The Disaster of Balloonfest '86

[@bcproductionvideos]

The sheer amount of "only in Ohio" comments I'm getting on this vid is unfathomable

[@splat2glitcher]

first

[@salakhtar]

only in ohio first

[@Supreme7777.]

Yep.

[@Supreme7777.]

Only in ohio.

[@shaunakwasker20]

swag like ohio

[@kosc88]

"What's gonna happen with these baloons after we release them?" -Nobody, 1986.

[@Msboochie2]

It’s Ohio, what else would you expect?

[@meowJACK]

Did you miss the part where they created a giant net structure to contain the balloons? Clearly they DID ask that question and actively attempted to contain the balloons to avoid that. Their attempt failed. You can criticize their attempt to contain the balloons but it is simply incorrect to act as if they all failed to even consider what would happen when releasing that many balloons. That is flat out false.

[@howboutno412]

​@@meowJACK I was gonna type out a well thought out comment but you honestly don't deserve it. So instead: 🤡

[@mollieadele]

@@meowJACK did you miss the part where the whole point of the net was so they could release the balloons all at once?

[@lavendertears1814]

​@@meowJACK seems like someone didn't pay attention. The whole point of this was to create a simultaneous release. They didn't "fail to contain the balloons", the nets were to collect enough balloons for the big RELEASE. They wanted to break the record of simultaneous balloons ever released, did you not read? Or do you literally only have half brain?

[@achcaptures]

Being stuck in a large body of water surrounded by thousands of balloons in your final hours is a bad fever dream.

[@janr.2692]

Nah it`s actually your way out, you only have to collect enough and fly away with them, easy as that.

[@divraj_doimari]

​@@janr.2692ah why didn't i thought of that i am so stupid

[@ffupdup]

ratio lil bro 🐀

[@greatest03]

@@ffupdup you’ve never felt the touch of a woman

[@WoahJustTakeItEasyMan]

​@@greatest03 what's a woman?

[@stevenbaker7894]

"Don't worry John they'll find us." A tsunami of balloons landing all around you.

[@atarbuck3452]

😕

[@India_first-k6n]

That’s very sad.

[@hezuikn]

when your luck is a cruel joke, only in ohio rip

[@giovannietoledo5643]

😂😂😂😂 But Not Funny 😂😂

[@AsimpleMaan]

I would've died the instant I saw balloons thinking Penny wise came to save me💀

[@jessebaca2750]

“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should “

[@dylanbillion917]

Ooops

[@lososmith9087]

That rule came after 89. The 80s was full of random shit we shouldn't of been doing😂

[@M.S.M.H]

Fr

[@staceyjohnson4436]

BOOM

[@Mrș_Caș3y]

One of my favorite sayings

[@ritasushiro]

I'm 100% sure that someone warned them about the risks and they chose to ignore it.

[@emir5009]

100%

[@Lmaololol103]

It did. Apparently, they tested this on a smaller scale to see what would happen and were told it would be too dangerous, but the organizers went ahead and did it anyways. I mean, it was OHIO 🤷‍♀️

[@creeperbait_42]

​@@Lmaololol103 yep i heard about it too

[@Mayrita77]

I'm sure too. Before every disaster takes place there's someone warning the people about the consequences. They never listen. I'm married to a lawyer that makes a living out of warning people that never listens. Common sense is the least common

[@SofiAmaStay]

Did anyone get in trouble for it?

[@dylanbasgall6567]

Imagine being those guys hoping that someone comes to find you but it just starts raining balloons for miles.

[@HeSoldScrollsLowAndBehold]

I mean logic would dictate that they where most likely dead before the balloons touched the water, surely you'd use those balloons to keep yourself afloat as well as to conserve energy if not already dead

[@boianko]

@@HeSoldScrollsLowAndBehold The balloons can't hold a person's weight from sinking. Plus if it impacted rescue efforts it's not unlikely that the fishermen were still alive when the balloons came down.

[@DarkFlamesDarkness]

​@@boianko ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties baloon ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties baloon ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties baloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties baloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties balloon, ties baloon, Runs out of space, but is rather noticable as a raft of multicolored balloons.

[@Danesir]

@@boianko if you have 2 or more balloons also depending on the inflated size and such will most definitely hold a person afloat, if they grabbed a few of those bad boys they could put two in each hand and it will keep them afloat and help steer as they kick there way to shore.

[@РоманДубровин-л9м]

@@HeSoldScrollsLowAndBehold I am sure that they did not die from drowning, but from hypothermia from being in the water for a long time.

[@GlaciesYin]

The worst part was that it was meant to be fundraising event to raise awareness of a charity to help people - it backfired so horrifically

[@janewhite4486]

Not since WKRP with the flying turkeys promotion... Cleveland sux !

[@SledDog5678]

"Fundraising?" (1) United Way is NOT non-profit to begin with. +2) How much does 1.5 million balloons AND the helium to fill them cost? That $ alone could have done good for a true, REAL non-profit charity ! ,! !

[@SC-gp7kt]

​@@SledDog5678 exactly

[@SC-gp7kt]

And no one could anticipate the problems it would cause. My ten year old could have made that prediction.

[@listenherefat3340]

Shocker! Rich white people always think they are helping….

