We should give the algae $300 billion

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elekitty@sh.itjust.works · 47 pts · 63d (3 replies)

algaeda

skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 63d (2 replies)

Al-Gayda

It’s how gay that algae is that makes it extra evil

IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 62d (1 reply)

First the frogs now the algae 😞

stray@pawb.social · 3 pts · 62d

He wasn't kidding about the swamp.

username_1@discuss.tchncs.de · 26 pts · 63d (2 replies)

Import emus who will eat algae and then nuke the White House to get rid of emus. Problem solved!

marcos@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 63d

That!

It was just a matter of crowdsourcing it a bit, until somebody came out with a more practical solution than aluminum sulfate.

smeenz@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 63d

The emus seem a bit redundant

ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 63d (4 replies)

Whoever does those signs through Orinda is always on fire and they’re always so consistently topical.

pbjelly@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 63d (3 replies)

Hah! I knew I recognized that pedestrian bridge!

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 63d (2 replies)

i was gonna say, i thought i saw them putting this one up over the weekend. i was disappointed i only got to see "HE CAN'T EVEN WI" but i knew it was going to be a banger

Quantenteilchen@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 62d (1 reply)

Do these kinds of signs usually get put up all at once by a person/a small team or do they have to do that over multiple nights since it's technically not allowed?

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 62d

What I've seen: when it's cups in chain link it seems to be a team, when it's a sign like this it might be a team or it might be just one or two people. But like, it's really not hard or time consuming to zip tie some tarps onto a chain link fence. And if you get them in order beforehand, it should go damn smooth. Have someone down the road parked who can call you if you put up a letter out of order and you really should only need two people

It was like, 5pm or something idk I was tired from the beach when I drove by though. They were actively putting it up

Now that you've made me think through the logistics though, and I know where all the flucks are in town...

suxen_tsihcrana@anarchist.nexus · 18 pts · 63d (7 replies)

Grab em by the flaggella

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 63d (5 replies)

Admin! Right here, admin!! I found another one of them flagella grabbers. And he seems proud of it too 🤮

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 63d (4 replies)

ADMIN! I feel unsafe in this pool with that flagellite! All grabbing flagella and talking about it.

What you do in your own houseboat with your own algae, i don't care. Just don't wave it around in public and don't expect me to solemnize any kind of marriage to it.

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 63d (3 replies)

Baby Jesus was crystal clear as mountain lake water about this! It's a SIN! Even in your room, Jesus WILL be WATCHING and JUDGING ✝️

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 63d (2 replies)

yeah baby jesus is kinda freaky about flagella. don't know what happened to that kid.

suxen_tsihcrana@anarchist.nexus · 4 pts · 63d

His dad could be a real asshole sometimes

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 63d

Someone might have grabbed his flagellas. You hear that all the time!

LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 63d
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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 63d (25 replies)

Careful or he will nuke the algae

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 63d (23 replies)

That... That could actually work though... 😶

Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 63d (1 reply)

I am not sure if it would or not. You might end up with more algae in a bigger hole.

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 63d

The biggest hole in the whole world, I hope? The biggest hole anyone has ever seen anywhere? I'm sure it'll be! :)

WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 63d (20 replies)

Until the algae comes back, having mutated into in some super algae that will thrive under those conditions. Then what?

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 63d (18 replies)

We'll have Supertrump coming to the rescue? :)

And yes, autocorrect, Supertramp was a way better nickname, but nobody would've understood it 😉

WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 63d (9 replies)

I just watched the new Baki on Netflix this weekend and Trump is a character in it and one of the badass dudes makes him piss himself. It was fantastic. Except they called him Tranp.

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 63d (8 replies)

Watching it next :))

WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 63d (7 replies)

It's only one scene but it's an awesome show either way.

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 63d

:) I'll be sure to watch an episode today

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 63d (7 replies)

excuse me i lived through Soul Train, Grand Funk Railroad, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and the Alan Parsons Project, which i believe was some sort of hovercraft. give me a little credit.

