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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

would be fuckin hilarious if they painted the US side and completely forgot about the Mexican side.

then when they go to paint the Mexican side, Mexico says, "no, that's our side"

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

This is the same border wall they've been pulling down with Toyotas?

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

So she knows someone who sells black paint. Didn't take a lot to figure that out.

[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 7 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

maybe I'm thick... but how does black paint prevent someone from climbing a fence?

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago

Only thing I can think of is the black paint would absorb more solar radiation and make it hotter. But the sun isn't out at night which is when many people make that crossing, so I'm not sure they've really thought it through.

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

The same way a fence prevents someone from flying in on a currently not-yet-expired visa. The whole announcement is an exercise of putting lipstick on a pig.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And Noem said Homeland Security was going to be trying black paint to make the metal hotter.

'K... ish... I mean, I get the physics, but, doesn't this murican know the concept of nighttime?

[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Or… gloves? I mean climbers use gloves sometimes I’m pretty sure…

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Rock climbers don't, they need skin contact for good grip. Crack climbers do, but they're the opposite of what you'd expect, they only protect the back of the hands.

Ice climbers wear gloves because it's usually too cold for bare hands.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Or gantes even.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And how does that stop a ladder?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago

Or the people who overstay their visas, which is where most "illegal" migration comes from.

Or the border patrol stations who are staffed by people in the employment of cartels and other organizations who occasionally stage a huge bust.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Or a simple stack of milk crates?

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Right... Because black paint is going to stop them how exactly? "It absorbs the heat, so they will get burns when touching the fence".

Ever heard of night?

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

We all know that border crossings happen in broad daylight on the least cloudy days. I mean, come on, people SLEEP at night!

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 20 hours ago

Crossing the border is a 9 to 5 day job, everyone knows that

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 21 hours ago

So there is a market for white spray paint South of the border? Got my new side hustle!

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oughta be illegal to be that stupid

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we have a 34x felon and convicted rapist, very very possible child molester in the Whitehouse.

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[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 201 points 1 day ago (24 children)
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[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

One of his buddies sells paint. Grifted.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago

Where those Epstein files at??

Shit, I didn't realize that angle grinders were so sensitive to black paint.

[–] ray@sh.itjust.works 102 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If they make the wall black, won't ICE try to deport it?

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No, but the cops will burn through their entire budget on ammo shooting at it, and several of them will need time off to recover from shouting "stop resisting" too much

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[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 67 points 1 day ago (4 children)

So good Mexico hasn’t learned about gloves yet… or you know… night time. Phew. Close one.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or ladders, or rope, or digging, or the many other ways they have bypassed and overcome the new sections of wall already.

The whole approach is so backwards. The drug war and neocolonialism have pushed many of USA's problems to Mexico, so many Mexicans wish to move to the US to escape those issues. Best solution: legalize and regulate drugs, treat your addicts, help Mexico to put down the cartels, and work to build a tight friendly partnership with Mexico - a very significant trade and cultural partner with a huge shared border. Win for everyone, immigration plummets. Selected solutions: built an enormous wall, lambast their leaders, threaten invasion. Republicans are still in a 7th-century Chinese solution mindset, 1400 years later. Oh - and pour $30,000,000,000 into your secret police force to find and deport any suspected South American or Mexican-heritage people, primarily without trial, seemingly hurting just as many US citizens as new immigrants - shouldn't forget that brilliant strategy.

If the US could just stop shooting itself in the feet the wounds might heal.

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[–] Ofiuco@piefed.ca 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Would be a lot better if we (mexicans) learned about making a better country for everyone instead of relying on the money our people send from out of the country... But that's not what the goverment wants so whatever.

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I would say give your countrymen (and especially women) some credit. Mexico has been marching steadily forward over the past decade or so. I met a lot of very competent people working very hard to better the country as a whole in my time studying there.

The roadblocks are many and the dangers can run high at times but that’s not stopping people. As it shouldn’t. Mexico is coming into her power. Just wait.

Even your remark, even if you feel a little beat down, is a testament to the times. Solid foundations aren’t built in a night. They’re hard fought and won with consistency. And what is Mexico if not resilient?

[–] Ofiuco@piefed.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

And we've made huge steps going backwards these last 6 years (almost 7) and the incoming 6 will be the nail in the coffin so keep your speech for someone who hasn't seen their own people shit their own bed... Willingly.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

Of course nobody in Mexico has ever heard of a tarp...

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 79 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Add it to the pile of really obviously stupid ideas that can be thwarted with 3 seconds of thought...

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The issue isn't about thwarting the plan. The Wall already doesn't work. Even conservative think tanks will admit to that much.

The issue is coming back to The Wall as a cultural rallying point. Build it 10' taller. Build two walls. Put turrets on the walls. Patrol with drones. Add more barbed wire. Unleash sharks with laser beams on their heads into the Rio Grande. Litter the border with radioactive waste.

Anything to get people to turn their eyes south and say "Aaaah! Invasion! It must be stopped!" The Wall is just the latest panacea for a problem these people invented. They're going to keep coming back and re-imagining it in between cooking up increasingly elaborate hoaxes about armies of brown people marching across it to Steal our Freedom.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 58 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That clip of her standing in front of it, talking about how tall and deep it is, "almost impossible" to scale or dig under, then triumphantly proclaiming that they're going to paint it black to make it harder to climb. Right after saying it's almost impossible to climb.

Oh, and it's already black.

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When I was leaving Mexico after a few months down there in my RV I was diverted from my usual border crossing location (Sonoyta) to a much larger one (Yuma) ~40 min away. I had to wait in a 2 hour line to get to customs, and in that line I was inching forward next to the border wall. In this large city in plain view of everyone, mind you, I watched 4 seperate teams of mexican brothers get over the wall in under 5 min. The magic weapon? Rope 3 of the times, a jank looking ladder the last time. Billions of dollars defeated with a rope. The facepalm would send me into orbit rn.

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