[@imericseo]

If Christopher Nolan directed "Up"

[@Demonslayerloser]

Underrated comment

[@deborahblackvideoediting8697]

Brilliant!

[@Jaxodahomie]

😂

[@TheKatrine21]

I just scared myself by myself because I laughed SO LOUD so FAST at this comment 😂😂😂😂

[@ashleywhispers4331]

imagine being those two fishermen with your vests on waiting for help and then you see thousands of balloons.

[@birgittarichardson7560]

So sad!

[@bagobeans6124]

It'd be terrifying and eerie

[@mohammedsiddiqui3062]

This was my first thought. First I'd think it's some signal that the coastguard know I'm here, but soon I'd realize it's some cruel coincidence. Itd feel like someone was celebrating my impending death.

[@chevolobo]

Sounds like a good ending to a tragedy movie, the joy of a balloon, quickly flooded with dred as they surround every inch of water around you.

[@biviygranew4605]

Honestly, though its sad that they were never found because of them but if I was a fisherman Id think that it's a very beautiful site to see as you die

[@WarNvrChanges]

“Your Grandfather would still be here in not for tragic events of Balloon Fest 86.”

[@nosh62]

"WAS THAT THE FAST OF 87!?!?!?!?" The child spoke, trying to cope with the fact that his grandfather would still be here, if not for balloons.

[@djoseph5130]

Then little Joey's vengeful resentment of the balloon people began. Next year he traveled to NYC for the Macy's Thanksgiving parade in what would be known now as the bloodiest thanksgiving day ever........

[@CosmicFist]

Nah bruh, I'd tell them to put he died fighting a bear

[@yggdrasil2]

Lol I'm going to hell when I die

[@nosh62]

@@yggdrasil2 grr you should've expended the lore!!!1!1!1 😡😡

[@charlesreynolds857]

I swear the 80s was just 10 years of "fuck it and find out"

[@icookchildrenandeatthem9085]

I think i just found the perfect quote for the 80s

[@samesaiwan]

Fr like the “the bite of 87”

[@Poland_Final_Boss]

​@@samesaiwan You mean 83, right?

[@nunyadeelings8292]

Yeah, and leave it to the future generations to clean up the mess. Like an alcoholic dad, but at the scale of a planet.

[@flourishingghost7931]

"The more u fuck around, The more you're gonna find out.

[@tallboots2222]

Whenever I’m feeling stupid I’m going to remember Balloonfest 86’ and feel little better about myself.

[@xxXUnderdogHeroesXxx]

Me too! 🤣

[@railfan475productions3]

balloon fest sounds like the most 80's thing I've ever heard

[@cristhecris_]

LMAO FR

[@RichyFlinty]

Up in Ohio 😂

[@adolfo777nica]

​@@RichyFlintyTracka

[@tophernuttle420]

Nah,dolphin safe,save the whales ballons would be tho..

[@briant5647]

🤡

[@jrobynsmith]

How is this not a gigantic littering episode?

[@MonaHerSelfM]

It was.

[@justasplanned8023]

It is. This was the 80’s, people’s attitude back then was to not care about the environment, because they knew they’d all be dead before the consequences were felt Some of those balloons are probably still floating around in the ocean

[@xhelan131]

....who said it wasn't? Lmao what a weird comment.

[@yodickninja]

​@@xhelan131 the only weird comment here is yours, why are you so bitter?

[@LoeLovesYouOfficial]

@@yodickninja I like ur username

[@sheamus9632]

Imagine waiting out at sea to be rescued and then seeing thousands of balloons turn up, almost celebrating your doom 💀

[@manny45629]

Crazy.

[@joyjennifer2323]

😂😂😂

[@Panda72021]

Hello Georgie! 🎈🤡

[@AmandaLovesOldFords]

Technically it was a lake...

[@M95-t7c]

straight out of IT

[@allenwatters4593]

Littering on an epic level 😮

[@WelcomeToTheBackLogs]

Imagine doing this in a big city and not expecting imminent chaos.

[@Gebri3l]

The rain coused the problem

[@Jackraiden500]

​@@Gebri3l caused it too.

[@Gebri3l]

@@Jackraiden500 the rain cAused the problem

[@sandrasharp2934]

​@@Gebri3l rain in Cleveland? I'm shocked!

[@Attmay]

It was too late to reschedule. You think getting all of those balloons in the same place at the same time is easy, you try it some time.

[@abcdeshole]

If there’s anything the ocean and wildlife everywhere need, it’s 1,500,000 more bits of rubber.

[@Fern_Tull]

They thought it would float to space and burn up exiting the atmosphere

[@Uppernorwood976]

@Iwuz Here ‘it comes from trees therefore it’s okay’ is the dumbest take for a long time

[@mkvector9539]

And ancient trains carry toxic chemicals derailing and burning.

[@gummy5862]

@Iwuz Here Do you genuinely believe that balloons are just natural rubber that comes from trees? If so, you might want to get checked by a doctor.

[@-KawaiiKitty-]

@Iwuz Here .

[@thrivinpsilocybin7652]

That part about the lost men on lake Eerie...that broke my heart 💔

[@codyash3802]

Ah, the “good ole days” when sending 1.5 million rubber balloons into the environment wasn’t something anyone red flagged beforehand...

