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[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

Anyone have an order link?

[–] YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It's one pool liner, Donald, how much could it cost? Fourteen million dollars?

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago

Here's $300 Billion, go lose an oil war

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 74 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

This is the perfect metaphor for the empire... needless spending under a corrupt evil rule, crumbling beneath them in grand fashion.

The only problem I'm facing is whether or not they're doing it on purpose as double agents for a foreign country, or they're really this incompetent.

Evil genius'? Or just evil stupid fucking pedophiles?

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

Tale as old as time, just ask Nero and Caligula.

[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago

Both? Both.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. We get to see the latter, while pulling their strings behind the curtain are the former.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 hours ago

When Trump opens his mouth, you can SEE Putin's hand.

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 18 points 3 hours ago

> "drain the swamp!"

> makes an actual swamp

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 32 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I can't believe this is real.

[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 25 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It’s just too fucking stupid, isn’t it?

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (3 children)

I mean either they didn't prep the surface or they used the wrong paint. I know OP said they used latex paint but I am having a hard time believing they could be that inept.

Edit: Apparently there are some specialized latex paints you can use for pools. They have to be formulated to resist constantly being under water though.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

The prep is where I assume they messed up. I've never been contracted to paint the reflecting pool, but I've painted concrete and there is a lot of surface prep one has to do with dry concrete, to say nothing of painting a surface that has been sumberged for decades.

[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

I wonder if the attempts at algae treatment didn’t cause an issue. Heard reports of hydrogen peroxide being used and that’s a heck of a nasty chemical on materials

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This is the same group of decision makers that thought pouring copious amounts of hydrogen peroxide and bleach into said pool was a great idea...

We're dealing with a whole different kind of inept... these fuckers have access to nuclear weapons...

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

That's silly, they should have used bleach and ammonia.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The money spent attaching that 1x.8 ft square of paint to the bottom of a pool for a weekend would be life changing for 9/10 Americans.

I'm sure any national monuments/ballrooms this guy manages to build will stand the test of time just as well.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

What gets me is none of these dumbasses thought water would change the color....

Like, they painted the bottom the exact color they wanted it to look. There's a reason no pool is painted dark blue and all that shit is very light blue and often with white streaks/splotches as well.

Like, it's obvious the paint wasn't even meant for underwater usage, because no one is dumb enough to make on that dark to begin with.

[–] cenariodantesco@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

it doesn't look like Obama's hand... maybe with some degenerate AI we can change that.. then blame him! /s

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago

It doesn't need to go that far — as far as the MAGAts are concerned, if the Chief Cheeto says it's so then it must be so.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

How much is fourteen million dollars dollars in USD?

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 47 minutes ago

175,000 barrels

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago