Reason Eleventy Billion and One gender reveal parties are stupid

[C-Man 27690]

The 2017 Sawmill Fire that saw about 45,000 acres burn in southern Arizona was caused by – of all things – a gender reveal party.

The US Forest Service recently released a video from a witness that depicts how the fire started. In the video, a target was set up for the party which would reveal whether a newborn would be a girl or boy once hit. A gunshot is heard in the video, and the target disperses blue smoke, revealing that the child is a boy. The target also violently explodes, igniting nearby shrubbery.

As the fire blazes in the video, two individuals whose faces have been redacted run past the flames as an off-screen voice yells “start packing up” twice.

The video was obtained by The Arizona Daily Star from the Forest Service.

Dennis Dickey, a US Border Patrol agent from Tucson and the father of the child, pleaded guilty in September for his role in starting the fire. He immediately reported the fire to law enforcement as it happened, cooperated with authorities and admitted his role in the incident.

It took almost 600 firefighters and related crews to control the wildfire. The blaze also forced some 100 people to evacuate their homes, and caused $8 million worth of damage.

Dickey agreed to a sentence of five years’ probation as part of a plea agreement. He was also ordered to pay more than $8.1 million in restitution. Officials said that he agreed to make an initial $100,000 payment, to be followed by monthly payments.

The agent was off-duty at the time of the explosion, which was caused by Tannerite, an explosive substance, Dickey had installed into the target.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/gender-reveal-party-gone-wrong-caused-8-million-sawmill-fire-117543.aspx?utm_source=hs&utm_medium=20181129&utm_campaign=WIBA-Newsletter&utm_content=55D7E01A-A2EE-4DD3-8B33-867AD97B08C1&tu=55D7E01A-A2EE-4DD3-8B33-867AD97B08C1&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_xEbIzgCCbIG6TECccxADEur-jb8pMOemWEHbUdgQz1lSiVhyZgiuhVYrKJ3UCMWJJHonC77F8Lym40gEJLQfq6eKvL84oZyDM9bCQGmd9JXB0wyU&_hsmi=67918311

 

[Gil Bang 26178]

they are so fucking moronic.   Stupid shit that's driven by facebook and instagram.

"look at me everybody...look at me"

[Anastasis 23703]

Sex, not gender /2018

[Pescado_Rojo 19559]

Thoughts and Prayers? 

[52-80 19374]

Youstupid stupid stupid stupid motherfucker.

 

Although they should've the mother too.  It was probably her idea.

[royiv 9703]

What pisses me off about this story is that this idiot guy will never pay off the restitution and he endangers life, destroys property and costs taxpayers millions. All for a “look at me, we’re so cute and special and clever” moment that they can post on social media. Assholes. 

[Wiler77 1619]

Our gender reveal was when I walked out of the operating room wearing either a blue or pink tie.

Then I walked outside a lit some underbrush.

[Bama Chick 28596]

Youstupid stupid stupid stupid motherfucker.
 
Although they should've the mother too.  It was probably her idea.

Eh, shooting up tannerite in the woods?

Not usually a female thing.

If she’s Border Patrol too or law enforcement maybe.

[ajax 2671]

You know, in retrospect they should have chosen cupcakes with blue cream filling.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4998]

I know I wouldn't expect tannerite to start a fire, but I don't live in the desert either. As far as reveal parties go, if you have to do one tannerite is better than a box of balloons. But it still doesn't beat a baby shaped piñata with either pink or blue candy in it.

[Kyle 207]

14 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Sex, not gender /2018

That's what I thought. Don't they inherently have to be some form of white male Christian oppression? I mean it might decide in the womb or after birth it should change. Why this patriarchal nazi oppression?