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[–] 106 points 11 months ago (3 children)

No surface prep? That will flake off in no time.

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  • [–] 58 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    It's probably made of that kind of steel that rusts a bit and forms a protective layer. The paint won't stick and they can repeat the performance next year. It let's them show they're Doing Things.

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  • [–] 52 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    It was already done on Trump's first term, and flaked in a year.
    Lather.rinse....

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  • [–] 62 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    They know that wall is built entirely on the US side of the actual border, right? In some areas, more than a mile of territory was effectively ceded. They can go and paint the other side too, if they want.

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  • [–] [S] 44 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    But how would they get back over?

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  • [–] 22 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Ah sweet a stairway to heaven.

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Ladders? Milk crates? More seriously, in some places there are actual gates in the wall, which also allow ranchers access to their land on the other side.

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Yep, here’s one in south Texas that’s about 1/4 mile from the actual border (the Rio Grande). It seems to be generally left open. The photo is from the “outside”.

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  • [–] 37 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    What makes it even more funny is that according to the sun movement, the north side gets the least ammount of sun .

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  • [–] 41 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    So what you're saying is they're painting it black in the hopes that the entire wall becomes too hot to touch during the day to keep people from simply scaling it?

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  • [–] 34 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Good thing no one will ever think of gloves.

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  • [–] 31 points 11 months ago

    With rollers, what? Is that real?

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  • [–] 22 points 11 months ago

    Why are they painting a rusty wall

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago*

    Actually, this makes perfect sense. They're clearly trying to stop the Mexico filter spreading further which is also why the fence is orange before they apply it

    also it's a coating, not a paint [it's a paint]

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago

    It is simple. Since they are deadly afraid of black things, they think the rest of the world is too.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    First state ownership of enterprise, and now jobs programs? Maybe Trump was the socialist president all along!

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    They're using paint rollers in the desert...

    Fucking morons. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    It’s weird that they believe in science all of a sudden.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    She is definitely not bright. They should've ask the cayotes how to get to the otherside to paint.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    It's very considerate really. Painting it black on the north side helps to keep it cool

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