[@bffentertainment7848]

You're so smart, and have never made a mistake in your life. It was 1000% a HORRIBLE tragedy for many, and must NEVER be repeated, but remember that hind sight is 20/20.

[@RotisserieiJamie]

@@bffentertainment7848 sure we’ve made mistakes but what does have to do with releasing millions of balloons in the air? We didn’t released 1.5 million balloons in the air. This tragedy wasn’t some little mistake. It was an awful idea. It’s even awful to release one balloon in the air let alone over a million. Killing people, animals, and the environment.

[@angelbueno5609]

@@bffentertainment7848 how does that sound like a good idea? To anyone? Every?

[@celuler22]

​@@angelbueno5609because it came from the earth it shall return to the earth

[@ambersmith8420]

@@celuler22 wanna know how many of those balloons are probably is still polluting the earth including our waters? how many animals probably died on top of how many people? just cause it’ll come back doesn’t mean it should’ve happened at all. genuinely anyone who thought this was a good idea as grown adults is dense as hell

[@andrwxc7804]

Imagine being those guys lost at sea and seeing mad balloons coming at you.

[@Padre-Alvero]

Im legit cackling rn

[@localmilfchaser6938]

I feel the balloons coming inside me 😩🤤

[@rippleban]

they mightve thought the waves took them to Willy Wonka universe

[@samgomez9942]

​​@@localmilfchaser6938 Whats with these comments? The guy said coming at you not in you, I don't mind that your shitty joke is sexual, its just so forced.

[@beadsontotes767]

And also imagine being one of the men in the afterlife that somehow watched this video, and seeing the sheer amount of ohio comments instead of sad comments.

[@TheDunestrider]

Can you imagine fighting for your life in Lake Erie, and seeing hundreds of festive balloons landing around you?

[@3rd.ey.e]

ngl I probably would've held on to them or put them in my shirt

[@sirultim8643]

@@3rd.ey.e no you would not, that’s stupid and accomplishes nothing

[@gageshaw2113]

@@3rd.ey.e the cold probably killed them

[@blakelogghe4542]

​@@3rd.ey.e yeah and if that doesn't work at least you have balloons when you die

[@thischanelnolongerexists9041]

I mean, that's beutiful in a way

[@PadroPadro22]

The ballons look like an entity engulfing that building

[@snowbunny7135]

Bet y'all wished you would've listened to that 1 dude who said it was a bad idea. 👍🏻

[@regularity2556]

Can bet they said he was "too negative" and needed to be a team player 😂

[@yoelromero5757]

I have been that guy in the family for years

[@Tecknut75]

Or the one who said it was going to rain. 😆

[@jaimep3432]

That dude was crazy up until he wasn't.

[@lokilaufeyson4138]

No one ever listens to us. We are always told one of these things: 1. You must be real fun at parties 2. Okay debby downer 3. Youre wrong thats not possible 4. Shut up you are just being dramatic And other various colorful things. But then we the same ones sipping our drinks watching the disaster unfold smiling cause you shoulda listened.

[@marcusporciuscato6404]

Imagine being one of those missing fishermen floating in the water watching those colourful balloons descend all around you for as far as you can see.

[@huhwtf2624]

and yet they grabbed none to stay afloat. i don't think they lasted long enough to see Update: Damn it was a joke. At least god threw them a going away party... or either the sharks celebration party. Either or it had a happier ending than most. He said imagine and I imagined. Stop being a bunch of democrats

[@alanowhitney1853]

A regular Ballon is not gonna keep them afloat 🤦‍♂️

[@rogerdodger1373]

@@alanowhitney1853 but grab about 20 of them bitches and we might be talking different

[@brendandevine5492]

@@alanowhitney1853wtf are you talkin about

[@Alexander-lh3lm]

@@brendandevine5492 Guy above

[@WiseArkAngel]

“Taking place in Cleveland, Ohio.” (Sigh) (Checks comments)

[@alexisguevara9569]

LMAOO DA😭

[@arcstorm65]

Same 😂

[@KrainXPlayz]

Remake "Taking Place in Cleveleand, Ohio." **Sigh** **Checks Comment**

[@mariasofiaguida7483]

SAME LMFAO

[@Tuv14]

EXACTLY

[@zeromega]

imagine slowly dying and balloons start falling into the ocean around you

[@OneTequilaTwoTequila]

I would see that as a miracle. Fill your shirt full of balloons, and you've got yourself a makeshift lifejacket

[@keku52]

​@@OneTequilaTwoTequilasurely you can survive with just that, surely you wont die of hypothermia, ameritard moment

[@jamescinatl8265]

I remember watching that and thinking "WHO THE FUCK THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA!!?" I was 15 yrs old.

[@maryjaneblues7712]

I was 8 and remember thinking the same!!😂

[@MelindaPittser]

Ohio. Ohio thought it was a great idea.

[@dj_nosmiles333]

​@@MelindaPittser A state didn't think it was a good idea. The government thought it was a good idea.

[@avril.m.l]

Exactly. As soon as I heard the first sentence of this video I said to myself "who tf thought this was a good idea???!?!?" 😫

[@bmxbyker1]

@@maryjaneblues7712 I was just being born and remember thinking the same thing!!

