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Flavahbeast
Jul 21, 2001


rotinaj posted:

The government has put how much loving money into the military and there isnt a gun to shoot down balloons?

What the gently caress

Im guessing they dont want to hurt the balloon unless it's floating over something super secret. Might as well see who it's talking to/where it goes

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WAR CRIME GIGOLO
Oct 3, 2012

The Hague
tryna get me
for these glutes

Why didn't they just send a surveillance burger king truck it would've made it into the base with ease

Gresh
Jan 12, 2019


Dear Leader Xi's giant spy balloon floating around Montana is like the funniest poo poo ever

and the fact that the Pentagon is just letting it float around makes it better

latest sign this will be the Chinese century and soon we'll all be swearing fealty to the Xi dynasty.

Fuckstick
Nov 30, 2000

They aren’t shooting it down because they don’t want the F-22’s first ever air to air combat kill to be a fuggin balloon.

Fuckstick
Nov 30, 2000

We should somehow draw a bunch of dicks all over it as a flex

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Holy water running through my veins

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010

Fuckstick posted:

We should somehow draw a bunch of dicks all over it as a flex

Paint it to be a giant winnie the pooh head

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010
And then just let it stay floating, ball's in your court Mr Xi

Tumble
Jun 24, 2003
I'm not thinking of anything!

Devils Affricate posted:

And then just let it stay floating, ball's in your court Mr Xi

Make it spin so the spies watching get dizzy and sick :cb:

SonOfGhostDad
Nov 16, 2022
Perhaps OP can lure the child back to Earth with descriptions of his lavish condo

dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001

Fuckstick posted:

We should somehow draw a bunch of dicks all over it as a flex

The real flex come up with a complex puzzle code thing in a large grid and draw that on the side of the balloon. Make sure like it's complex enough that, they can solve it but it will take a few days, like a real challange.

Then when it solves it the answer as is put in the grid forms a large penis. Make em work to be insulted. It always means more if they had to work for it.

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
why would you not just fly up and collect it

Fuckstick
Nov 30, 2000

SniperWoreConverse posted:

why would you not just fly up and collect it

It been reported that the balloon is very large, the size of 3 school buses, or 120 riding lawnmowers, or 1,300 air fryers, or 11,000 Grammy Awards, basically anything to avoid using an actual measurement.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
wht are the odds its just one of these they forgot about

Jippa
Feb 13, 2009
"Not the moon" confirmed.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBfj_VIBo44

Horrorosaurus
Oct 22, 2010


It is STATIONARY

No idea what it is etc so might as well say it out loud you hope you are making first contact with your 500mm lens.

StoryTime
Feb 26, 2010

Now listen to me children and I'll tell you of the legend of the Ninja
Doesn't China have the worlds second most comprehensive spy satellite coverage anyway? This entire balloon hullabaloo seems just pointless.

Although I guess I'd be annoyed about a China balloon hanging over my house. I'd be like gently caress you balloon, don't you dare report back about my porn preferences you poo poo.

Hmm, let me check the brand on my DSL modem/router. Huawei, huh. Sigh, okay balloon, you might as well stay.

I still don't like you.

Vampire Panties
Apr 18, 2001
nposter
Nap Ghost

StoryTime posted:

Doesn't China have the worlds second most comprehensive spy satellite coverage anyway? This entire balloon hullabaloo seems just pointless.

Although I guess I'd be annoyed about a China balloon hanging over my house. I'd be like gently caress you balloon, don't you dare report back about my porn preferences you poo poo.

Hmm, let me check the brand on my DSL modem/router. Huawei, huh. Sigh, okay balloon, you might as well stay.

I still don't like you.

:ssh: There's a bunch of stuff that satellites are too far away to spy on :ssh:

I hope this is some massive Von Eck phreaking system, and a whole battalion of Chinese spy nerds are stuck reviewing midwesterner's porn habits

Mulaney Power Move
Dec 30, 2004

StoryTime posted:

Doesn't China have the worlds second most comprehensive spy satellite coverage anyway? This entire balloon hullabaloo seems just pointless.

Although I guess I'd be annoyed about a China balloon hanging over my house. I'd be like gently caress you balloon, don't you dare report back about my porn preferences you poo poo.

