I love it
i don't want to be THAT guy, but the companies that operate these planes have done silly things like this in the past, because we will talk about it, and someone will then book it for his birthday
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
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Always. the answer is always. Because even when you're not actively consuming any media, the advertisements (including more subtle things like product placements and viral marketing like this) have already been absorbed and are doing their thing.
Sorry. 😬
That sounds like a win-win. I'm generally vehemently anti-advertising, but I'm willing to make an exception for skywriting cause it's rad.
Hey if it means we get crude words written in the sky, I'm all for this marketing scheme.
This is very different from the old sky writing. Is there a giant computer controlled bar that releases the smoke at the right time?
It’s just snoop dogg breathing out at regular intervals
"Hey man, you see deez nutz in the sky yesterday?"
"Hey man, did you see that in the sky yesterday?"
"What?"
"Deez nutz."
Something just needs to be expressed.
I like how the smoke is just a bunch of little poofs. It makes me imagine the pilot pretended to fart and giggle every time.
Gottem
100% worth it
More likely, one person spent time and effort, and someone else spent money.
How about FUCK U/SPEZ instead? That'd be hilarious.
oh its 5 planes? I thought this was some kind of laser that somehow activated the sky's icecrystals like .... sigh .... "chem"trails. (they are not 'chem' trails, they are atmospheric disturbances caused by planes)
couldn't drones do this?
Most of them are 5 planes. But you could do this with one plane "printing" out 5 rows of clouds. It could be a drone printing them out very close, or a manned plane further away.
It could also be photoshop.
Contrails
How does one do this? Asking for a friend.
Can you imagine how many people got GOT that day. Next they will be writting "no u" and half the male population will cum in their pants intuitively
Considering this is over Los Angeles, a LOT of people got got lol
Stuff like this makes my day bearable
A millionaire spending fuck you money to sky type deez nuts? Weird.
If it's a half hour job, 5 planes x $200/hr (conservatively high) x 1/2 hour = maybe $500... And very likely by the company that owns them to get people to talk about it.
Actually a really cheap ad in that case. I'd rather something funny in the sky than yet another annoying ad (costing way more wasted money) on TV...
You realize Google is a thing, correct?
Skytyping can cost more than regular skywriting, starting at $25,000. Skytyping uses five planes instead of one, but it's a more accurate form of aerial advertising that ensures legibility. A personal skywriting message can cost upwards of $6,000–$8,000, depending on where the few skywriting planes are located at the time you want the message written. Skywriting rates are generally charged per flight hour. A one-hour flight over a major city can cost anywhere from $500 to $5,000.
Again, very few non fuck you money are spending 5k at the low end on deeze nuts. Conservativly high 🤦♂️
You're not wrong, but think of the number of people this brought joy to.
Is it wasteful? Sure. Is it a bit of a face slap to people living paycheck to paycheck, assuming they're even that well off? Sure. But is it a net negative? Who can say? Unlike most fuck-you-money splurges, this one probably at least lightened some people's days for a moment, and that's not nothing.
When did skywriting go from analog to digital?
When people got rich enough that the upper-middle class can afford to hire 5 airplanes instead of 1...
You're underestimating the number of people with money and lots of time in their hand. There are people who dont have to do 9-5 to pay rent or mortgage. They were born with fuck you money.
joe rogan is liteally 5 foot 3