue. It doesn't look good. It looks like the water with that cheap toilet bowl cleaner in it.
The crowds it attracts today still are huge. What do you mean the novelty has worn down? I have lived in the area since 2012 and I still haven’t gone down to see this because I don’t want to deal with the crowds.
On another note, I guess I’ll be there in a jiffy if they shot me with an Italian beef - wet (not from the river) and lots of giardiniera.
I don't care so much about the novelty. I want to know what impacts this has on the environment.
I assume it's been studied to be non-toxic for fish. Or at least I hope it has. But what about other effects it might have? Does it significantly reduce visibility and impact the ecosystem in that way? Some other effects?
Pretty sure you can eat Fluorescein with no ill effects other than turning your piss dayglo. It's very widely used as a 'non-toxic' tracer dye so I'd imagine studies have been done.
Have they done studies on this scale? Probably. But still a valid question. If nothing else it kind of desensitizes us to pouring green sludge into rivers. Fuck do I know, I'd be freaked out if I was a fish. I'd also eat a incandescent neon green fish, but that's on the fish.
I’d be freaked out if I was a fish
Honestly this is the thing I'm most worried about. I have little doubt that it's been studied to be non-toxic. I said as much in my first comment. I'm more worried about more-difficult-to-study effects like on the behaviour of the fish.
A recent article asking the same thing on Tampa Bay's activities
While there doesn't seem to be obvious red flags of harm, something doesn't feel right to me about dumping chemicals into the environment that eventually break down. The article says the company making this particular dye warns about it in higher quantities or letting it become concentrated in places downstream, and wearing protective equipment when handling the larger amounts. How much of that is only legalize to protect from misuse vs. actual tested issues?
What about all the piss and poop in the river? Fish can't be trained to use a bathroom, so they just defecate in the water, 24x7. Gross!
I this what you want? 
