19 Tweets That Will Make You Think Differently About Amazon's Drones

By  Annie Colbert  on December 2, 2013
The Amazon Drone -- errr, Amazon Prime Air -- will be able to deliver a pack of tube socks to your door in 30 minutes. But it might also steal your pocket-size pets or help the NSA take photos of your living room. The unveiling of Amazon's plans for a flying delivery system of the future on 60 Minutes Sunday night had Twitter's conspiracy theorists and comedians speculating about its impact. [seealso slug="absurd-missed-connections"] Parody accounts quickly popped up, with @AmazonDrone gaining more than 5,000 followers overnight. Expect the parodies to continue until at least 2015, when the drone is slated to make its first delivery. Get your 140-character drone quips in now, people -- before Amazon's flying deliverymen take over the planet. [nggallery id="13799" layout="list" title="top"] Image: JOE KLAMAR/AFP/GettyImages
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