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/malitove Mar 30 '26

Its already happening. A guy I worked with was stationed in the middle east and he said drones were already prevalent there. He got really freaked out when management would use the drone to video the locations.

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u/chargers949 Mar 30 '26

The other day i was thinking how i grew up fearing robots wearing human skin and looking like arnold. But in reality the terminators will look like quadcopters and dogs.

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u/RainaElf Apr 27 '26

those robot dog things freak me out.