When did "gender reveal parties" become a thing?
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Fugazi — 7 years ago(October 09, 2018 11:44 PM)
Yeah, I don't remember them when I was a kid. It's kind of lame. Such a suburban yuppie thing to do. It's like those types got even more obsessed with the line between genders as society as a whole is moving past that. Even if I was a transphobe, it would seem lame to me.
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Sock Drawer — 7 years ago(October 09, 2018 11:54 PM)
It is lame, dangerous and costly:
An off-duty border patrol agent wanted an explosive gender reveal party for his family and friends, but he ended up igniting a wildfire that spread to Coronado National Forest in Arizona.
Dennis Dickey, 37, of Tucson, Arizona, has to pay more than $8 million in restitution, starting with a $100,000 initial payment and monthly payments thereafter, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
Dickey pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor violation of US Forest Service regulations for igniting the Sawmill Fire, the statement said. He agreed to a sentence of five years of probation and will make a public service announcement with the Forest Service about the cause of the blaze.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/02/us/az-off-duty-border-patrol-agent-wildfire/index.html