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[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 days ago

Yes more weapons instead of tougher laws on existing weapons.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)
You may ask yourself, "What is that beautiful drone?"
You may ask yourself, "Where does that attack drone go to?"
And you may ask yourself, "Is this right, is this wrong?"
And you may say to yourself, "My God, what have we done?!"

🎶letting the days go by ... something something let me drown.. 🎶

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Dunno about you but i've seen robocop

[–] ours@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Some people take dystopian sci-fi as a guide and not as a warning.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

A bunch of little flying ED-209s, what could go wrong?

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I just hope your constitution protects drone rights.

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a drone swarm is a good guy with a drone swarm.

Murrka yippekayeee mothafucka or something like that (never been on that continent).

[–] ours@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And drones should have the right to bear arms.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I dunno, the right to bear one arm releasing a grenade is honestly enough

[–] TemplailloAhi@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 days ago

Ah, yes, absolutely nothing could go wrong here.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

So uh... what stops someone just disabling all the drones first in a plausably deniable way? Because you know kids are gonna use those things as target practice already.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago
[–] Bubbey@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How long until the Manhacks are flying around?

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Fantastic sound design!

[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I thought Texas didn't care about school children. CoughUvaldeCough

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (8 children)

It's frightening that this is the state of gun ownership in the US, and that the companies making the poison are probably now also selling you the cure. But all things considering, this might actually be a useful application of the tech.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yes instead of actually tackling the problem let's give the tech bros more money to solve it.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

the companies making the poison are probably now also selling you the cure

I swear, the reading comprehension of some people...

[–] 7toed@midwest.social 2 points 6 days ago

They've neeeever let us down. Or commit any crimes for that matter. I'm sure this is just another excellent step in their beautiful vision for humanity.

[–] dickalan@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sure thing, buddy, corporations, and police forces and governments never overreach or do things they’re not supposed to do or get hacked or have crazy fucking leaders telling them what to do, I want you to think about what you just said and tell me again if it’s a good idea https://youtu.be/O-2tpwW0kmU

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