Thursday, October 30, 2014

South Park does drones, #TheFappening, and Ferguson all in one episode


What happens if a drone enthusiast leaves his quadcopter unattended and his son's friends use it to spy on the neighbors? Many big, sweeping issues have been addressed as the popularity of personal drones has skyrocketed in the last year, but more specific ones like this have so far gone largely unexplored. Leave it to South Park take up the call.


Last night's episode begins with Butters filming birds using the "Specter 2.0" quadcopter — South Park's version of the DJI Phantom 2. Cartman excitedly convinces him ("We could spy on everyone!") that they should use it to poke around the private lives of their neighbors — because, according to him, "that's all drones are for." Eventually the kids post a video to the internet of their...


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