[@thenotoriousgigachad3455]

As soon as he said “Cleveland, Ohio” I knew exactly what the comment section would look like

[@furi0us_]

same 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

"Only in Cleveland!"

[@aaronbarrea8922]

Same.

[@blackmamba677]

Only in Ohio

[@bossronaldo1175]

​@@TheMrPeteChannel no ohio

[@CairoCreations]

Mother Nature really said “Nah take your shit back.”

[@teamofwinter8128]

🤣🤣

[@kidlaroii]

Nah.

[@alexsalvi1824]

great amercans only. lol at genius people

[@TVMan932]

fr bro oh hey fellow furry

[@ohmygosh6176]

Mother nature: oh no you don't, you're not going to pollute to my sky and Forest. Here take your shit back ⛈️

[@Wildjason888]

'I swear I thought turkeys could fly..' Arthur Carlson WKRP in Cincinnati..😂😅

[@PRH123]

You’re the only one in the comments to make that joke, I thought everyone would be…. I guess that reveals our age :)

[@kaijohn4638]

That fishermen story is actually so unlucky imagine going missing on the same day as that, odds in that

[@alexus6237]

Imagine being lost in the water and suddenly balloons are coming down

[@christiansantamaria7233]

@@alexus6237 sad clown noises

[@user-xl1ni1tv4s]

​@@alexus6237 what an eerie death, I'd honestly think supernatural stuff going on if I was the missing fishermen.

[@franciscoungerlopez7360]

​@@user-xl1ni1tv4s A Lake Eerie Death

[@rojevil2829]

@@alexus6237 i would think i was hallucinating like ''bro wtf its literally raining balloons while i'm dying''

[@KrakenMSoul]

Imagine treading water, hoping to be found. Suddenly balloons descend from the skies. There's the search crew right over there. You wave and splash but they can't find you. You have no chance of standing out among all the colors.

[@Ablayw]

It can be used as a good horror(feeling of desperation) scene

[@angryapple4777]

I would put a bunch of balloons under my shirt and float

[@mingyue_chen]

​​@@angryapple4777 Since they have life jackets the issue is not about floating.

[@joshualassley7938]

@@angryapple4777bruh

[@shyestshawty]

That’s so sad

[@Xzile40]

Christ. Imagine being floating out there and thinking "oh they'll see me" then a freaking million balloons just fall all around you. That heart drop moment...

[@CorelUser]

Unluckiest men

[@owenfriggieri7036]

You're hilarious 🫥

[@Scope34]

@@owenfriggieri7036 it wasnt a joke smartass

[@arnold3065]

They were most likely dead before the ballooon incident

[@guts_4534]

Mohammed

[@jvncomeaux]

I’m convinced that 90% of humans are just NPC’s.

[@dskyyksd]

It's best that way.

[@jutjub22]

if not more... so predictable, like basic robots.

[@joeswarson4580]

Spoken like a true npc

[@Pam.uki.]

Like u for example 😂

[@yump]

like you clown@@jutjub22

[@DoneThatSeenThat]

the fact it caused 2 people to drown to death at sea because they couldn’t see the life jacket color is unironically the saddest way to go

[@Twoxxii]

it's not the sea it's a lake

[@Dr.Manninton]

That's like Death going "No no no, it's your time now bye bye"

[@Stress_._Free]

That is sad

[@MaceFaceAnimates]

Just imagine drowning and the last thing you see are a whole bunch of eerie balloons on the water.

[@myguys2975]

And it was in Ohio “only in Ohio “ 😂😂 jk 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😂😢

[@JoeIIama]

*That one dude who was telling everybody that it was a bad idea*

[@yes8807]

Guy be like: *I FUCKING TOLD YOUUUUU*

[@Yui789esss]

There was a guy on TV saying how this was going to put Cleveland on the map and will stop being the butt of jokes 😂

[@Teleportcamera]

Last seen flying out of a broken window.

[@bobbybavro8400]

I bet everyone was calling him a Karen. Lol

[@johnmartinez7440]

​@@bobbybavro8400 That sexist trope hadn't been invented yet.

[@hammerGAR]

the amount of lag that must have caused... that many props bro💀

[@Hatchet_Evans]

Nah 😂

[@carterthompsonruns]

💀

[@TheLegendaryAce1]

Bro I wanna like but I’d ruin the 69

[@omelette_official]

bro even with an RTX 4090 on life's latest version that would drop from 60 to 35

[@yassineazoui4204]

@@omelette_official that’s why I overclock my shit and use liquid helium

[@beaver-brain]

As a child of the 80s, I can confirm that zero fucks were given.

[@Mr_AbdullahYT1]

POV:u pop a BAD bloon and all the blimps and the rainbows inside of it in BTD6

[@mademoiselled431]

Literally the perfect example that proves « Too much of a good thing is bad! »

[@fotyfar]

I agree , u to do much of anything is bad ( simple fact:)

[@Husky92223]

usa is the nation of "too much"

[@janethompson2305]

I always understood it to be that, one has to have permission from the FAA if they want to release a huge amount of balloons like that. That amount of balloons wouldn't ever be allowed.!!! Just to break a record.? 😢😢

[@danstheman33]

Releasing balloons is not "a good thing" in any amount. Anyone with a functioning brain should understand that just releasing even a single balloon to the sky is a reckless and polluting act. I understood this as a child and I always found it bizarre that anyone would do this or think it's okay.

