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?
Or… gloves? I mean climbers use gloves sometimes I’m pretty sure…
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.
Or gantes even.
Shit, I didn’t realize that angle grinders were so sensitive to black paint.
This is the same border wall they’ve been pulling down with Toyotas?
I think it’s the one they can slip straight through.
Ya and there are many gaps. Or angle grinders can cut the lower part of the poles no problem.
Yes but what about the Epstein files?
Wait, I thought she loved BBC?
Good time to invest in glove stocks
Ladders too
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.
If it’s that hot, I imagine the metal is gonna be hot regardless of what color paint
people who want to come to the land of the free.
No, it’s the southern border of the US.
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”
What country do you mean? Canada? Mexico?
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.
Ever heard of night time?
So you think that Canada is in the south? This is a discussion about the southern border wall.
Yes I’ve heard of night just like I said in the quoted text people were getting severe burns and needing to be hospitalized because they were not expecting the gate to their house to be that hot at nearly midnight.
Then what country of the free are you talking about? Have you seen the US? Nothing free about that country.
Yes I’m sure you’ve never heard of the American national anthem that still calls the US the land of the free during all of this. I brought up hazardous heat conditions and tied that into this new policy to point out a criticism of America. I brought up the fact that the national anthem calls it the land of the free to point out hypocrisy.
So far you haven’t done anything other than try and tell me that 11pm isn’t night for some reason and to criticize me for pointing out the words of the national anthem.
So what exactly is your point here? What issue do you have with what I have been saying?
scolding hot metal
I like the mental imagery — it’s not scalding hot, no, the metal is actively chastising you.
“You KNOW better than to touch me when I’ve been in the sun all day!”
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.
What happened in 1855?
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.
Don’t blame them. MAGAs don’t see color.
Just black and white.
They’re actually blind … blinded with rage
More like stupidity.
Why don’t they get MAGAts with bayonets to stand guard every 3 feet?
Do you want more children murdered?
Where those Epstein files at??
Wut?
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.
Hence the need to repaint….
If black makes it hotter, then why are red, orange, and yellow called “hot” colors?
Checkmate, conservatives.
Can we stop posting this everywhere?
It isn’t like a random Lemmy comment is going to do anything
It keeps people remembering that this is a distraction from the Epstein stuff. A useful reminder, I’d say.
The reality is that the Trump administration doesn’t care
You are just spamming. They will not released the files because they would incriminate Trump and some of his backers. It is messed up but the truth is sometimes hard to hear.
No
It is messed up but the truth is sometimes hard to hear.
Which is precisely why we will never stop demanding the truth.
People will eventually move on
Maybe I’ll be surprised but somehow I don’t see Trump releasing incriminating evidence against himself.
You’ll move on as well. Block them if you don’t like it.
The reality is that we don’t actually need to wait for the epstein files to be released. We know Trump is a child rapist.
That is exactly my point
The files are going to reveal that the mega wealthier did terrible things. (shocker)
I don’t get why people are bent over the Epstein files. There are way more important things to protest like ICE and the attacks on the ICC.
I don’t know, man I take issue with a child fucker leading the United States, your priorities may be different, you’re a little bit weird Iwill say that
ICE and the ICC target his lieutenants. Epstein targets the fucker himself.
Take down ICE, and he commits his next atrocity with FEMA, or DEA or the Bureau of Land Management.
Take him down, and Corporal Couchfucker can’t hold the GOP together.
The couch fucker has all the real money and power behind him. If you think these MAGATs die with Trump, you are gonna be disappointed. We need to crush them in 2026, and if we can’t I’m gonna flee.
Ok Epstein.
I want those files like Jonah Jameson wants pictures of Spider-man
As soon as the people in the Epstein file are arrested and go to court then sure.
Why bro, are you on the list, you’re starting to sound an awful lot like Trump right now you weirdo
It makes me happy to see the depth of the down votes on your comment.
It made me smile and reminded me that Trump is scum.
The bigger issue is that blind people can’t read it.
I’m not doing this because I think Trump will read a Lemmy comment and decide to turn himself in. I’m doing it because I’m pissed off and I want to associate every possible bit of news about MAGA politics with this. They shouldn’t be allowed to get away with distracting people, and we should be allowed to express that we’re not being fooled, even if it’s ultimately just a gesture.
I smile every time I see it, knowing that there are still people not falling for his BS. :)
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Good thing DOGE saved us so much money that we can now easily afford to pay for completely logical projects such as this.
