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    It will come down on its own eventually.

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    Cloud services. (They lock you in, I know. )

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    I have been in a hot air balloon. You might Think there is some way to maneuver it.

    If so, you’re wrong.

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      You can, you just kinda hope to not hit a thermal or strong winds. You have weighted balasts on all sides of the basket, by changing the weight distribution you can influence the direction of the floating. Influence, not fully control; iirc as long as wind is less than 5mph opposed to the direction you want to go, you’ll be able to pick up speed in that direction.

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        A plane can be maneuvered. If the wind blows and you’re completely powerless because of it, you’re not maneuvering shit. A hot air balloon cannot be steered, is what I’m saying.

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      Just use the steering wheel

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    Good luck with getting him to pay from 50 meters up in the air

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      Phones still work from 50ft metres in the air

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        Good luck exchanging information ^over the distance I specified^

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            Oh, also, I am sure a balloon costs more than 1000$, so I am stealing that, lol.

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              Interesting. Through what mechanism will you steal a balloon that will stay aloft for a couple of days, has no mechanism of altitude control once you remove the rope, and will likely expel you at the first sign of any wind, assuming you don’t die of hypothermia or hypoxia first?

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                Well, worst case scenario I die and he gets jail time.

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    The fact that I can’t immediately think of a reason this would be illegal scares me

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      If you refused to land this would be extortion I believe, but I’m no lawyer

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        So why aren’t loot boxes extortion then? I immediately thought of EA.

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      Removed by mod

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    cutting the rope and drifting can save you a grand

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      A smart businessman would make sure to tell them they need to leave anything pointy on the ground.

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      Climbing down the rope would do the job as well, considering it’s latched to the rim of the basket. Probably be fairly easy, too. Wrap shirt around hands, clamp feet to rope (one above the other so the rope rests between your shoes, which then functions as a brake to slow your slide), and slide down.

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      Just do the scam on crypto bros only

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    Kind of like with Boeing and those poor astronauts stuck on the space station

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    Didn’t read the Terms and Conditions. 🤷‍♂️

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    I would just wait until he went to sleep and then slide down the rope.