[@Sentanette]

eh

[@amumuimo8530]

Imagine being one of those lost fishermen. Lost within a sea of balloons to never be found.

[@MadaraUchiha-mc9zj]

Welllllllll they were found though

[@fadedraider1705]

*_Lost In Colors_* would be the movies name if it was created based on this accident

[@standardsediment5693]

Team mystic aways be taking down my gyms :(

[@kingboji958]

I would just be like "this is my destiny"😂

[@amumuimo8530]

@@MadaraUchiha-mc9zj Found alive* ty

[@rebeccaryan5030]

Born '86 this should be on my birthday card saying "Well you weren't the WORST thing in 1986, but it was close!"

[@average4098]

That's hysterical! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I think my dad was born in '86... I might have to borrow this from you😂

[@am21bernal]

Hahahahaha this is funny, made me laugh out loud 😂🎉

[@Deebnoff]

Me too! That would be a fun card 😂

[@joemorrow7691]

Now Rebecca 🤣🤣 🥰💐🥂

[@MsBluebot]

I can %100 see that on a birthday card honestly

[@nija9000]

And this is why BloonsTD 6 exist now

[@billysummers1616]

The founder of the event actually threw them overboard out there and pulled the balloon stunt to cover his tracks

[@isittrending]

LOOOOOOL 😂😂😂

[@imirazuke3516]

Underrated.

[@zerg9523]

And he would have gotten away with it too… if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids!

[@xbobtheslobx]

​@@zerg9523 ...and their dog.

[@deadmanwalking6709]

​@@zerg9523Man I know that reference, but I dont remember from where 😭😭😭

[@EricTheRedWiseman]

We really do fuck things up so bad for absolutely dumb reasons.

[@jivet3919]

The US is a weird country

[@baeblessed7778]

Hell yeah 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@erikh9991]

1970's there was a show call WKRP Cincinnati. One episode they had a turkey drop (from a helicopter) for thanksgiving. The joke was the birds don't fly and were released too high in the air and damaged the city. Fast forward a decade and someone in Ohio actually does some similar but the other way ( balloons going up) with the same results.

[@TheReal_TeeKay]

Literally.

[@1unartic]

@@jivet3919 tbf iirc there was an incident similar to this in the East but with giant wave of 28k rubber ducks.

[@wiseandalert9615]

Rip to the two men lost in Lake Erie that lost their lives

[@angelamanzanarez7483]

“Ohio” 💀

[@imgabebro]

Imagine being stranded in lake erie yelling for help, drowning even, and out of no where you a cluster of balloons falling down toward you. I’d think it was a message of God and I was seeing things honestly.

[@billysummers1616]

The founder of the event actually threw them overboard out there and pulled the balloon stunt to cover his tracks

[@Eleventyeleventh]

@@billysummers1616 r u serious or nah?

[@Bejaphone]

​@@Eleventyeleventh its a joke...

[@rustyshackleford83]

​@🛌sleep it's true, I'm the founder

[@Robin-sf3gk]

@@Eleventyeleventh you just don‘t see it. Wake up

[@johnnyk617]

Imagine being those fishermen surrounded by balloons and slowly realizing no one will ever see you.

[@JasmineTea127]

It’s heartbreaking what happened to those men.

[@Wayne_R]

sounds like a cartoon story line

[@noeditbookreviews]

Imagine you're adrift, desperately hoping for rescue, and surrounding you is thousands of balloons mocking your misfortune.

[@YouKnowN0thing]

Can you imagine their commentary, when all the balloons showed up?

[@LamborghiniLegends]

"Only in Ohi-"

[@sammynoise]

This is where ohio became a meme

[@Buenos141]

*Gunshot*

[@Flick894]

*Did the man and the kid from up lost their balloons again*

[@Ducklolly]

If this happened in present day, I'm pretty sure the Bloons Tower Defence fanbase would have this all under control

[@jeremybottoms7619]

I've been training for those my whole life

[@jeremybottoms7619]

I've been training for this my whole life

[@CorpigPlays]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Phile_]

As a member , we will dedicate the front lines to quincy

[@Alkkuzz]

I'l just hook up a vengeful true sun god and we got this in the bag

[@Stolens87]

Older people, who were adults in the 80's: "The young people today are so stupid and not responsible" Older people in the 80's: ---- (Edit: corrected the funny 80ties thing, that seemed like a real issue for some people :D)

[@jessicaemmit4062]

80ties?😂

[@simplyxmadsss]

@@jessicaemmit4062 thats sus shit

[@Stolens87]

@@jessicaemmit4062 oh, it was early in the morning where I live, that was not thought through😂

[@epicleak]

LITERALLY

[@lizzieorlowski3152]

someone had to be stupid first 🤷🏼‍♀️ we're stupid because we keep doing stupid things lol

[@MrTajbid]

Imagine fighting for your life in Lake Erie, and seeing hundreds of festive balloons landing around you. Eerie AF

[@MrChazz10]

Trying to stay afloat and the ballons couldn't even float.

