121.5 is NOT a Joke!

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Thread 'Sarcasm'

Aug 14, 2025

Being completely bilingual . . . English and Sarcasm . . . I sometimes get called out by those who are not understanding the difference. In order to be clear, I am looking for pointers on differentiating the two. Some people here use " /s " while I am of the school. Is there a convention or norm here or in general?

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I use black font for sarcasm. And for everything else.

When reading anything written by me, start by assuming I’m being sarcastic and then adjust as necessary.

 

[flyingron]

In my minimal years and hours, I've heard the puddy dat maybe once.
It was not interfering with anything safety of flight.
I bet the gubvermint could figure this out real simple for a problem

I actually worked in the recording studio (Flite Three in Baltimore) that recorded those meows.

 

[4RNB]

I actually worked in the recording studio (Flite Three in Baltimore) that recorded those meows.

Did you choreograph the dance also?

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7564503510574812447

 

[Ed Haywood]

It was these weirdos.

 

[Dixiebluesky]

Well well well...it seems that this thread has, at the very least, led to a confession.

I could maybe forgive that kind of behavior from a 13-year-old, or even a 16-year-old after a bongload of good weed. But not from someone exercising the privileges, and bearing the responsibilities, of a pilot certificate.

I meow on the internet so I don't have to meow on guard.

 

[AvNavCom]

Your meows on Guard can't hurt me; I survived Barrens chat back in the day.

IYKYK.

 

[TCABM]

…That reaction is the my problem….

Before you respond, understand I feel the same way about fingers.

The only way to stop abuse of any frequency is to uninvent radiotelephony.

 

[Ed Haywood]

understand I feel the same way about fingers.

Got a physical coming up?

 

[Fearless Tower]

That's likely due to your altitude. Come up to the flight levels, where your line-of-sight reception range is significantly longer, and you'll hear it regularly.

Another problem is that when it is actually being used for a legitimate purpose, every transmission is met with multiple, "Gaaaaurd!" responces.

This. For every meow that I hear on IAD, there is at least one Guard Nazi responding. Honestly the Guard Nazis are worse because they're always the ones stomping on actual legit transmissions on the freq.

Would not be at all surprised if OP is actually one of those Guard Nazis that add to the same frequency congestion they complain about...

 

[RudyP]

I’ve stopped monitoring guard because of this nonsense so i agree with OP. Not quite understanding how this persists for so long - even if you found it funny at the beginning years ago (and I can definitely see that) it is WAY played out by now. Cringe as the kids would say.

Speaking of kids, reminds me of the 67 phenomenon - juvenile, not particularly funny and very annoying to grown ups but I guess that’s why they keep doing it.

 

[Domenick]

Being completely out of touch with pop culture, social media, and the last generation of kids, I had to look up 6-7.

What Does ‘6-7’ Mean? We Don’t Know Either, So We Asked a Linguist - Georgetown University

A linguist unpacks the two numbers that have perplexed — and frustrated — parents, teachers and Americans across the country this year.

www.georgetown.edu

 

[Albany Tom]

Whenever someone gives me whatever new phrase they've invented, or a new definition for a word that's been around for 50 years, I sometimes just blink and say "oh yeah, you guys have feelings and stuff, right?" I doesn't always allay their concerns, but it usually moves the discussion in a different direction.

The lighter weight version is to say "220, 221 whatever it takes", "it's just a flesh wound", or "you'll be fine".

 

[Racerx]

Being completely out of touch with pop culture, social media, and the last generation of kids, I had to look up 6-7.

What Does ‘6-7’ Mean? We Don’t Know Either, So We Asked a Linguist - Georgetown University

A linguist unpacks the two numbers that have perplexed — and frustrated — parents, teachers and Americans across the country this year.

www.georgetown.edu

After looking it up, want to explain what it means? I know the origin. But can't figure out definitively what it actually means

 

[iamtheari]

After looking it up, want to explain what it means? I know the origin. But can't figure out definitively what it actually means

 

[cowman]

My friends and I had a thing with the number 207. That's one more than the number of bones in the human body... now apply 13yo boy humor and you should be able to figure it out.

 

[Flymy47]

Speaking of kids, reminds me of the 67 phenomenon - juvenile, not particularly funny and very annoying to grown ups but I guess that’s why they keep doing it.

They keep doing it? I started doing it because it annoys them!

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Never claimed it did but please point me to the instance where someone meowing directly contributed to or caused a safety incident. I stand by my assertion that there are far more egregious instances of radio etiquette breaches than some knuckle head meowing on Guard.

I have not seen a single instance where a "Meow" has blocked or stepped on a "May Day, May Day, May Day or a Pan, Pan, Pan".

I have said it before, and I'll say it again: I heard a GA airplane get stepped on for about two full minutes by guard police and meows, when they were on fire. They did not "Mayday" or "Panpan" or say "emergency" or state the nature of what was happening in their very first transmission, which sounded like a mistaken frequency. By the time they were able to get a second call in, it was clear by their tone of voice that the situation had escalated dramatically. Don't be an *******.

What do folks expect to happen if they simply do not monitor guard?

I've heard plenty of things that people would probably wish they'd been monitoring for. It's a whole lot better to be the guy that hears the Air Force warning you away from the presidential TFR instead of getting your mandatory sit on the ground for 60-90 days, for example. It's also a whole lot better to hear ATC calling you to tell you about your missed frequency change instead of hearing it from your DO or Chief Pilot or getting yourself a phone number to call later when they couldn't get a hold of you.

Plus, it's interesting to hear real emergencies too. I've heard a C130 with an engine fire, another C130 with an engine failure, the aforementioned GA aircraft fire, and a few others.

 

[Palmpilot]

I have said it before, and I'll say it again: I heard a GA airplane get stepped on for about two full minutes by guard police and meows, when they were on fire. They did not "Mayday" or "Panpan" or say "emergency" or state the nature of what was happening in their very first transmission, which sounded like a mistaken frequency. By the time they were able to get a second call in, it was clear by their tone of voice that the situation had escalated dramatically. Don't be an *******.

One point that needs to be made is that in that situation, the emergency aircraft should not wait for the abusers to stop before transmitting again. Because of the inverse-square law, there is at least a chance that the abusers are far enough away so that they will not block closer stations from hearing the mayday or pan pan call.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

One point that needs to be made is that in that situation, the emergency aircraft should not wait for the abusers to stop before transmitting again. Because of the inverse-square law, there is at least a chance that the abusers are far enough away so that they will not block closer stations from hearing the mayday or pan pan call.

Yabut, I bet most people don't know that, and we're all taught to wait for a clear moment on frequency before transmitting.