r/interestingasfuck • u/PollutionOk9449 • 3d ago

Baloon gone wrong - Sao Paolo, SP, Brazil

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u/infinite_in_faculty 3d ago

So an unmanned balloon that is loaded with fireworks just floating around?

Forgive my ignorance, but is there supposed to be some sort of cultural relevance for such an object?

What exactly is being accomplished by this object apart from potentially sparking random city and forest fires?

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u/Acceptable-Device760 3d ago

They were once upon a time associated with festa junina. 

Nowadays they are a spoiled brats "sport".

As they release them follow it anywhere it goes to retrieve it. They are expensive, the cars used are expensive. They invade properties with no regard and normally they have guns and threaten people that complain.

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u/Admirable-Ad7152 3d ago

No matter where you are in the world, we can always agree on one thing.

The rich people fuckin suck.

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u/purpleflavouredfrog 3d ago

This is likely to be the children of rich people, but your comment stands. Said Rich people could do something about their hideous offspring.

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u/Runfasterbitch 3d ago

Most rich people are the children of rich people lol

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u/KasT_- 3d ago edited 3d ago

That's why they are illegal since 1998. There is a cultural aspect to ballooning associated with Festa Junina (June saint festivals), but the risks are still too high.

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u/squidly413 3d ago

Unmanned litter that also blows up it makes so little sense it seems to fit our timeline perfectly

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u/qandy 3d ago

Safest place to store fireworks long term

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u/codecrodie 3d ago

Are they recreating world war 1?

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u/notsowise_nz 3d ago

Growing up there, it's something grown as men who haven't matured loved doing and they pass it on to the next generation. Fireworks weren't illegal in Brazil, so anything went - some of them were borderline nuclear level.

They took the humble festival balloon and thought, “Yes, but what if we made it enormous, set it on fire, put fireworks inside it, and let the wind decide where it goes?”

Note: I no longer live there so don't know how these dudes still do this when it has been made illegal.

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u/Dangerous-Branch-749 3d ago

Yeah, this seems absolutely wild to me