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[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (8 children)

As someone who lives somewhere that just got up to 120° f hot metal is no joke. We had a ton of people hospitalized a few years back because they went to open gates to their homes and weren't expecting scolding hot metal when it was already like 11pm.

I'm not going to hate this because it's a idea that doesn't work, I'm going to hate it because it's just another method to harm people who want to come to the land of the free. On top of it border states like to charge people for leaving out water so just anything they can possibly do to be vindictive and hateful I guess.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

scolding hot metal

I like the mental imagery


it's not scalding hot, no, the metal is actively chastising you.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 16 points 1 day ago

"You KNOW better than to touch me when I've been in the sun all day!"

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

If it's that hot, I imagine the metal is gonna be hot regardless of what color paint

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because if there's anything people have learned about Mexico, it's that they don't have any blankets. Or anything like rope or fabric covers that can easily just be tossed on it.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

What happened in 1855?

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

people who want to come to the land of the free.

No, it's the southern border of the US.

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[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago

Good thing DOGE saved us so much money that we can now easily afford to pay for completely logical projects such as this.

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 20 points 1 day ago

Noem spoke during a visit to a portion of the wall in New Mexico, where she also picked up a roller brush to help out with the painting.

congrats on her achievement of finally having done some small amount of manual labor for the first time in her life.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Take a step back from the fascism, human rights violations, kidnappings, and concentration camps and just think about the fact that these people are in charge of the government. Regardless of politics, these people are just objectively stupid and have virtually no understanding of anything outside of knowing how to give speeches and spread propaganda.

I know things are bad and will continue to get worse before they get better, but I do take some solace in the fact that these people are so incredibly stupid that they will never be able to run a productive or efficient government. It's like watching as your boss makes his son a manager and seeing everything go to shit around him.

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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Simply bc Trump thinks it'll make the fences too hot to climb. This was attempted and failed in Trump's first term. The paint peeled after a year.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Hence the need to repaint….

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Demonstrating the great critical thinking power of conservatives :)

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[–] BarbudoGrande@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] dickalan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you own that movie already and connect your account to movies anywhere so YouTube will give it to you for free your link will not take you to the timestamp. It will just take you to the beginning of the actual movie, just letting you know.

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[–] acchariya@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Yes but what about the Epstein files?

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

If black makes it hotter, then why are red, orange, and yellow called "hot" colors?

Checkmate, conservatives.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago

Hilarious. Let’s waste more money. Can we try the Joker-method next? Just torch a big pile of cash and call it a day.

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I see a red wall and I want to paint it black...

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why don’t they get MAGAts with bayonets to stand guard every 3 feet?

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

Do you want more children murdered?

[–] SpacePanda@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oh look CBS news, the presidents personal boot licking journalists.

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