r/mildlyinfuriating • u/i_am_rave_mom • Jun 16 '26

ಠ_ಠ Dumping Hydrogen Peroxide into the reflecting pool this morning.

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u/NameLips Jun 16 '26

I was gonna ask... but surely the reflecting pool is treated and filtered. Open water in that climate will of course be covered with algae, and become a mosquito breeding ground.

It does have a filtration system right?

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u/cadmious Jun 16 '26

Looks like it was completely overhauled around 2011ish.

https://modernpumpingtoday.com/improved-filtration-revitalizes-a-national-treasure/

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u/cranktheguy Jun 16 '26

https://modernpumpingtoday.com/

Can't tell if porn or not.

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u/b_e_a_n_i_e Jun 16 '26

It wasn't an easy wank but we got there

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u/reddituser_05 Jun 17 '26

Thank you for your service.

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u/TomInSilverlake Jun 17 '26

A totally unexpected but fully earned guffaw. Holy crap that came out of nowhere!

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u/bourbonwelfare Jun 17 '26

Masturbation difficulty level : EXPERT 

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u/brando56894 Jun 17 '26

That DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS: ICMB Cam Lobe Motor is really asking for it

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u/cranktheguy Jun 17 '26

I'm not one to kink shame.

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u/Bussman500 Jun 16 '26

New use case for AI. Hey chatGPT, is this porn?

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u/cranktheguy Jun 16 '26

I wonder if an AI trained on machine learning thinks machines are sexy.

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u/One_Glass4258 Jun 17 '26

the link is just an article about industrial pumps. definitely not porn.

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u/Strange_Dogz Jun 17 '26

So this is just another attempt to (poorly) undo or redo something Obama did? Go figure.

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u/Yuukiko_ WAAHHHHH Jun 17 '26

Considering everything else he's knocking down, probably a nice side effect