Gender Reveal Burnouts?!

[Jimmy Higgins]

What in the heck is with people and trying to one up on every aspect of life?

We now have this as a thing when it comes to revealing the gender of your child.

The Queensland Police Service released footage of the incident, which took place on April 18 last year, to warn about the dangers of 'burnouts,' an increasingly popular feature of gender reveal parties in Australia. On several occasions over the past year, gender reveal 'burnouts' - in which cars emit billowing clouds of pink or blue smoke - have resulted in flaming vehicles and arrests.

Yeah... *sigh*

In the latest drone video released by police, the big reveal initially goes as planned, with celebrating guests filming as the car drives down a road, engulfed in blue smoke. After it comes to a stop, however, the car bursts into flames, and the driver and guests are forced to abandon it. It sits in the middle of the road on fire, amid plumes of smoke that is now black.

And we've apparently had some idiots in America do likewise and cause substantial damage to the surrounding area. I hate YouTube and Social Media.

YouTube would be so much better if it were just a place that you could watch videos like "Tom Brady's top ten Super Bowl victories" or "How to fix a broken belt in a dryer". No, people need to have videos like "Watch how I'm going to needlessly do something that could potentially be fatal in an attempt for likes and going viral."

 

[Keith&Co.]

What in the heck is with people and trying to one up on every aspect of life?

Well, it's not 'blow up the house with a frozen turkey' season, yet...

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Serves them right for trying to force their unborn children into gender roles. Why can't they let their kids just be people who are able to make their own choices?

 

[fast]

Serves them right for trying to force their unborn children into gender roles. Why can't they let their kids just be people who are able to make their own choices?

Do you know what happens when people have the right to freely make their own choices? They’ll make choices! Like choosing their own favorite foods. Next thing you know, Sara Lee won’t sell short cakes anymore, and all we’ll have to choose from are cheese cakes. I don’t want strawberry cheese cake!! I want strawberry short cake!!!

 

[Keith&Co.]

I want strawberry short cake!!!

No one's stopping you, play with dolls all you want.
Just don't expect anyone to come to your defense if Strawberry bursts inti flames on the interstate....

 

[Bronzeage]

For those whose necks are colored by the left end of the visible light spectrum, there is an explosive compound which can be formulated to create either pink of blue smoke. This compound can be ignited by a well placed rifle bullet. A well placed shot results in a loud bang and a big cloud of smoke. Mom of Dad take aim at the target while friends and family prepare to cheer.

Several brush fires have been started by this type of reveal party.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Serves them right for trying to force their unborn children into gender roles. Why can't they let their kids just be people who are able to make their own choices?

Do you know what happens when people have the right to freely make their own choices? They’ll make choices! Like choosing their own favorite foods. Next thing you know, Sara Lee won’t sell short cakes anymore, and all we’ll have to choose from are cheese cakes. I don’t want strawberry cheese cake!! I want strawberry short cake!!!

I gotta admit, that is a solid fucking argument. I like strawberry shortcake, too. I withdraw my comment.

 

[fast]

Serves them right for trying to force their unborn children into gender roles. Why can't they let their kids just be people who are able to make their own choices?

Do you know what happens when people have the right to freely make their own choices? They’ll make choices! Like choosing their own favorite foods. Next thing you know, Sara Lee won’t sell short cakes anymore, and all we’ll have to choose from are cheese cakes. I don’t want strawberry cheese cake!! I want strawberry short cake!!!

I gotta admit, that is a solid fucking argument. I like strawberry shortcake, too. I withdraw my comment.

I always thought you were a good man. Thank you.

PS: I also miss the (I think penrose) hot sausages in a jar. Their plant burnt down and never rebuilt.

As to add a smidgen of relevancy to my post, I never heard of colored burnouts before—let alone to celebrate the birth of newborns. Who comes up with this crap anyway, and why does it catch-on? An in the moment cool-factor, I guess.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

For those whose necks are colored by the left end of the visible light spectrum, there is an explosive compound which can be formulated to create either pink of blue smoke. This compound can be ignited by a well placed rifle bullet. A well placed shot results in a loud bang and a big cloud of smoke. Mom of Dad take aim at the target while friends and family prepare to cheer.

Several brush fires have been started by this type of reveal party.

Nitpick: The explosive can not thus be formulated.

They use an ordinary charge of tannerite and pack the appropriately-colored powder on top. (Which would cause some headaches for the situations where the parents are learning the result at the same time. While it is legal to possess tannerite it's a high explosive subject to all the handling rules that normally apply to high explosives. It is definitely not legal to haul it around in your car! When you buy it you get two separate chemicals which are legal to haul around. Just before use you mix them.)

Nitpick #2: The rifle bullet does not ignite it, it detonates it. Fire and explosion are different things.

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

I read the thread title and thought this would be about trans people no longer being in the headlines.