The other bodies of water in this picture are what interest me. Both the Pond and the Tidal Basin look bluer, showing what it would have looked like. Now it's the color of grift.
They're probably also deeper, which both provides a less ideal environment for algae to grow and also looks bluer despite algae that might be growing. The water in the tidal basin is also moving and has water naturally flowing in and out. The reflecting pool does not have that and needs to be shallow so that water movement is minimized to create the reflection it's supposed to give.
except it causes a feedback, eutrophication effect. teh algae dieback, and the consumption of oxygen by bacteria when the alge decomposies causes deadzone in the water. this is not that bad, since its manmade and not connected to another natural water system.
Wait why the "I did that"? I thought the 86 47 was like 86 as a verb to mean "end" and 47 to mean the 47th president. He wouldn't paint the message to kill him himself right?
So painting a pool a dark color which will increase the water temperature encouraged algae to grow? You'd have to be some kinda scientist or psychic to know that would happen.
Yet another symbol of the state of the U.S. The MAGA folks are pretty good at that. Take this ridiculous military parade, the absurd cage fight in front of the White House, that goddamn ballroom—and the list goes on and on....
It’s truly unbelievable that, with all this stupid nonsense, they don’t realize how ridiculous and dim-witted they are. But hey, what else can you expect from this clown show....
In a way, it’s almost a good thing for the world, because it really makes it crystal clear just how uncivilized these wretched fascists are.
The pool has had a history of bad filtration and would cost a lot to fix it, which is why it was never really fixed
On one hand it looks like shit but on the other hand who cares? Big picture, this isn't a major issue worth sinking a bunch of money into
But Obama did try to invest some money into fixing it but that was also a failure in that nothing really changed. Obama spent "a lot" of money and got basically no results
So Trump, trying to be better than Obama, has taken it upon himself to fix it. Except, Trump can't seem to do literally anything right and so now it's actually worse than it was
So Trump, trying to be better than Obama, has taken it upon himself to fix it.
That's just the rationalization. The real reason he "fixed" it, was because it was a classic real estate developer kickback scheme. That's his bread and butter - get a big contract, do as little as possible for as cheap as possible, and split the profit with whomever gave you the contract.
He's now graduated to being by the guy who hands out the contracts, and gets the kickbacks. That's why he's doing all the renovation and construction projects. The Ballroom, the Arc De Trump, the Reflecting Pool, etc., all kickback schemes.
The Kennedy Center was going to be his entertainment propaganda center, but when EVERYBODY cancelled, he announced a 2 year renovation - another kickback scheme - but the court stopped it.
Oh, and these projects tend to go over budget, which is all profit.
THAT'S why he did it, not to fix Obama's supposed failure. We don't even know if it's true, since the only information comes from the government. It might have been working just fine, but Trump is always going to say that he rescued the world from certain disaster...in two weeks.
Honestly, who gives a shit? I’m so much more worried about global and local changes he’s making. I couldn’t give less of a fuck about the colour of the dumbass whitehouse pool.
First, it doesn't belong to the White House or Trump. It's there for literal and metaphorical reflection on what it means to be America, with specific reference to Lincoln and Martin Luther King. Second, I'm sure a bunch of the public money from this project landed in Trump's pocket. Third, it's just another failure, in the one area he's supposed to have had experience in before running for President.
Unlike his moral failures that appall us every day, we can laugh at this one.
He doesn't know shit about real estate. He only knows how to grift and con, real estate is just one of the many ways he's been doing that. There are two things going on in trumps head, who can he scam and how, and then teenage girls nipples.
83 Comments
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 77 pts · 46d
The algae multiplied. Who could have predicted they would do that? It was an entirely novel strategy.
Town@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 46d
I don't know what you mean, he stopped testing and the numbers went down.
echodot@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 45d
This damn single celled organism is just far too intelligent for the trump administration.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 46d
How could algae have learned to multiply? We're eliminating the department of education to prevent problems like this from reoccurring in the future.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 46d
R E P R O D U C T I O N
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 62 pts · 46d
The other bodies of water in this picture are what interest me. Both the Pond and the Tidal Basin look bluer, showing what it would have looked like. Now it's the color of grift.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 46d
They're probably also deeper, which both provides a less ideal environment for algae to grow and also looks bluer despite algae that might be growing. The water in the tidal basin is also moving and has water naturally flowing in and out. The reflecting pool does not have that and needs to be shallow so that water movement is minimized to create the reflection it's supposed to give.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 46d
Yes the Basin is more "wild," fair enough.