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 63d (2 replies)

🙌✝️🫡 I salute you!

BUT are you up to date with current affairs and do you know of Trump, an American resident??

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 63d (1 reply)

who? I've heard of Mary Trump

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 63d

That's His Anointed Holy Mother, praise be

forbiddencherry@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 63d (3 replies)

APP still holds up. Listened to Gaudi the other day due to all the LSF cathedral news and it was good.

I'll add: Jethro Tull

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 63d (2 replies)

my project that i've been putting off for the last 20 years is teaching myself Bouree on saxophone instead of flute, because my nephew was taking band and needed a flute so i gave him mine. need another flute now. I have downloaded musescore sheets people have made like five times in the last 20 years, i just have to get off my ass.

forbiddencherry@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 63d

Do it! Stand Up was, IMO, their best album. Here's another version for motivation: https://youtube.com/watch?v=e6Kyap5BTfo

I'd heard the random JT song on the radio, but after going through their albums those ended up not even being my favorites. Lots of good stuff on "Too Old to Rock and Roll"!

Oh, and I'll add ELO, because there's a space station on the cover of Out of the Blue.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 63d

that's fine, i have found this breed of super krill that thrives on super algae

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 63d

the button is in the white house, right?

mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 15 pts · 63d (3 replies)

The thin green line.

Denalduh@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 63d

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 63d (1 reply)

blue algae entered the chat

:: Now listen here you little sheit!! 😡 (starts shooting)

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 63d

red tide syndrome entered the chat

:: now shit here you little 🦀

chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 63d (5 replies)

To be fair, as someone who's fought algae for years, I can attest that it's fucking hard to do.

But I lost the battle for way less than 300 million dollars.

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 63d (4 replies)

B

You dropped this.

chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 63d (1 reply)

Both are true regarding my battle with algae.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 63d

GIVE THIS CHILI DOG 300 BILLION MORE DOLLARS THERES A WAR ON

skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 63d

Ok, 300 Ba-million dollars

robocall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 62d

B'million

yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 62d (2 replies)

Honestly, throwing money in the pond would probably work. Specifically pennies. Dissolve enough copper and you'll have a vivid blue reflecting pool that also happens to be toxic to algae (and most other life forms).

thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 62d

Pennies are now made of zinc.

robocall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 62d

But Trump stopped the creation of more pennies

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 63d (2 replies)

Algae survived the biggest disasters the planet ever has seen. Don't underestimate algae. It will be your death.

skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 63d (1 reply)

Allow me to introduce algae to 2026 and… Nazi trillioniares

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 62d

Be my guest 👍

ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · 5 pts · 63d (1 reply)

It was those witches again. They cursed the national Mall to remain green until the unredacted Epstein files are released and the child rapists finally face justice.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 63d

wait it worked? i cast that one a year ago at spring equinox and thought it failed.

and blessed. any growth of nature is a blessing.

Steve@startrek.website · 4 pts · 63d (1 reply)

Let the algae turn into oil.

LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 63d
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sparky@lemmy.federate.cc · 4 pts · 62d (1 reply)

Is that northbound 101 out of San Luis Obispo?

GorGor@startrek.website · 4 pts · 62d

Its highway 24 eastbound looking at the overpass of El Curtola Blvd. You can see Mt Diablo in the background.

37°53'52.0"N 122°05'10.8"W

If you look at the google street view it has a different message (you have to get close): "Dear Iran hes in Florida Love CA". They are there a lot.

LodeMike@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 62d (1 reply)

How high up is that bridge? 30 feet?

ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 59d

Yea the highway goes through a canyon. They don’t call the area Pleasant Hill for nothin’.

CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 62d

It'd be environmentally catastrophic but I'd be kinda curious what happens if we dumped 300 billion worth of ammonia fertilizer into one part of the ocean as 'repirations to the algae' XKCD style.

spacegoat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 62d

He’s winning the war against his diaper though