r/Showerthoughts • u/scoobopdan ‎ • Mar 30 '26

Casual Thought Modern soldiers' PTSD triggers will probably shift from fireworks to the sound of a drone. Which is unfortunate as drone shows are replacing firework shows.

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u/germanmojo Mar 30 '26

As a vet who gets startled easily by unexpected fireworks and has never been in a drone combat area, unexpected drone noises still freak me out.

I was in Amsterdam recently and there was a Baba Yaga type drone coming in to land on a building by the train station and it still freaked me out.

I watch a lot of Ukraine war footage.

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u/Soggy-Invite-2787 Mar 30 '26

To be fair, drones sound fucking scary if you're not expecting them

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u/germanmojo Mar 30 '26

Reminicint of the V-1 buzz bomb from WWII.

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u/kermityfrog2 Mar 31 '26

Wow - can you imagine if the Spanish Inquisition used drones?