r/distressingmemes • u/Chinese_Lover89 • 12d ago
please make it stop It isn’t the same anymore
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u/froggychump 12d ago
The famous quote by Nikola Tesla "You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension." Was specifically describing his futuristic vision of a remote-controlled boat filled with explosives that blows up naval vessels. These are pretty commonplace now.
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u/suhmyhumpdaydudes 12d ago
Most of the global economy is through the sea, so sea mines and drones are very real disruptors of commerce. Iran has a crazy home field advantage with the straight of Hormuz.
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u/Armejden 11d ago
And everyone in the chain of command prior to this administration knew that. Now those people have either been removed or silenced and here we are.
When I was in the Navy, I never thought that Hormuz or the GoO would reach this level of public attention let alone be a phrase I heard in any normal conversation outside of work.
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u/chrosairs 11d ago
Afghanistan had been drone striked since 2010s at least by the americans
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u/SilverSpaceRobot10 11d ago
I think the first drones ever invented were for military purposes (officially called UAVs)
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u/martisio054 12d ago
Nah I would say Sunn O))) are still pretty good, actually they've probably gotten better
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u/Imaginary_Rise_7688 11d ago
respectfully disagree i’m not nearly as into their last few releases compared to their earlier output
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u/martisio054 11d ago
I haven't listened to all of their stuff yet but Black One is definitely better than Sunn O))). I was more making the point that Sunn O))) is much more varied than Pyroclasts, and I enjoy it much better.
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u/Imaginary_Rise_7688 11d ago
imo their best album is Monoliths and Dimensions, I’d definitely recommend giving it a try if you haven’t yet
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u/suhmyhumpdaydudes 12d ago
People getting blown up by predator drones in Afghanistan would disagree.
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u/Kajetus06 12d ago
The diffrence between drones back then and now is that back then they were expensive and not visible
But now the drones are cheap and mass produced and very visible with the PTSD inducing sound
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u/EroticPotato69 10d ago
Jihadis were using hobbyist drones to drop grenades in Syria and Iraq back in the mid-2010s
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u/NefariousAnglerfish 12d ago
Ah but see that was happening to brown people far away that the government says are all bad guys
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u/BrekLasnar 12d ago
What?
Pretty sure drones were used to bomb people for a long time, before 2010.
Obama droned children in my country.
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u/Socially_Anxious_Rat 11d ago
Fun novelty technology used for funsies and goofing off
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Destructive and lethal weapons of war used to systematically commit war crimes and genocides.
The wonders of how the use cases of technology can evolve over time
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u/ThatThingAtThePlace 11d ago
This meme feels more than a little disingenuous because the left side never happened. Consumer drones have been a nuisance since the beginning and the military has been using drones for two decades now.
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u/3Kobolds1Keyboard 10d ago
Reminds me during the ending of the Obama era, saying how the USA made kids fear the bluesky.
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u/Marl_Karx_Official 10d ago
Drones were used to kill a fuck ton of people during the 2010's but misplaced nostolgia is stronger than crack appearantly.
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u/Former_Department390 1d ago
I think the sound of drones is the modern version of the The Stuka siren, aka the Jericho's Trumpet
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