• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    7 days 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”

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      6 days ago

      In this bizarro back assword timeline we’re living in, it’s not only “hilarious”, but also quite plausible. Paint and labor paid by yours truly, via taxes

  • Qwazpoi@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    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.

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      8 days ago

      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.

    • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 days ago

      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?

      • Qwazpoi@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        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.

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          8 days ago

          Than what country of the free are you talking about? Have you seen the US? Nothing free about that country.

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            7 days ago

            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?

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      8 days ago

      scolding hot metal

      I like the mental imagery — it’s not scalding hot, no, the metal is actively chastising you.

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        8 days ago

        “You KNOW better than to touch me when I’ve been in the sun all day!”

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      8 days 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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    8 days ago

    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 mutican know the concept of nighttime?

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        7 days 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.

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    8 days ago

    In fairness to her, you don’t often see anyone climbing on black people either!

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    8 days ago

    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?

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      7 days ago

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

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      7 days ago

      Yes, but at the same time. A reduction of attempts during the day means you can have a concentration of manpower at night. And with the forcing day jumpers to wear gloves and long sleeves and pants. They are more likely to subcome to heat exhaustion. Because once over the other side they won’t really have time to stop and strip off the extra layers when running from border patrol.

      Hell it can probably make thermal cameras more effective to having g a cooler body with the back drop of hot as hell steel.

    • dickalan@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      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.