Photo: Getty Images At this point it’s an understatement to say that so-called “gender reveal” events, the kind that use smoke bombs in hues of blue and pink to reveal the sex of an impending child, have gotten out of control. Frequently enough, the explosive devices detonate in some unexpected way. A couple have even sparked massive massive wildfires.
Such is the case with a Saturday morning reveal, which reportedly reacted with the dry Southern California air to create an enormous wildfire which as of Monday had barely been contained. The smoke bomb was detonated in El Dorado Ranch Park, just 80 miles outside Los Angeles, an area with wild grasses that have grown as tall as four feet. As of Tuesday, the fire has already burned 10,000 acres, the Washington Post reports. Twenty-thousand people have been forced to evacuate their homes.
Sadly, something like this has happened a few times before. In 2017 a “gender reveal” party in Arizona set off a blaze that burned through 47,000 acres. The same kind of stunt started a brush fire in Florida last year. Jenna Myers Karvunidis, a blogger who is widely cited as the generator of these “gender reveal” spectacles, wrote in a Facebook post on Monday upon learning of the California fire, “Stop having these stupid parties. For the love of God, stop burning things down.
The wildfire in California comes during a summer of record high temperatures in the state, which prompted Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency in five counties on Monday. The state’s power grid is strained, and several massive wildfires continue to devastate the area. Cal Fire reported that as of Monday morning eight people have died because of the fires, and more than two million acres of land across the state have burned — the most on record in a single year.
I’m guessing since the smoke is gray now the baby is transgender
We laugh at undeveloped countries' rituals...
Never underestimate stupidity.
All because of a little baby boy. Or was it a girl? I forgot.
It keeps happening because people are dumb as fuck.
Damn idiots, it’s gonna be ugly anyway
So is it a boy or a girl?
How does it keep happening? Seriously?
Is it the Antichrist?
The gender reveal party should be held accountable, legally served with citations, and pay a very hefty fine. This is outrageous and criminal.
Any truth to the rumor the idiot parents are calling the kid Bernie?
How about waiting until the baby is actually born? Then if you really want to reveal the gender just change its diaper in front of your guests! It’s a lot easier & won’t burn down half the country or send latex balloons halfway across the globe polluting the oceans!
Hey! I got a reveal for ya, right here!
I wonder how much property damage all these gender reveal debacles have caused relative to the property damage caused by rioting and looting in poor communities going all the way back to Rodney King?
Boy or girl?
Quick fix: DONT USE FIRE. 👋🏻
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