Hmm, let me check the brand on my DSL modem/router. Huawei, huh. Sigh, okay balloon, you might as well stay.

I still don't like you.

The article I read said this is why they aren't bothering to shoot it down. They figure it's not seeing anything new so it's not worth it landing on my car if they blow it up.

Our government has a history of lying about balloons, though.

Mulaney Power Move
Dec 30, 2004

Fox News and Trump are saying Biden is weak for not shooting it down. There's probably some good conspiracy theories spinning on this. You know rednecks are probably firing their machine guns at it.

GolfHole
Feb 26, 2004

Mulaney Power Move posted:

The article I read said this is why they aren't bothering to shoot it down. They figure it's not seeing anything new so it's not worth it landing on my car if they blow it up.

Our government has a history of lying about balloons, though.

you seem to already realize this but i want everybody to think about this provided government explanation for like 5 seconds and see if it still makes sense

Extra Large Marge
Jan 21, 2004

Fun Shoe
Maybe the balloon is filled with delicious candy

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

Fuckstick posted:

It been reported that the balloon is very large, the size of 3 school buses, or 120 riding lawnmowers, or 1,300 air fryers, or 11,000 Grammy Awards, basically anything to avoid using an actual measurement.

OK fly up and collect the payload and cut the rest loose

Like fly up in one of those heavy haulers that can hold 50 tanks and jostle it into the hold

The United States clearly is lying or has no control over its airspace lol

vote_no
Nov 22, 2005

The rush is on.

SniperWoreConverse posted:

OK fly up and collect the payload and cut the rest loose

Like fly up in one of those heavy haulers that can hold 50 tanks and jostle it into the hold

The United States clearly is lying or has no control over its airspace lol

Helicopters can’t fly that high.

Buce
Dec 23, 2005

the baloon is coming to exfil hunter biden

Extra Large Marge
Jan 21, 2004

Fun Shoe
They need to pop the balloon in a careful, controlled manner so it doesn't land on some guy's pickup truck.

Mulaney Power Move
Dec 30, 2004

China loaded all their COVID into the balloon and they are taking advantage of the latest Weather Event to disperse it over the U.S.

Imagine three school buses full of COVID.

Extra Large Marge
Jan 21, 2004

Fun Shoe
"Hey I know what will drive those yankees nuts, we'll float a weird balloon over Montana"

Mulaney Power Move
Dec 30, 2004

(in QANon sock puppet voice) That balloon is carrying three school buses filled with Chinese schoolchildren infected with COVID-1999, the deadliest strain.

Jelly
Feb 11, 2004

Ask me about my STD collection!
I have a feeling this isn't the first time Three Olives has lied about a child.

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

vote_no posted:

Helicopters can’t fly that high.

time for the space shuttle to come out of retirement

Vidmaster
Oct 26, 2002



Cabbages and Kings posted:

the gently caress dude

It’s an old rear end “you’re going to get banned” thing:
https://forums.somethingawful.com/dictionary.php?act=3&topicid=139

Extra Large Marge
Jan 21, 2004

Fun Shoe
SIMPSONS PREDICTS THE FUTURE PART 873:

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





I read that the US has been tracking the balloon since it passed by the Aleutian Islands, AK, so they must not care much about it. Yet Blinken cancelled a trip to China over it so… :confused:

Gresh
Jan 12, 2019


Maybe they're spying on Yellowstone? It is a beautiful piece of land everyone wants after all.

Noblesse Obliged
Apr 7, 2012

99 No Why Balloons

Bad Purchase
Jun 17, 2019




the child has died, i'm sad to report

eSports Chaebol
Feb 22, 2005

Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever,
the CHinese have perfected the technology from The Prisoner and sorry but we're all about it be Xi's prisoners

it was a good run. RIP america 1776-2023

Das Boo
Jun 9, 2011

There was a GHOST here.
It's gone now.

Gresh posted:

Maybe they're spying on Yellowstone? It is a beautiful piece of land everyone wants after all.

Yellowstone is huge for Chinese tourists, so this checks out.

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verbal enema
May 23, 2009

onlymarfans.com

eSports Chaebol posted:

the CHinese have perfected the technology from The Prisoner and sorry but we're all about it be Xi's prisoners

it was a good run. RIP america 1776-2023

It was a dogshit run actually

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