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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

sweetloukillbot

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3. The occam's razor explanation I read...

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 22, 2020, 03:47 PM

Jun 2020

Is just that people are at home with nothing to do, so they're setting off fireworks. Makes sense. They have access to them at this time of year, and with lockdowns and places closed, it is cheap entertainment (if illegal).

I haven't noticed it in my neighborhood in Phoenix.

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The occam's razor explanation I read... sweetloukillbot Jun 2020 #3

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