[@icecoldbearr]

I woulda thought pennywise is def responsible for my possible demise

[@jamangel]

Oof

[@CherryDosi]

@@icecoldbearr 😭😭

[@Tomorer]

There is a horror short right there

[@Confusedtoejammer]

Ballon boy’s family reunion

[@VLCBK]

Imagine being with your mate all alone in the ocean and then waves of baloons come at you. Combines with the pure silence it would feel like a horror movie

[@bigalsaidso]

Omg lol

[@SasukeEver]

Couldn't they use the ballons to survive if they had a chance tho

[@MisssKayy]

This would be a great horror movie

[@WestGarbage6]

@@SasukeEver My guy what in the blue waffle fuck are balloons gonna do against hypothermia, they're not gonna make rubber fuckin coats out of em.

[@lawsome2068]

😭🤣 this comment had me scream laughing.

[@trevhart2124]

Well, this is a record that's never going to be broken again.

[@sug3863]

Same wit the guy who crossed the twin towers

[@artwmbepoppin]

"Yeah, it was expensive, unecological, dangerous, time-consuming and overall useless, but at least it's a world record" 💀

[@kryx7231]

Don't underestimate the stupidity of humanity

[@thebestnoobyt1270]

Only in ohio

[@mementomori29231]

​@@artwmbepoppin Also a massive waste of precious helium.

[@harleydad1975]

That's idiocracy. That being said...wouldn't it be more cost effective to release millions of balloons over America's enemies than bombs?

[@tedcruzeatemyson]

Mother nature isn't just crying, she is screaming

[@jabbathehut1871]

And that makes it all the worse

[@helpmegetto1k4channelnotab78]

you know, imagine mother nature being, an actual 'mom' imagine that being your mother shed either be a godess for a mass murderer.

[@loveinthematrix]

And how many people actually listening

[@swgame2511]

Yeah screaming mad!

[@thedogman7846]

She actually went „fuck you don‘t“ on this one I guess

[@born2biscuit]

imagine how bewildered and despondent the fishermen felt as they floated there and saw the balloons fall and surround them like some sort of horrific nightmare

[@Cloud9FN]

😂😂

[@jepbarhalmyradov9135]

Shit I'll have nightmares of it

[@BESTMOAD]

​@@jepbarhalmyradov9135 of IT

[@dawudjtownsville]

I wouldve made a balloon float

[@orangeusername1792]

​@dawudjtownsville that had me thinking they mustve died before seeing any balloons

[@noobsley1757]

“I died from a nuclear attack, what about you?” “Balloons”

[@bilaleter1687]

Of course in Ohio

[@YoshitoMakravi]

Lmao I lost it. Great comment

[@anotherHelldiver]

Who would have died in a nuke attack and speak English?

[@Yee-thern]

@@anotherHelldiver r/whoosh

[@skulldog3980]

Only in ohio

[@tonymazi6783]

That's what happens when you have appointees making decisions, instead of experienced professionals. 😢

[@MIKHAILGEAR]

Damn Ohio has no chill with them meme production

[@theroaster5804]

Only in ohio

[@yazdan7774]

bro 2 men died😭😭😭

[@thesubwaysurfer9]

@@yazdan7774 how you loose to ballon’s 💀

[@syqhopath]

@@theroaster5804 🤓

[@ocktonmcozgarfleunts2218]

Swag like Ohio

[@owdub7011]

Really brings "What goes up must come down" into perspective

[@TeganM.C.]

Man, 1986 was a bad year all around. The Challenger explosion, Chernobyl, and this Balloonfest disaster all occurred in the same year. That's mind blowing.

[@AhJodie]

Wow, good historian!

[@slowcuber_aze]

Fr

[@Attmay]

It was also the year they put Rosie O’Donnell on *Gimme A Break!* now she’s starting to look like the father from that show who died that she replaced in the first place!

[@adayinthedollhouse1004]

American girl dolls lol

[@itsjust_Q]

I was born in ‘86 🥺

[@Legendarygoldenbacon]

“Don’t say it, don’t say it, just…don’t.”

[@TTVKanehlFN]

only in ohio

[@Askhat08]

And people still ask "Why do we have to pop all those bloons in Btd6? Why are they dangerous?"

[@vanskis7618]

They should have brought in the monkeys

[@StinkyKraken]

ur a fucking genius

[@elpediagodinez6508]

Yeah but why in ohio☠️☠️☠️💀💀💀

[@beans3669]

Nah bro those balloons are evil

[@fewkeyfewkey5414]

@@elpediagodinez6508 OBAMA

[@Joe_Real]

Bro where are the dart monkeys at

[@bcproductionvideos]

😂😂😂

[@Molds_s]

where quincy

[@BubbleBasil]

“Nothing gets past my bow” head ass

[@celestialpufferfish]

"when the world needed him most, he vanished."

[@doofus2707]

the bloons gotta be camo

[@Happybidr]

What goes up…must come down. How did they forget that part?

[@undefined_231copeland2]

👏👏👏

[@RetroReminiscing]

Exact!

[@adyasingh2459]

Coz they were from Ohio

[@inkazen]

They expected them to pop before they came back down, I assume. They didn't think they'd come back down inflated but that's cause of the weather not their predictions. Still a nice but stupid idea. Welcome to the 80s

[@johnnymcblaze]

They were expecting them to float away on the wind. They were hoping it would be someone elses problem.

