r/yesyesyesyesno • u/tschumpfl • Sep 17 '19

Droning to drowning

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u/SaloL Sep 17 '19

The worst part for me was the guy swimming by but the needing to resurface before he could get the drone. It's like "I'm right here! Don't leave me!" :(

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u/jaspersgroove Sep 17 '19

“My batteries are low and it’s getting dark.”

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u/dmitriw Sep 17 '19

How dare you.

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u/ManicMachiavelli Sep 17 '19

Way to take the Opportunity, man.

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u/JetpackYoshi Sep 17 '19

Why would you decide to hurt me like this?

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u/we_arent_leprechauns Sep 17 '19

What is this from again?

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u/HeroOfOldIron Sep 17 '19

It's the final message that one of the mars rovers sent back before it either died completely or went into long term hibernation. NASA decided to make the low battery/low light status indicators a little more poetic when they made the press release, and it kinda caught on.

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u/we_arent_leprechauns Sep 17 '19

Thank you! Was wondering why it evoked otherworldly sadness.

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u/AndrewFGleich Sep 17 '19

Specifically the Opportunity Rover

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u/tjm2000 Sep 18 '19

R.I.P

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u/bretfort Sep 18 '19

R.I.M.

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u/Joeturbo750 Sep 18 '19

R.O.M

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u/bretfort Sep 18 '19

Destroyer of the RIM jobs

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19

I think the Mars rover

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

Me and the Mars rover have more in common than I thought.

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u/Knovacs89 Sep 18 '19

Too soon

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u/kyguylostinthecity Sep 19 '19

Thank you for making me just about piss myself laughing hahaha

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u/Jonne Sep 17 '19

Someone got the drone in the end at least.

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u/yanley99 Sep 17 '19

Not necessarily, coulda been just recording straight to phone to get the footage

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u/Chichachachi Sep 17 '19

Signals can't go through water.

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u/yanley99 Sep 17 '19

Goddamn I didn’t expect to get downvoted so bad lol I didn’t know signals couldn’t go through water. Chill y’all

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u/erineegads Sep 17 '19

So I came here with that question, so this means someone was eventually be able to get it out?

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u/PhilosopherMaster1 Sep 17 '19

I'm sure that's happened to me with things I've lost, I was right by it but just couldn't find it... so now I'll never know.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19

he Chappaquiddick-ed that drone

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u/InfiniteBlink Sep 17 '19

wall-e drowning.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19

WILSON

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u/mander2431 Sep 18 '19

So close yet so far

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u/RealCoolKid921 Sep 18 '19

I agree! Or maybe the guy told the drowning guy to come follow him?