No One Was Hurt

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No One Was Hurt
See how the smoke obscures things so you don't see the approaching tornado until the firework streamers start to swirl right before the lightning hits the launcher. Thank God Cousin Ed was filming in slow motion. And, uh, that no one was hurt.
Title text: See how the smoke obscures things so you don't see the approaching tornado until the firework streamers start to swirl right before the lightning hits the launcher. Thank God Cousin Ed was filming in slow motion. And, uh, that no one was hurt.

Explanation

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Ponytail is about to show Cueball and Megan a video of a dramatic accident from a 4th of July celebration with fireworks, in which nobody ended up harmed. Randall suggests that being told nobody got hurt implies such a video will be particularly interesting or exciting.

The title text describes a particularly dramatic fireworks show interrupted by a tornado and thunderstorm, the joke being that the speaker was more appreciative of there being a slow-motion video recording than that nobody was harmed.

Transcript

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[Ponytail is showing her phone to Cueball and Megan.]

Ponytail: Okay, first of all, no one was hurt...

Caption: How you know you're about to see a really good 4th of July video


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Discussion

I suppose we should look through e.g. r/Fireworksgonewrong for a few big ones that claim nobody was hurt. [1] is okay, but I think that one where the launcher tipped over and fired directly into the crowd only resulted in minor burns.... 172.70.207.8 02:34, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

If you mean Simi Valley 2013, that had 28 injuries including broken bones(!) Here's one sort of like it without any injuries from Monday, but the video isn't too impressive: [2]. 172.70.210.125 02:45, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
[3] is decent, but the video starts too early and ends too soon. 172.70.214.81 03:04, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

It appears the comic was taken down. It showed on rss feeds but isn't on the website anymore. Guessing this is because of the Illinois terrorism incident at their parade. Is it worth mentioning that the comic is no longer up?

Yep, it just got replaced by a new one. Clam (talk) 04:10, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
Is this (and/or the vandalism I see in the history) why the redirects are now from the "####: Title" to the "Title" page, rather than the usual other way? 172.70.91.62 06:18, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
...ah, I see. We have another new comic, taking that number, this one is an orphan. I didn't read further up the page-changes before diving in to 'correct' something. Looks like the vandal is back and annoyed at the page covering his antics being deleted, though. 172.70.90.3
...also also: the Talk page for the new mainstream-numbered page hasn't been created yet by anyone with an actual account. I hope someone obliges before I forget what it is I wanted fo say... ;) 172.70.90.173 07:17, 7 July 2022 (UTC)