[@tejasbhatkar9230]

"How did your brother died" "Balloon"

[@paulmakes]

"Taking place in Cleveland, Ohio" That was all I needed to hear

[@NebMunb]

😅😅

[@Zona984]

Lmao me too

[@John-sr2hr]

"fun times in Cleveland again, still CLEVELAND! Cmon down to Cleveland town everyone, under construction since EIGHTEEN EIGHTY EIGHT!"

[@travelsphereuk-7090]

Lol 🤦‍♂️

[@that_one_reply8805]

ONLY IN OHIO

[@Sp3llw0rk]

our parent's generation really loved the environment lol

[@MrEpeeFencer]

As if they did this on purpose.

[@SPACEVZN]

​@MrEpeeFencer they could've prevented it on purpose. don't cover previous generation's asses when they're just as much of the problem as we are.

[@MyrKnof]

so much they will double down and deny climate change, because nothing is their fault, right?

[@krumht001]

​@@MrEpeeFencer what the fuck do you mean "as if they did this on purpose"? They didn't get 2500 volunteers to ACCIDENTALLY fill 1.5million balloons to just fuck into the sky. Where'd they think it'd go? The void? Whether they came down or not that's 1.5 million shitty little bits of non biodegradable plastic landing somewhere.

[@squatchjosh1131]

@@MrEpeeFencer It doesn't take a genius to consider the consequences of releasing over a million balloons, even in 86. Thoughtlessness =/= consequential immunity

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

Imagine helplessly floating at sea. It's a life or death situation. You're praying that someone will come rescue you. Then, suddenly, countless balloons start falling from the sky around you. You're unsure if this is actually happening, or if you're just experiencing late-stage hypothermia.

[@mindreach2258]

The fact that i just laughed at this scared the heck out of me....

[@travisyayes6343]

​@@SusanKay-I was thinking the same thing. I seen survivor dude make floaties out of his pants by tying the bottoms of the legs and then capturing air in them. Apparently wet jeans will hold air. Just imagine what you could do with a zillion balloons?

[@baranzenovich]

​@@SusanKay- If the water temp. is below your own body temp. you will lose body heat to your surroundings and freeze to death, even 25C water will eventually kill you from hypothermia

[@Life-qo2uj]

​​@@mindreach2258 yea its not really all that funny. Those 2 guys were probably straight facing in a sea of balloons, mad that of all the ways to go, this was it You Monster

[@CanadianPatriot224]

Hears "Ohio" *"Sighs"* *"Goes to the comments"*

[@hayabusa19]

“Only in Ohi-“ “No, this isn’t the time”

[@mamothgaming]

Only in ohio

[@okdarius]

Only in ohio

[@dasfluffy7433]

Only in Ohio

[@felixalbert3739]

Only in ohio

[@Fortnitesexgamer69420]

It is 2023. Ohio jokes aren't funny.

[@burningbelow4424]

Damn that's crazy. Those poor fishermen.

[@themind804]

Swag like ohio

[@thelonesasquatch8396]

Fisherthem*

[@bigpj7359]

A legitimate comment

[@TCress1999]

Damn those men had a fighting chance till the balloons showed up

[@byron-adamlemalu]

The 80's were hard yo

[@danielevolpato8937]

Expectation: "just throw tons of plastic in the air, what could go wrong?" Reality:

[@CommunismIsCringe]

You realize balloons are rubber, right?

[@mikeg4691]

​@@CommunismIsCringe 🤓

[@ZodiacDemon]

@@CommunismIsCringe You realize some balloons are made of plastic, right? In all realness mylar(plastic) balloons exist.

[@CommunismIsCringe]

@@ZodiacDemon You realize the ones released on that day decades ago were rubber, right? In all realness you can literally tell they are rubber balloons in the footage of said event. Twit.

[@jkc2976]

Well, now we just throw billions of tons into the trash that end up in the ocean.

[@niklasekelof7319]

That has to be some Pennywise shit when you're out drifting, parched and about to go, a ton of balloons suddenly decends.

[@Dream7773]

❤ exactly 💯

[@MaxClips2000]

Lake eerie is a freshwater lake so I don’t think they’d be parched. But they’d definitely die later on from drinking a million different chemicals from that nasty lake

[@param4259]

Opens the comment section right when bro said "Ohio" 🗿

[@spellerfamily9905]

SAAAAMMMEEEE

[@elinam.]

fr

[@nono-stop-motion6157]

Same

[@NowUnknown]

The world is scary

[@Jayy_editz]

fr

[@Littlestickman35]

bloons gonna be crazy when this happens💀

[@UncleChase25]

I think i found out why we’re running low on helium now

[@Raedein]

-_- .....

[@Raedein]

-_-

[@Raedein]

e_e....

[@Irene-yd2sv]

🤣😂🤦🏻‍♀️

[@darassylmoniakam]

ironic

[@moontoot333]

Imagine the way those people felt after this. Those kids volunteering… imagine being the person who’s idea it was

[@brianestepa2376]

im sorry. but how fucking dumb did they have to be? why would anyone EVER think this is a good idea? without even considering the disasters that occurred, the amount of trash you’re letting into the environment is terrible enough. humanity is fucked

[@dannylewis24]

Trust me most of them probably didn't take any accountability

[@minengeschoss]

*hear ohio* *sighs and opens the comments*

[@soup1up334]

Not only that, but imagine how long it would take to clean that all up.

