Truly, we are a decadent empire.

No complaints have been reported, however, from the local ducks, who have been conducting business as usual.

did they actually fuck it up from sheer incompetence?

Fucking things up with sheer incompetence has been a hallmark of this entire administration. At this point, I'd be astonished if it was just a run-of-the-mill accident.

According to the article

No complaints have been reported, however, from the local ducks, who have been conducting business as usual.

Apparently, they don't mind the hydrogen peroxide. But maybe that's just the article trying to be funny.

Is that a serious question?

With this country, at this point you can say ‘yes, they fucked it up because if she incompetence’

The it in the sentence can be almost everything…. Only a few things are also because of evil

I just realized my first reaction to this was “SURELY it can’t be this shady contractor that fucked up, it had to have been the US government” and the fact there’s a decent chance that this is correct is somehow still amazing to me.

I think the original contract was for under $2 million. But (at least partially) because there was no bidding process, we ended up with Trump's pool guy who then went on to increase that contract amount by 700% to $14 million.

Presumably, change orders needed to be issued to increase the contact amount. Meaning multiple people, including engineers presumably, reviewed and approved these changes. Most places would also have an environmental review, but somehow I sincerely doubt that happened.

Every single person involved in this process needs to be, at the very least, suspended pending an investigation.

For any real contract for capital projects, a 700% increase in contract amount through change orders would never be approved, and the entity paying the contractor for the work would do everything they could to kill the contract and ensure that they don't need to spend 700x the amount they agreed to. Because it would fuck their budget completely, among other things.

As I understand it, the paint caused the pool to heat up causing the algae to bloom causing the pH to go up causing the paint to peel. So hypothetically not the painters job if he expected the counter measures that should have been in place to work, but realistically that should have been addressed and confirmed well before the pool was even emptied.

Probably used some crappy house paint

This was comedy yesterday: https://youtu.be/Wz_JVFW83iY?t=554

It's not nearly the first time an absurb, stupid take on something gets played to extremes for laughs only for that the be the actual path taken despite all the warnings/math/science/reality that have to be ignored. It won't be the last, either.

I think they've also been dumping loads of bleach in it to kill the algae.

I imagine most paints won't appreciate being soaked in hot bleach for a few days.

Let alone whatever crap they used here.

Fuckero de Los Niños

Where?

They're blaming Obama for the algae already

Hopefully it makes a few people who see it reflect.

how long until they fill it in with concrete and paint that blue?

(then wonder why tf it ain't "reflecting"?)

..and knowing who's in charge, it's going to be abandoned and left to ..well, bloom.

No, it’s slightly dirtier than 5 years ago. It’s just a placid surface to reflect light. The fuss about it is really dumb.

Everyone called it

People are pretty shitty with downvotes tbh. They use them as a more passive middle finger. Just a quick "feel bad, because you are bad" signal. I wish I didn't care about them but my human nature gets the best of me. If switching instances was easier I'd probably go to one that has them disabled.

Any day now!

Or hydrogen peroxide proof!

The very best color

Iranian green?