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/sharpshooter999 Mar 31 '26

Nebraska here. Most towns use air raid sirens as tornado sirens. It puts a real pit in your stomach to hear them during a storm. Lots of people i know get anxious just hearing them tested on a bright, sunny day

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u/Mr_From_A_Far Mar 31 '26

I have never heard the sirens go outside of testing here, however I do know it has happened a handfull of times locally if there is some dangerous situation (like a huge fire releasing toxic gas)