The Pond is also shallow and manmade, with a similar water system, so it's a truer comparison.
Rooskie91@discuss.online · 3 pts · 45d
I'm not sure if it changed, but the reflecting pool was modified to be fed by the tidal basin during Obama's presidency.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_Pool?wprov=sfla1
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 46d
Still quite deeper I think
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 46d
Next week these idiots will be saying "It's supposed to be green" so that dont have to admit they voted for a fool.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 45d
Why would they wait until next week?
flying_sheep@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 45d
The talking points need to percolate through Fox News until they all know what opinion they're supposed to have.
Smaile@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 46d
only to show themselves as one instead, truely one of the bigglyist of plays.
siravious@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 46d
I’d rather vote for the algae too
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 46d
At least Algae is useful.
Damage@feddit.it · 37 pts · 46d
Algae produce a shitload of oxygen, so it's super eco-friendly
pupbiru@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 46d
i guess that’s 1 way to get him to do whatever it takes to change it
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 45d
except it causes a feedback, eutrophication effect. teh algae dieback, and the consumption of oxygen by bacteria when the alge decomposies causes deadzone in the water. this is not that bad, since its manmade and not connected to another natural water system.
cattywampus@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 46d
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 26 pts · 46d
Yet still not as shocked as that pool is gonna be.
cattywampus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 46d
Jiral@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 46d
Isn't it a bit late for St. Patrick's Day?
subverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 45d
Or it's early.
KalSeth@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 45d
I don't understand why they don't paint it yellow? The green algae and the yellow paint will make it look blue.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 45d
Check out Van Gogh over here, mixing colors.
Karmanopoly@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 45d
Einstein over here
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 45d
Type shit
echodot@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 45d
shit
lightsblinken@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 45d
"hooray, we did it?"
reddit_sux@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 45d
It's green because Iran's flag has green and Iran's a winner.
vpol@feddit.uk · 12 pts · 46d
Can’t wait for the Wikipedia page.
NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 46d
I didn't see a dedicated page to this incident yet, but there is a section specifically for this event here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_Pool
vpol@feddit.uk · 14 pts · 46d
Definitely should be a conflict-style page about algae vs Trump war.
mech@feddit.org · 9 pts · 46d
What do you expect when you give the contract for installing the water purification system to a company called Greenwater Services?
shweddy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 46d
Are those green patches of grass to the north the patches that had "8647"?
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 46d
Wasn’t that on a beach?
shweddy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 46d
Nope
RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org · 1 pts · 44d
Wait why the "I did that"? I thought the 86 47 was like 86 as a verb to mean "end" and 47 to mean the 47th president. He wouldn't paint the message to kill him himself right?
shweddy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 44d
Thats how I found it
pupbiru@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 46d
it was also recently somehow etched into grass somewhere around the whitehouse… like the grass was killed or dried or something
Kcap@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 45d
Chlorophyll? More like Bore-o-phyll!
adarza@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 45d
looks like a mini-putt, with a giant hole on the end that he'd still miss by a mile.
BigBenis@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 45d
Thanks, Obama.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 45d
I hear green was his favorite color. Very popular with Muslims, y'know.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 45d
"It's American Flag Green, exactly what I wanted. You can't find that color in nature. It's beautiful."
replicat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 45d
Gotta love the 2 other comparably sized pools in this image that don't have the alge.
Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 45d
So painting a pool a dark color which will increase the water temperature encouraged algae to grow? You'd have to be some kinda scientist or psychic to know that would happen.
corbindallas@fedinsfw.app · 5 pts · 46d
alge is always greener on the other side
BlindPenguin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 45d
That must be this "American Blue" they're all talking about
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 4 pts · 46d
Time to pay the algae reparations buddy.
Marthirial@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 46d
That's what's happens when the swamp promises to drain the swamp. MORE SWAMP MOFOS!
redparadise@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 46d
The grass is always greener on the othe- wai what..?
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 4 pts · 45d
Algae are cool.
ranzispa@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 46d
I thought adding chlorine to a pool wouldn't be that difficult...
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 46d
They added bleach and peroxide. On their own, each can combat algae even though there are better ways. Together, they make eachother less effective.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 45d
but they were using gallon jugs, and dint look like they dumped a large amount either.
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 45d
To be sure, their efforts were both inept and ineffective for the scale of the issue.
Speculater@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 45d
Don't they straight up neutralize one another?