[@Schimml0rd]

"1.6 million plastic bags released at one spot, what could go wrong"

[@judyl.761]

They dispersed and polluted the environment and many likely never got cleaned up.

[@darkstars101]

Ha you think they'd make any real effort to impactfully clean it up? We Humans really never learn.

[@thehuckerz]

They’re Americans, they wouldn’t have cleaned nothing up

[@jasondoulkeridis6202]

In 1986 they probably had little to no interest in cleaning it up.

[@machoflops]

What a surreal morbid nightmare to be lost in the river and then hear screams and celebration as balloons descend all around you, sealing your fate of never being found

[@SlumberBear2k]

lol its funny in an ironical sort of morbid horror kind of way.

[@xavierthomas5835]

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. Proverbs 14:9 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Proverbs 17:5

[@ingamingpc1634]

​​@@xavierthomas5835 I'm glad you're trying to spread the word but we can at least joke a little bit at the morbid humor

[@HPFan4Life81]

@@xavierthomas5835 Your imaginary friend don't exist

[@ablackegg]

@@HPFan4Life81 repent of your sins

[@steinstemmer8963]

Ohio does not have to be eliminated. Ohio eliminates itself

[@ffupdup]

ratio lil bro 🐀

[@MrYounis26]

​@@ffupdup failed ratio, let me counter ratio you for fun big bro

[@elliehope266]

As someone from Ohio this is true

[@terryrichmond4723]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 it’s not funny lmao

[@ffupdup]

@@MrYounis26 The cheddar cheese ohio disaster is approaching us all. God save the queen!

[@straighttoyou]

Moral of the story..... Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should

[@chiloveradiouncut]

Imagine sitting in the board meeting and saying guys this is a bad idea. The board ignores you and moves forward with the event. The event kicks off and everyone is shocked except you. 😢

[@bobby5776]

Sound like the Bud Lite fiasco 😂

[@guillermoromero8041]

I don’t think a single person thought this was a bad idea lmao

[@nursenicole222]

Someone had to think this was a bad idea, even in the 80’s

[@JarodM]

You read my life's script.

[@angeliciaventura]

"In Cleavland Ohio..." *Sighs and opens the comment section*

[@TheUnbotheredTexan]

Literally😂

[@jbke]

ONLY IN OHIO 💀💀💀💀🤓

[@Itsmeembracewhoelsewoulditbe]

THATS THE EXACT SAME THING I DID BRO 💀

[@cason._]

I DID THE SAME EXCACT THING WORD FOR WORD

[@retrogamerkid3792]

@@Itsmeembracewhoelsewoulditbesame

[@AngryPeasant125]

Imagine floating in middle of a massive lake hoping to be rescued and suddenly thousands of balloons come raining down from the sky and cover the water all around you.

[@misfitscompany2769]

I’d collect them and use them as a floatation device

[@cullenbohannon1408]

​@@misfitscompany2769 that water will kill you it's cold as hell.

[@ahlanlufi6217]

God just said fuck you one last time

[@lotrtim]

​@@misfitscompany2769the guys probably died due to hypothermia not drowning. It says in the video a cold front was what caused the balloons to fall in the first place and they already had lifejackets on.

[@TvWoman_49]

Can’t have good ballons in Ohio ngl ngl 💀

[@javiercordova2108]

Imagine getting your flight delayed, just to find out that balloons were the culprit

[@Abyss525]

That's endurable but them fishermen are definitely cursing all the people involved in this from heaven

[@Abyss525]

@nickf1221 that's what I'm sayin'

[@kit_ts6087]

As I said in another comment I'd be absolutely pissed

[@BobaBoi2000]

Angel: “So how did you two die?” 2 Fisherman: “Balloons”

[@Itsmeiruka]

wow

[@luiplayz8253]

Wowie bro

[@indefineableisnothere2721]

yikes

[@Waaaaaaaaaaa0]

Only in ohio

[@Nootlest]

That's a terrible joke, I'll be honest

[@jackchung2058]

When Ohio was mentioned, I choked on my soda

[@AWholeChickenNugget]

Same 😂😂

[@OfflinePSYCHO]

Of course its in Ohio 💀

[@fromdeathtolife9059]

@@OfflinePSYCHO I said the same thing 😂😂😂😂

[@Scourge_007_DM]

​@@OfflinePSYCHO FRFR

[@Janepringles]

​@@zxcool4410 No, I'm pretty sure they meant soda. ...Oooooh wait-

[@RaidenNexus97]

This is one of those ideas that sounds like a bad idea.

[@xbpbat21x]

The event coordinator was quoted as saying "it seemed like a good idea at the time "

[@IntheeyesofMorbo]

A local newsman said it was worse than the Hindenburg

[@Jabberwocky869]

Famous last words

[@VS-fn3uq]

​@Travolta'sDumpy🍑 The balloons killed many animals.

[@VS-fn3uq]

@@iridium8341 You should have your own stand up show!!!!