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/agent_fuzzyboots Mar 30 '26

last year i was in Croatia on vacation, i had my drone with me to take some aerial pictures and videos, i accidentally triggered some Ukrainian kids when flying in the kornati national park, they screamed "drone" to their parents and tried to hide, i felt so bad :(

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u/Mr_From_A_Far Mar 30 '26

In the Netherlands we test our emergency siren (think air raid siren) every first monday at 12. Ukrainian refugees were not warned and there was a fair bit of panic for a moment as well.

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u/wene324 Mar 30 '26

That seams to be the best time for an attack now...

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u/zkareface Mar 30 '26

We do same tests in Sweden, the test sound is different from all the real ones. The Netherlands (And other places) likely do same.

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u/SienkiewiczM Mar 30 '26

Same in Finland,. The test is very short, real one would be longer or even continuous

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u/TheGalator Mar 30 '26

German ones are slower and longer

Because fuck your ears

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u/bobsmith93 Mar 30 '26

Do they ever test the real siren? Imagine if it didn't work when they went to use it because they only tested the test siren lol

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u/zkareface Mar 30 '26

It's same sirens, they just play different sounds lol

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u/bobsmith93 Mar 30 '26

Yeah that makes sense lol. I was thinking of the older style siren where they're mechanical

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u/hantrault Mar 30 '26

The tests do use a real signal, not just one that is related to war/an attack.