On “60 Minutes,” Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced a “big surprise”: His company is in the planning stages for residential package deliveries by drone.
Many took to Twitter to speculate on the age-old question, “what could possibly go wrong?”
https://twitter.com/ADumbFlowers/status/407339447361888257
Test flight of new Amazon drone over urban areas: pic.twitter.com/cn1zJzgR2e
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 2, 2013
@chadhohner @jimgeraghty a fulfillment center in the sky.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 2, 2013
FedEx announces they're staffing up to deal with Amazon's drones: pic.twitter.com/noJ2DgmBbv
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 2, 2013
"People who bought this Amazon .com drone-delivered product also bought: AGM-114 HELLFIRE MISSILE"
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 2, 2013
Even Amazon will one day be disrupted by an innovator. But then they'll attack that innovator with drones.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 2, 2013
Hmmm. @Amazon drones delivering my packages? Sounds a little like the infamous Silicon Valley Taco-Copter. #TheFutureIsTerrifyingMe
— Kathryn Glass (@Kathryn_Glass) December 2, 2013
How many @amazon drones will be flying around everyone's neighborhood in 10 years. It'll be like gigantic electricl locusts with boxes.
— Kerry Picket (@KerryPicket) December 2, 2013
If you order something from Amazon and it arrives on Shabbos, can you remove it from the drone?
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) December 2, 2013
https://twitter.com/douglaswicker/status/407340228551397376
When drone strikes involve copies of 50 Shades of Grey, we'll have entered a new and cruel era of psychological war.http://t.co/BqWfFvvTUo
— Andrew Silver (@standsagreenoak) December 2, 2013
@aretuseo77 When Amazon starts drone dropping crap on my house, I'm headed for that underground bunker yo.
— Sheryl #rescue #loveofcountry (@sav01) December 2, 2013
What happens if there is a rogue drone? Will Amazon pay for the damage to the house?
— Tish (@KamaainaInOC) December 2, 2013
“@DeathStarPR: First look at Amazon's new delivery drone. (Also helpful for finding Rebel bases on Hoth.) pic.twitter.com/ZL0PovyZCi”
— ??✌????? (@marcm714) December 2, 2013
I can't wait to order $5 worth of stuff just so I can snag a drone. #Amazon #drone #bezos #BezosAnnouncement
— J.R. Howell (@JR_Howell_JR) December 2, 2013
Amazon's new airborne delivery drone, in use by 2015. It's all over. Skynet has arrived #JudgementDay #BeAfraid pic.twitter.com/anDR3BLI3o
— Jordan Grapentine (@JGraps) December 2, 2013
Breaking news from Christmas 2018: midair collision between Amazon Delivery Drone and unidentified object showers Atlanta with reindeer pate
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) December 2, 2013
Over under odds on how long it takes for a "amazon drone hit me" lawsuit?
— Jenna Bilotta (@jenna) December 2, 2013
Then of course there’s the question of how many shoot-downs will occur:
LOL! RT @GayPatriot: If I see an Amazon Prime Air drone anywhere NEAR my house, it's coming down with a double-barrel.
— Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) December 2, 2013
If an Amazon drone flies near my house am I legally allowed to shoot it down?
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) December 2, 2013
If Amazon really does fill the sky with thousands of buzzing drones, I'm going to buy a rifle and shoot them down. http://t.co/84oWVjToTq
— Daniel Robson (@NoMoreDaniels) December 2, 2013
https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/407323691073011712
#Amazon's #drone delivery concept is awesome! I'll never have to leave the house to go skeet shooting ever again.
— Jeff Johnson (@echo5juliet) December 2, 2013
So basically “shooting an amazon prime drone down with a slingshot and get a prize” is the new pastime for the next generation.
— Mark Jardine (@markjardine) December 2, 2013
https://twitter.com/MattMinerXVX/status/407341336954552320
So, which science fiction work anticipated the people who’ll shoot Amazon drones from the sky to fence their cargo?
— Yoni Mazuz (@yonatron) December 2, 2013
Presumably any good delivery drone would be equipped with impressive self-defense capabilities.
Though there are no doubt many wrinkles in the plan that Amazon.com will have to iron out, we do hope Bezos considers this idea:
Amazon should make the drones look like storks, and put the packages in white nappies.
— Sarma (@sarma) December 2, 2013
Yes!
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