Another I just don't get it thread-Gender Reveal Explosive Devices?

[The Original Rooster]

So this father to be was killed when the explosive device for his pregnant wife's gender reveal party exploded. I don't get why explosives are necessary for gender reveal parties but it seems to be a thing now. You can even buy these things on Amazon. What's with all the drama? Why not just get a cake? Not many folks have been killed by cake (or at least not just one) but I guess it could happen.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-dad-to-be-killed-in-gender-reveal-explosion-police-say

 

[DAVE]

I understand explosives but I can't figure out a gender reveal party.

 

[Ruger#3]

So this father to be was killed when the explosive device for his wife's gender reveal party exploded. I don't get why explosives are necessary for gender reveal parties but it seems to be a thing now. You can even buy these things on Amazon. What's with all the drama? Why not just get a cake? Not many folks have been killed by cake (or at least not just one) but I guess it could happen.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-dad-to-be-killed-in-gender-reveal-explosion-police-say

What your doing right now explains it all. The joy of friends and family welcoming a new addition is inadequate for some folks. You have to have an exciting video for Tik Tok or Facebook to meet expectations. The net is not always a positive thing.

 

[DAVE]

After rereading the post I get it now, the party was to reveal the sex of their baby. It is sad that in this day and time I thought the wife was revealing her new gender after having a sex change or identifying as something new.

 

[ryanh487]

If I had to help plan a gender reveal party, making something explode would certainly make it more fun for me. Of course I'd find a way to do it without killing myself. Unless that part was intentional to get out of the gender reveal party.

 

[The Original Rooster]

What your doing right now explains it all. The joy of friends and family welcoming a new addition is inadequate some folks. You have to have an exciting video for Tik Tok or Facebook to meet expectations. The net is not always a positive thing.

Yeah, that's all I could figure too. I just don't get it though. I like blowing up a beaver dam as much as the next guy but I was doing it for a purpose. I think you hit it exactly. Folks have got to say "look how special we are, we're blowing something up because we're having a boy", and then post it somewhere. Personally, I'd rather see one of @NCHillbilly's cheeseburgers.
So, for future reference, anyone having a gender reveal party, skip the explosives and make cheeseburgers instead and then post pictures of them.

 

[Whitefeather]

Because here we are talking about it. It’s all part of the “look at me I’m relevant generation”

 

[NCHillbilly]

I don't get it. When my wife was pregnant, we went in for an ultrasound at four months. It showed a male appendage. After that, when somebody we knew asked us about it, we just said, "it's a boy." No party or explosives needed. Explosives are fun, though.

 

[Thunder Head]

Whitefeather hit the nail on the head!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mrs. hornet22]

I guess folks just crave attention these days. When I gave birth, I had no idea what it was gonna be. Then it came out and the doctor held it up with it's private parts covered. He ask me didn't I want to know what it was. Well, It's a baby and it's healthy. That's all that matters. I did get my boy I always wanted!

 

[The Original Rooster]

I don't get it. When my wife was pregnant, we went in for an ultrasound at four months. It showed a male appendage. After that, when somebody we knew asked us about it, we just said, "it's a boy." No party or explosives needed. Explosives are fun, though.

I bet you made a cheeseburger that week though, didn't you? Celebration enough in my book!

 

[Ruger#3]

Yeah, that's all I could figure too. I just don't get it though. I like blowing up a beaver dam as much as the next guy but I was doing it for a purpose. I think you hit it exactly. Folks have got to say "look how special we are, we're blowing something up because we're having a boy", and then post it somewhere. Personally, I'd rather see one of @NCHillbilly's cheeseburgers.

I tread on thin ice for as a boy I’ve tried to turn amphibians into astronauts using coffee cans and explosives.

 

[The Original Rooster]

I tread on thin ice for as a boy I’ve tried to turn amphibians into astronauts using coffee cans and explosives.

 

[jiminbogart]

Back in my single days, getting a new lady friend home for a gender reveal was the best part of knowing them.

Luckily, I was never surprised.

 

[XIronheadX]

I'm not sure, but after the explosions I heard Saturday, the neighbors must be having twins from the pink and blue confetti laying on their front sidewalk. Or a litter of puppies from the chihuahua that likes to chew on my pants leg.

 

[The Original Rooster]

Back in my single days, getting a new lady friend home for a gender reveal was the best part of knowing them.

Luckily, I was never surprised.

 

[zedex]

Gender reveal parties thrown by the generation that doesnt believe in genders. Go figure

 

[oldfella1962]

Did you notice that there was a link to another guy in Michigan who had a celebration cannon explode and kill a guest? That was a couple of weeks ago or so. I hope Biden gets these weapons of war * banned for good! Yeah back in the day it was "so the ultrasound showed it's most likely a boy? Ummm, okay, I guess that's cool, now I know what color baby clothes to buy" and that was about it.

* children of course!

 

[toolmkr20]

I guess I’m just heartless. I don’t feel bad one bit for them. Morons are gonna moron no matter what. Should’ve just baked a cake. Nowadays it’s all about how many likes I can get on some social media site.

 

[oldfella1962]

This is kind of funny in a way: when I was in the sandbox in 2003 (the war had been going on for a couple of months already) now & then civilians would get killed because our soldiers thought they were under attack because the locals were engaging in "celebratory gunfire" which is a cultural thing like after/during a wedding ceremony, or the birth of a child, or whatever. Let that sink in....during wartime you fire weapons into the air rolling down the highway next to a military convoy because what could possibly go wrong?

Of course I thought "wow, what is wrong with these idiots?" yet here we are.