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 45d
Yes. https://www.wikihow.com/Neutralize-Bleach
DandomRude@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 46d
Yet another symbol of the state of the U.S. The MAGA folks are pretty good at that. Take this ridiculous military parade, the absurd cage fight in front of the White House, that goddamn ballroom—and the list goes on and on....
It’s truly unbelievable that, with all this stupid nonsense, they don’t realize how ridiculous and dim-witted they are. But hey, what else can you expect from this clown show....
In a way, it’s almost a good thing for the world, because it really makes it crystal clear just how uncivilized these wretched fascists are.
rangber@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 45d
Can someone confirm if the pool was being fine before the "renovation"?
VelvetPinkOtter123@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 45d
It was not fine
The pool has had a history of bad filtration and would cost a lot to fix it, which is why it was never really fixed
On one hand it looks like shit but on the other hand who cares? Big picture, this isn't a major issue worth sinking a bunch of money into
But Obama did try to invest some money into fixing it but that was also a failure in that nothing really changed. Obama spent "a lot" of money and got basically no results
So Trump, trying to be better than Obama, has taken it upon himself to fix it. Except, Trump can't seem to do literally anything right and so now it's actually worse than it was
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 45d
That's just the rationalization. The real reason he "fixed" it, was because it was a classic real estate developer kickback scheme. That's his bread and butter - get a big contract, do as little as possible for as cheap as possible, and split the profit with whomever gave you the contract.
He's now graduated to being by the guy who hands out the contracts, and gets the kickbacks. That's why he's doing all the renovation and construction projects. The Ballroom, the Arc De Trump, the Reflecting Pool, etc., all kickback schemes.
The Kennedy Center was going to be his entertainment propaganda center, but when EVERYBODY cancelled, he announced a 2 year renovation - another kickback scheme - but the court stopped it.
Oh, and these projects tend to go over budget, which is all profit.
THAT'S why he did it, not to fix Obama's supposed failure. We don't even know if it's true, since the only information comes from the government. It might have been working just fine, but Trump is always going to say that he rescued the world from certain disaster...in two weeks.
Impractical_Island@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 45d
Shit is as green as my dick after a night of watching my man Randy Savage with the missus, and the obvious aftermath of such things.
wowwoweowza@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 45d
I may turn this into a t-shirt
echodot@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 45d
So he painted the bottom a different colour? I'm unclear about how exactly that was supposed to help.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 45d
It didn't help. The "paint" is now peeling off in giant sheets.
echodot@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 45d
Oh yes properly applied waterproof paint is known to do that after a week of use.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 45d
$14 million no bid worth.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 45d
That is vandalism
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 44d
The biggest vandal in DC is Trump.
Smaile@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 46d
hope donald get killed by a mosquito
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · -7 pts · 46d
Honestly, who gives a shit? I’m so much more worried about global and local changes he’s making. I couldn’t give less of a fuck about the colour of the dumbass whitehouse pool.
Fishy@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 46d
It’s an easy symbol to help people get out of the cult.
Is it important? No. Is it useful? Yes (if presented to the right people and not used as a circlejerk)
pupbiru@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 46d
importantly, it’s a very simple and visual representation of the spectacular incompetence
(i was going to add undeniable but i’ve seen that the cult is trying to say that “the radical left” sabotaged it by introducing the algae)
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 46d
First, it doesn't belong to the White House or Trump. It's there for literal and metaphorical reflection on what it means to be America, with specific reference to Lincoln and Martin Luther King. Second, I'm sure a bunch of the public money from this project landed in Trump's pocket. Third, it's just another failure, in the one area he's supposed to have had experience in before running for President.
Unlike his moral failures that appall us every day, we can laugh at this one.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 46d
Pool maintenance?
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 46d
Knowing how pools work and don't work in general is part of Real Estate
SillyDude@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 46d
He doesn't know shit about real estate. He only knows how to grift and con, real estate is just one of the many ways he's been doing that. There are two things going on in trumps head, who can he scam and how, and then teenage girls nipples.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 46d
Trump probably gets the basic formula:
“Pay Mexican guy” => “pool look good”
But I bet he fucks around on the “pay” part.
Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 45d
Trump the pool boy
fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net · 5 pts · 46d
*lincoln memorial pool
Hominine@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 46d
Were it not for the money and the grift I'd be pretty unconcerned also; maintaining a pool to look at in the middle of a swamp is supremely stupid.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 45d
Ok. Well for people who care about patterns, him adding to the pattern of incompetence is worth mentioning.