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Recently I made an argument to a buddy of mine that US should continue the drone program, but instead of bombs, drop on people chocolate bars in a shape of the

by x0054 13y ago

Recently I made an argument to a buddy of mine that US should continue the drone program, but instead of bombs, drop on people chocolate bars in a shape of the American flag (weather permitting, in hotter climates we might have to opt for other patriotically shaped treats). It's cheeper, and probably far more effective at making people like (or at least hate less) the United States. This article is yet another example of idiotic foreign policy US has been pursuing lately.

primitivesuave 13y ago
Or we could drop little stuffed drone dolls, so kids could grow up with their very own pet drone and not be scared by them. Pretty soon the kids will have nothing but endearing things to say about their friends in the sky. "My pet drone watches over me as I sleep..."
- draugadrotten 13y ago
  >...kids could grow up with their very own pet drone and not be scared by them. Pretty soon the kids will have nothing but endearing things to say about their friends in the sky. Hey, they are not "stuffed" but apart from that this idea sounds pretty much like what they are doing right now in the US: Military drones are made as toys for children. http://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Metal-Tailwinds-Predator-Drone/dp/B001LGFHHI/?ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361056154&sr=8-1&keywords=Maisto+International+predator+model&&tag=gizmodoamzn-20&ascsubtag=[referrer|www.google.se[type|link[postId|5984797[asin|B001LGFHHI[authorId|5722017953025243831 http://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Metal-Tailwinds-Predator-Drone/d...
  - michaelt 13y ago
    To be fair, toys modelled on real military equipment, like tin soldiers and airfix models, have been around for at least a hundred years.
    - thaumasiotes 13y ago
      Much as the dolls that little girls play with predate the emergence of humanity (girl chimpanzees care for sticks as if they were babies), it seems safe to say that toys based on weapons have been around for tens of thousands of years at least.
- aaronharnly 13y ago
  Alternatively, one can drop bomblets that resemble toys, as the Soviets did in Afghanistan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFM-1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFM-1
s_baby 13y ago
By made this argument you really mean stole a Bill Hicks bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOMDMWzhO9k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOMDMWzhO9k
- x0054 13y ago
  An, go figure, smart people think alike :)
aaronem 13y ago
We already drop food -- MREs, essentially, whose meat entrees have been replaced with a variety of heavily leguminous, thus protein-rich, entrees intended to be compatible with almost all religious dietary restrictions. They're called "humanitarian daily rations", which isn't as cannibalistic as it sounds, and they're decorated with American propaganda -- the packaging says "Food Gift from the People of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and the like. People whose nations we've occupied, though, unaccountably fail to love us even though we help feed them. Perhaps you're right, and it's just a question of sugar content.

by x0054 13y ago

primitivesuave 13y ago

Or we could drop little stuffed drone dolls, so kids could grow up with their very own pet drone and not be scared by them. Pretty soon the kids will have nothing but endearing things to say about their friends in the sky. "My pet drone watches over me as I sleep..."

draugadrotten 13y ago
>...kids could grow up with their very own pet drone and not be scared by them. Pretty soon the kids will have nothing but endearing things to say about their friends in the sky. Hey, they are not "stuffed" but apart from that this idea sounds pretty much like what they are doing right now in the US: Military drones are made as toys for children. http://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Metal-Tailwinds-Predator-Drone/dp/B001LGFHHI/?ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361056154&sr=8-1&keywords=Maisto+International+predator+model&&tag=gizmodoamzn-20&ascsubtag=[referrer|www.google.se[type|link[postId|5984797[asin|B001LGFHHI[authorId|5722017953025243831 http://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Metal-Tailwinds-Predator-Drone/d...
- michaelt 13y ago
  To be fair, toys modelled on real military equipment, like tin soldiers and airfix models, have been around for at least a hundred years.
  - thaumasiotes 13y ago
    Much as the dolls that little girls play with predate the emergence of humanity (girl chimpanzees care for sticks as if they were babies), it seems safe to say that toys based on weapons have been around for tens of thousands of years at least.
aaronharnly 13y ago
Alternatively, one can drop bomblets that resemble toys, as the Soviets did in Afghanistan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFM-1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFM-1

s_baby 13y ago

By made this argument you really mean stole a Bill Hicks bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOMDMWzhO9k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOMDMWzhO9k

x0054 13y ago
An, go figure, smart people think alike :)

aaronem 13y ago

We already drop food -- MREs, essentially, whose meat entrees have been replaced with a variety of heavily leguminous, thus protein-rich, entrees intended to be compatible with almost all religious dietary restrictions. They're called "humanitarian daily rations", which isn't as cannibalistic as it sounds, and they're decorated with American propaganda -- the packaging says "Food Gift from the People of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and the like. People whose nations we've occupied, though, unaccountably fail to love us even though we help feed them. Perhaps you're right, and it's just a question of sugar content.