Double points if you hit it with something incendiary so that the hydrogen ignites.

While I agree that yes, there will definitely be people who shoot at them, same as shoot at DJI drones, there is no reason to disparage an entire group of people into a caricature.

Why not? We’re surrounded by this behavior it’s not simply a caricature.

Please stop posting regional flamebait and whatever else this is. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37298978 also.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

This example could quite literally be my nextdoor neighbor. He was ranting and raving to me the other night about the deep state, george soros, how hard he was going to "pray for me" after learning I got vaccinated, etc... If a big white balloon was flying around inspecting power lines I can guarantee he would say something like this and might shoot it. People all over the country would. I think it is inappropriate (and arguably dangerous) to try and pretend that this issue does not exist. Not flamebait. This form of mental illness is its' own pandemic at this point.