• LanternEverywhere@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    And on top of which, these are definitely noisy nuisances, and as a result people are gonna fuck with them, and it’s inevitable that eventually it’s gonna hurt someone, which’ll cause a huge backlash and expensive lawsuits, etc etc etc.

    The only situation i can see these being even potentially viable is in very rural areas, where delivery routes are expensive, people have lots of open land for it to safely reach the ground, and there aren’t a lot of nearby neighbors to annoy

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      6 months ago

      And in rural areas, it’ll be called “skeet shooting with prizes”. I know exactly what my redneck neighbors are like…

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      6 months ago

      “Leroy! One of them Amazon critters is coming! Bring your shotgun! Last time we gots that airpad thingy, let’s see what this one brings”

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        6 months ago

        Not that most tech will actually work after you fill it with birdshot and let it fall from the sky, but hey, at least it’s fun