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  Even the real ones are a joke so best to just chuckle and move on.
context: Waiting for the Europe reveal. >
  
  Can't believe so many innocent science experiments went awry >
  
  Im happy for american taxpayers to build a giant fuckoff balloon and sit it over china for a month. The absolute rage fit XI would have. >
  
  We have to have one of those old Macys thanksgiving parade balloons of Winnie the Pooh right? Don’t even have to get sophisticated. Slap a GoPro on that bad boy and send him on his way. >
  
  Not even a good GoPro. Make it like a GoPro 4 and slap it up in a fancy looking box so the Chinese want to get it and find out what technology we are using. Just entirely fuck with them. >
  
  And fill it with glitter…lots and lots of glitter >
  
  Better call Mark Rober for that lol. >
  
  So glitter, fart smell, and Home Alone references it is. >
  
  And dildos.... >
  
  Im going to guess China launched a bunch of these and we are going to see news of these things making appearances around the world over the next few days. >
  
  Yep I believe it. But why? >
  
  Could literally have just been "Let's see how other nations respond". >
  
  So you're saying they're...floating trial balloons? >
  
  Diddy Kong racing music begins playing >
  
  I’m choosing Timber and the hovercraft >
  
  I spent all that time unlocking the damn clock, I'm gonna use the damn clock >
  
  Wait, unlocking the clock guy was an option??? >
  
  Yes, he's also the fastest character >
  
  I assume you had to beat all the time trials or something? I could have used him to beat WizPig, I could never do that lol. >
  
  Oh boy, yesterday here in Costa Rica many spotted a white balloon high in the sky. It was almost in tandem with the news of the US one.
  Both meteorological agencies here with actual permissions to use these denied that it was theirs
  Link here of the sighting. Looks like it has panels too >
  
  Is it even possible to see a balloon flying at 50,000ft from the ground? >
  
  It apparently was the size if three school buses. >
  
  Is it possible to see three school buses at 50,000ft from the ground? Not being a jackass I’m actually curious. Seems like it would be a speck at that altitude if you could even spot it at all, even through binoculars, assuming you can keep it in sight long enough.
  But maybe I’m wrong? >
  
  The part that is the size of three buses is the payload hanging on the bottom of the balloon that looks like a satellite. The white balloon part that we see is massive compared to that. >
  
  Yes people don’t seem to understand this. It’s probably like 10 school busses. >
  
  How big is it in giraffes? >
  
  Indian giraffes or African giraffes? >
  
  Well I’m American, so whichever one divides more easily into football fields >
  
  C'mon, we all know how 'easy' you like your ratios. If the football field:Indian giraffe ratio is 1:10, and 1:8.5678247 for African ones, your choice is made >
  
  Oh bother. >
  
  Exactly.  It was attempt #2 to get the honey out of the tree.
  Next time they’ll remember to paint the black and orange stripes on it! >
  
  Or put a little bow tie on it. >
  
  And have all of the Chinese citizens living in the path of the balloon stand outside with an umbrella saying, "Tut tut.  It looks like rain." >
  
  (Shout out Winnipeg) >
  
  You shut down their police stations and they send balloons. You shoot down their balloons and they'll probably send pigeons with cameras on them >
  
  Then the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you. >
  
  Oh God, next will be the robotic Richard Simmons. >
  
  C'mon girls! Get the butter off those buns! >
  
  His ass is gonna blow! >
  
  Who the devil are you? >
  
  I love a good Simpson chain >
  
  Only 97 more to go >
  
  Aren't red tho >
  
  Original song by Nena was "99 Luftballoons" - which is German  for "balloons" or more literally "air balloons." >
  
  Do Germans always name what's in the balloons, like helium balloon, hydrogen balloon, air balloon? >
  
  No. You also can just call them balloons. >
  
  In the words or Nute Gunray: This is getting out of hand! NOW THERE ARE TWO OF THEM! >
  
  In the words of Frank: So anyway, I started blasting... >
  
  Can I offer you a nice balloon in this trying time? >
  
  Another sign that inflation is out of control. >
  
  I hope this blows up >
  
  It might be a lot of hot air >
  
  It’ll go over like a lead zeppelin. >
  
  Holy shit that'd be a great band name! >
  
  “Uh, hello, airplanes? Yeah, it's blimps. You win. Bye. Oh, god. I hope you didn't invest in this.” >
  
  Anyone have speculation as to what they’re looking to accomplish here? Easier to guess with the one over the US, but this one over South America is more baffling. >
  
  Could be probing how fast things like that will be detected in other countries' air space. A jet would start a war, but a balloon is "harmless". >
  
  You can also map out the location of every radar station as they track it. They can detect exactly when it first gets detected,  which radar is being used,  etc. They can even dynamically change the radar signature of the balloon to see how stealthy you have to be to get through radar undetected. >
  
  
  They can detect exactly when it first gets detected,  which radar is being used,  etc.
  
  how? >
  
  Would depend on the radar. 
  You can pick up a radar lock with older radar, more modern ones can lock the signal without throwing off RWRs using electronic “antenas”. >
  
  i can’t tell what comments are satire or for real