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This Drunk Man Tackling a Drone Is Basically John Connor

What can this video teach us? Quite possibly very little.

​In a wide-ranging ruling earlier this week, the National Transportation Safety Board asserted ​that drones are indeed aircraft, not toys. But ​a reveler at an open-air cumbia concert in Peru has his own analysis.

As he tried to enjoy the music and, perhaps, look for his friends, he saw a drone buzzing above and behind the crowd. Clearly, he hadn't got the memo about the NTSB decision, because in his analysis, the drone was actually a flying fish—at least, according to comments by YouTubers who claimed to be on the scene.

Whether or not he did in fact believe the drone was a flying fish, or some other kind of flying animal, or if indeed he was following the FAA's definition, it clearly messed up his groove. No sooner had he spotted the drone, he ran straight through the crowd, describing a perfect trajectory toward the descending aircraft, made an electric lay-up, and swatted the quadcopter fresh out of the Peruvian firmament.

Within seconds, the man is surrounded by security guards. In spite of the magical poise that he demonstrated in the swatting of the drone, the man is clearly drunk, and confused, and, judging by the expression on his face, kind of angry.

Obviously, no matter how twisted you are, and how much practice you have had on your local b-ball court, swiping drones out of the sky with your bare hand is never a good idea. You could hurt yourself pretty badly, or, if you're in a crowded place, those around you. And depending on the situation, you will invariably piss off whoever owns the drone. If that happens to be the concert organizers, you could end up like this poor fellow in the last couple of seconds of the video—roughed up and wondering why you are being assailed for your show of split-second valor against the flying fish, and not being thanked for it.

What can this video teach us? Quite possibly very little. But if we can glean anything, maybe it's this: not everybody knows what a drone is, and sometimes people think drones are things that they clearly aren't.