Kangaroo = 1, Drone = 0

That was just the Amazon drone trying to deliver his monthly bulk beans order. Good job stupid Kangaroo now nobody gets their beans.
 
So here's one that just happened to me last weekend:

Neighbor boy is flying his drone around in his own yard while I am pruning one of my trees with a 12'ft pruning pole. He decides to fly over into my yard and buzz me... So I turn my pruning pole into a bat and whack his "micro drone" back into his "micro yard".

Father comes over screaming at me, I tell him the situation and he continues to scream at me. So, I just walk back to my yard and keep pruning. Hour later, police show up saying that I vandalized their property and may own him a new "Micro Drone 2.0"! So, I explain that it came into my yard while I was on a ladder pruning and I whacked it in my own defense. Cop laughs, re-confirms it was on/above my property and then walks off to talk to the neighbor. About 10 minutes after that the cop's partner comes over to my house and tells me to forget it... Since the problem was on my property, I was in the clear.

I wonder how long it will take for some real legislation to be made in every state on these things... just seems like it is getting out of hand.

TL;DR: Smashed neighbor's Micro Drone 2.0 for coming into my yard, Cops said it was self-defense, dropped charges.
 
Kangaroo's can box.. there was a whole 80s coin op video game based on it. :)
 
c0mad0r said:
So here's one that just happened to me last weekend:

Neighbor boy is flying his drone around in his own yard while I am pruning one of my trees with a 12'ft pruning pole. He decides to fly over into my yard and buzz me... So I turn my pruning pole into a bat and whack his "micro drone" back into his "micro yard".

Father comes over screaming at me, I tell him the situation and he continues to scream at me. So, I just walk back to my yard and keep pruning. Hour later, police show up saying that I vandalized their property and may own him a new "Micro Drone 2.0"! So, I explain that it came into my yard while I was on a ladder pruning and I whacked it in my own defense. Cop laughs, re-confirms it was on/above my property and then walks off to talk to the neighbor. About 10 minutes after that the cop's partner comes over to my house and tells me to forget it... Since the problem was on my property, I was in the clear.

I wonder how long it will take for some real legislation to be made in every state on these things... just seems like it is getting out of hand.

TL;DR: Smashed neighbor's Micro Drone 2.0 for coming into my yard, Cops said it was self-defense, dropped charges.
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Did you often find yourself shaking your first in the air when they drive by?
 
c0mad0r said:
So here's one that just happened to me last weekend:

Neighbor boy is flying his drone around in his own yard while I am pruning one of my trees with a 12'ft pruning pole. He decides to fly over into my yard and buzz me... So I turn my pruning pole into a bat and whack his "micro drone" back into his "micro yard".

Father comes over screaming at me, I tell him the situation and he continues to scream at me. So, I just walk back to my yard and keep pruning. Hour later, police show up saying that I vandalized their property and may own him a new "Micro Drone 2.0"! So, I explain that it came into my yard while I was on a ladder pruning and I whacked it in my own defense. Cop laughs, re-confirms it was on/above my property and then walks off to talk to the neighbor. About 10 minutes after that the cop's partner comes over to my house and tells me to forget it... Since the problem was on my property, I was in the clear.

I wonder how long it will take for some real legislation to be made in every state on these things... just seems like it is getting out of hand.

TL;DR: Smashed neighbor's Micro Drone 2.0 for coming into my yard, Cops said it was self-defense, dropped charges.
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So, when are they going to take you to Judge Judy?:D
 
if only there was follow up video showing the person getting kicked by the same kangaroo when they come to retrieve the RC toy
 
i'm not a huge privacy nut but some of these drone people really need to learn about personal space.
 
c0mad0r said:
So here's one that just happened to me last weekend:

Neighbor boy is flying his drone around in his own yard while I am pruning one of my trees with a 12'ft pruning pole. He decides to fly over into my yard and buzz me... So I turn my pruning pole into a bat and whack his "micro drone" back into his "micro yard".

Father comes over screaming at me, I tell him the situation and he continues to scream at me. So, I just walk back to my yard and keep pruning. Hour later, police show up saying that I vandalized their property and may own him a new "Micro Drone 2.0"! So, I explain that it came into my yard while I was on a ladder pruning and I whacked it in my own defense. Cop laughs, re-confirms it was on/above my property and then walks off to talk to the neighbor. About 10 minutes after that the cop's partner comes over to my house and tells me to forget it... Since the problem was on my property, I was in the clear.

I wonder how long it will take for some real legislation to be made in every state on these things... just seems like it is getting out of hand.

TL;DR: Smashed neighbor's Micro Drone 2.0 for coming into my yard, Cops said it was self-defense, dropped charges.
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Did you try asking the kid to knock it off first? They don't exactly think things through usually, and will stop if you bring it up. If you did and he still tried to buzz you, then Batter up.
 
That was too close and I'd also be highly tempted to destroy a drone for getting that close to me. Fortunately for the kangaroo it can't be taken to court for doing so.
 
dandragonrage said:
That was too close and I'd also be highly tempted to destroy a drone for getting that close to me. Fortunately for the kangaroo it can't be taken to court for doing so.
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That would be quite the kangaroo court... *yuk yuk* :D
 
c0mad0r said:
So here's one that just happened to me last weekend:

Neighbor boy is flying his drone around in his own yard while I am pruning one of my trees with a 12'ft pruning pole. He decides to fly over into my yard and buzz me... So I turn my pruning pole into a bat and whack his "micro drone" back into his "micro yard".

