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Artist's Catcopter Causes a Stir

derekmead writes "I'm not sure that Dutch artist Bart Jansen had political commentary in mind when he created the Orvillecopter — combining a stuffed cat with a quadrotor, and naming it after Orville Wright — but indeed it's art, whose meaning will lie in the eye of the beholder. And for those that say stitching up a dead animal around the guts of a helicopter and flying it around is 'sick,' what of the massive drone industry, which, more than just producing a symbol, actually is creating flying death?"

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  1. Leather belt/jacket/shoes by br0ked · · Score: 5, Funny

    So of the people that are complaining, how many wear a leather belt, jacket or shoes?? For the record I think this is pretty cool and hope when I did they make me into a drone and fly me over all of my ex's houses on a regular basis....

  2. Time to update the book by operagost · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess there are now 102 uses for a dead cat.

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  3. Re:Ceiling cat is watching you first post. by CanHasDIY · · Score: 5, Funny

    A flying zombie kitty? Does it spew guns from it's mouth while giving out helpful life advice?

    No, but it does have a rainbow streamer and a really, really annoying theme song.

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  4. What I really want to do... by judoguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... is fly this thing around, meaning above, a dog kennel. Every dog who has terrorized a cat will panic big time. The rest will go nuts trying to leap up high enough to get the damn flying kittie.

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  5. Re:I can't decide... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Extermely disturbing to birds. To cats, the stuff of dreams.

  6. Sorry, it has to be asked by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 5, Funny

    I CAN HAS LANDING CLEERANS?

  7. Re:I can't decide... by darkshadow88 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If one cannot give a corpse a higher purpose, then it's best to leave it alone.

    The catcopter does give the corpse a higher purpose--about 5 feet in the picture and probably much higher if taken outside.