4th of July
4th of July
[One single panel is shown. The header reads:] 4 th of July activities
2014 - Watching fireworks 2015 - Watching fireworks from drones 2016 - Flying drones through fireworks 2017 - Intercepting fireworks with drones 2018 - Competitions to hit drones with fireworks 2019 - Teams compete to shoot down each other's firework-armed drones 2020 - Sentient firework-armed drones overthrow humans 2021 - Drones celebrate independence day

In the United States, the 4th of July is celebrated as Independence Day . This comic claims to show the timeline of different activities that are used to celebrate the holiday. One common activity is to watch fireworks displays. With the rise of personal drones there have been several videos of fireworks from drones, including flying the drones through the middle of the display. The comic then purports that starting in the year it was published (2017), fireworks and drones will be at some sort of war with each other, starting with drone pilots leading their drones into the path of the rising fireworks before they explode, leading to fireworks technicians intentionally trying to strike down drones. In 2019, Randall posits that the drones will be weaponized with fireworks and competitions will be held to shoot down your opponents' drone. This wanton destruction of drones leads them to turn against their pilots and humanity in 2020 (after gaining sentience, presumably by their AI evolving through the competition), and then in 2021, they will be celebrating their Independence Day from the humans. As of November 2021, drones have not yet overthrown humans. [ citation needed ]
Despite the many unfortunate events that happened in 2020, sentient firework-armed drones overthrowing humans was not one of them. [ citation needed ]
The title text refers to another popular 4th of July activity in the United States: Barbecues with fare such as hot dogs and hamburgers. But since the drones don't have mouths or a digestive tract, they simply make a mess by using their rotors as a blender.
[One single panel is shown. The header reads:] 4 th of July activities
2014 - Watching fireworks 2015 - Watching fireworks from drones 2016 - Flying drones through fireworks 2017 - Intercepting fireworks with drones 2018 - Competitions to hit drones with fireworks 2019 - Teams compete to shoot down each other's firework-armed drones 2020 - Sentient firework-armed drones overthrow humans 2021 - Drones celebrate independence day