Father comes over screaming at me, I tell him the situation and he continues to scream at me. So, I just walk back to my yard and keep pruning. Hour later, police show up saying that I vandalized their property and may own him a new "Micro Drone 2.0"! So, I explain that it came into my yard while I was on a ladder pruning and I whacked it in my own defense. Cop laughs, re-confirms it was on/above my property and then walks off to talk to the neighbor. About 10 minutes after that the cop's partner comes over to my house and tells me to forget it... Since the problem was on my property, I was in the clear.

I wonder how long it will take for some real legislation to be made in every state on these things... just seems like it is getting out of hand.

TL;DR: Smashed neighbor's Micro Drone 2.0 for coming into my yard, Cops said it was self-defense, dropped charges.
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You're proud of getting away with not at least asking the parent of the child first before smashing his toy? It must totally suck to live near you because, you know, lots of adults would be rational and go, "Oh that's a child that doesn't really think about what he's doing before doing it so, unlike him, I'm totally gonna think first before also doing something unreasonable. I'll go talk to his parent and converse about it in a super civilized, not hormone raging murder machine way before getting male-aggro violent."
 
CreepyUncleGoogle said:
You're proud of getting away with not at least asking the parent of the child first before smashing his toy? It must totally suck to live near you because, you know, lots of adults would be rational and go, "Oh that's a child that doesn't really think about what he's doing before doing it so, unlike him, I'm totally gonna think first before also doing something unreasonable. I'll go talk to his parent and converse about it in a super civilized, not hormone raging murder machine way before getting male-aggro violent."
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I agree that talking is usually the right way to go in almost every case, but somehow I can't get angry at this guy. If you're old enough to operate a drone alone, then you're old enough to know better, and if you don't, well, consider this the first lesson. Also, that father should have apologized for his son's behavior instead of calling the cops.
 
The guy was completely right to do what he did and I would've done the same. Flying it in my yard is one thing and I'd complain to the parent if that were the problem. But hit me with it? Nope - line drawn.
 
traycerb said:
I agree that talking is usually the right way to go in almost every case, but somehow I can't get angry at this guy. If you're old enough to operate a drone alone, then you're old enough to know better, and if you don't, well, consider this the first lesson. Also, that father should have apologized for his son's behavior instead of calling the cops.
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I don't think yelling and dragging the police into it was necessary. And really, probably some lame parenting started the whole thing to begin with since toys like those should have some adult supervision, but breaking a child's stuff is hardly adult behavior either.
 
The animals know whats going on.
When the machines strike, animals will be ready.
 
traycerb said:
I agree that talking is usually the right way to go in almost every case, but somehow I can't get angry at this guy. If you're old enough to operate a drone alone, then you're old enough to know better, and if you don't, well, consider this the first lesson. Also, that father should have apologized for his son's behavior instead of calling the cops.
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What do you do when a kids ball bounces into your yard? Or his toy airplane flies into your tree? I don't know what he batted down, but this.

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Is not the same as this

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The former is a toy, just a like any other RC you hand over to a kid. The latter, which people here probably imagined (Or maybe the white one, or pretty much any with a brushless motor) are not what you would hand to a kid.
 
And yeah, Kangaroos tend to be really aggressive. There are quite a few videos where they're fast enough bouncing over dirt to chase after it.

It's also yet another Phantom.
 
Sly said:
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The former is a toy, just a like any other RC you hand over to a kid. The latter, which people here probably imagined (Or maybe the white one, or pretty much any with a brushless motor) are not what you would hand to a kid.
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Please, it's just a toy for a kid with a bigger budget.

I hope the retard in the original video got his ass kicked by the Kangaroo too. It's just wrong to be a dick to animals just because you can.
 
CreepyUncleGoogle said:
You're proud of getting away with not at least asking the parent of the child first before smashing his toy? It must totally suck to live near you because, you know, lots of adults would be rational and go, "Oh that's a child that doesn't really think about what he's doing before doing it so, unlike him, I'm totally gonna think first before also doing something unreasonable. I'll go talk to his parent and converse about it in a super civilized, not hormone raging murder machine way before getting male-aggro violent."
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Him swatting a drone out of the air was equal to
I'll go talk to his parent and converse about it in a super civilized, not hormone raging murder machine way before getting male-aggro violent.
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:confused:
 
Sly said:
What do you do when a kids ball bounces into your yard? Or his toy airplane flies into your tree? I don't know what he batted down, but this.
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context and intent count. someone throwing a ball at me while i'm on a ladder, vs a ball bouncing into the yard during the course of normal play are different scenarios, even if the result is similar. buzzing someone on a ladder is no accident.
 
Silentbob343 said:
Him swatting a drone out of the air was equal to

:confused:
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People not ruled by hormones and emotions that go on psycho rampages like that would have talked to the parent about it first before flipping lashing out with testerone-infused rage. What's confusing about that?
 
traycerb said:
context and intent count. someone throwing a ball at me while i'm on a ladder, vs a ball bouncing into the yard during the course of normal play are different scenarios, even if the result is similar. buzzing someone on a ladder is no accident.
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Dude, you raged on a kid with a toy and treating it on the same context as an adult with $1000 drone! Yeah, context *DOES* matter!
 
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