I’m mostly talking about camera drones rather than FPV ones.

Every time I take mine out of the bag, people gather around with the same questions: how high does it go, how far does it go, was it expensive, have you ever crashed, etc. - as if they’ve never seen a drone before.

It seems like every single YouTuber and amateur photographer has one these days. They’re easy to fly and relatively cheap too. You’d think they’d be everywhere, but I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve actually seen someone flying one. Granted, I don’t leave the house much and when I do I usually head into the woods, so that probably plays a role. Still, I’m curious if this is just me or if other people have had the same experience.

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      8 hours ago

      I’m not. I can appeciate cool drone footy as much as the next guy, but they are fucking annoyin when flying around

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      8 hours ago

      Which is why I toss a GoPro on my RC trucks again instead of flying a drone, which is sad because I sold my RC planes to buy my first drone.