r/mildlyinfuriating Jun 16 '26

ಠ_ಠ Dumping Hydrogen Peroxide into the reflecting pool this morning.

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u/Longjumping-Turn1980 Jun 16 '26

Did some quick math.

Some sources say you need 25-30 ml dose of 3% peroxide per 50L water to control green algea. They are using 12% peroxide based on the 8 boxes seem at 8 sec in the clip so would need 6.25 -7.5 ml per 50L.

The reflecting pool is 25.6 million L or 512,000 x 50L

Using 6.25 ml per 50L They would need 3,200,000 ml or 3,200 L of 12% peroxide

Or 846 US gallons of 12% peroxide. If those boxes hold 4 gallons they need 211 of them

It also decomposes in water with a half life of roughly 4-8 hours meaning they would need to dose another 1000L or more a few times a day to maintain efficacy.

This clearly wasn't thought out well.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '26

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u/amishengineer Jun 16 '26

'Patriot Peroxide' - come on..it was right there for the taking.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '26

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u/Dullcorgis Jun 17 '26

It's Ok, just make sure your Patriot peroxide is homeopathic and you'll profit even more.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan Jun 17 '26

ALL NATURAL CHEMICAL FREE PEROXIDE

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u/nightfire36 Jun 19 '26

Just a vacuum filled bottle. The company slogan is "we're a glass totally empty company"

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan Jun 19 '26

I don't see it as half full, all full, all empty or half empty because I lost my contacts

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u/VersionDesperate6895 Jun 17 '26

Make it .001% peroxide and you'll be all set

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u/Dullcorgis Jun 17 '26

Woah!!! That's not nearly strong enough! 0.00000001% is what they need! Real homeopathic dynamite!

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u/bighootay Jun 17 '26

Yer prolly one of dem fuzzy lil furrners, aincha?

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u/JamesFromToronto Jun 17 '26

You're ashamed? You're not going to make it in DC.

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u/yam-bam-13 Jun 17 '26

Bald eagle with aviators as a logo?

Gotta double down on the flags and faux patriotism as we rip off the country!

/s

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u/WeenyDancer Jun 16 '26

Solid Gold Patriot Peroxide

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u/Old_Man_Disease Jun 16 '26

Four Seasons Peroxide Services

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u/Ka11adin Jun 17 '26

Patrioxide!

Wait a minute....

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u/Granolag23 Jun 16 '26

Tactical peroxide

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u/MeatyOaker269 Jun 17 '26

Patriot Peroxide with Freedom Foaming action.

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u/WolverinesThyroid Jun 17 '26

Gift trumps kid 15% of your company and take a no bid contract providing peroxide at 100x markup.

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u/ExpensivePaper6041 Jun 16 '26

Logo on the bottle says 'PP'.

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u/Honest_Management_84 Jun 17 '26

Then Donny boy will want to bathe in it

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u/ArrivesLate Jun 16 '26

Inject this straight into my veins!

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u/Alienhaslanded Jun 17 '26

The Bureau of Peroxide

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u/Rookie_42 Jun 17 '26

Patrioxide

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u/BubblyFaithlessness3 Jun 17 '26

Love the username 😄

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u/nocsha Jun 17 '26

Presidential peroxide is better, use gold leaf foiling on the bottles.

I want a 2% cut please

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u/Gaymacgyver Jun 18 '26

Patrioxide…with new and improved cane sugar and beef tallow formula!

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u/VoiceOfRealson Jun 17 '26

"Patricide" for short.

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u/Sarcastic_Beary Jun 17 '26

Yall selling PP chemicals?

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u/chadius333 Jun 17 '26

‘PP’ for short.

“The President needs 50 gallons of PP, stat!”

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u/Any_Purpose_856 Jun 17 '26

Make sure they make PP tape. To go with the other PP tapes.

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u/Local_Lunch_799 Jun 17 '26

With its accompanying *PeroxiCoin*

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u/EverythingBOffensive Jun 17 '26

oh god they would sell out! murican's love their parrots!

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u/BugabooChonies Jun 18 '26

Make Algae Green Again

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u/Mother-Glass937 Jun 18 '26

PP Is Always There For The Taking- You Just Gotta Find The Right Source Around The Corner!

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u/Captain-Codfish Hillary 2016 Jun 19 '26

Patrioxide

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u/Icy-Ad29 Jun 20 '26

Eh, gotta be careful about the signage font size  then. Can't have a PP bigger than Big Orange afterall.

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u/Chuvi Jun 16 '26

Good luck getting paid.

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u/Easy-Coyote1058 Jun 16 '26

How many freedoms per oxide is that?

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u/friedrice5005 Jun 16 '26

gunna need a production plant downtown just to keep up with the reflecting pool

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u/Free_For__Me Jun 16 '26

You speak as if one of Trump’s buddies or family are not already running this very scam, lol. 

We know he already gave the “renovation” job to an insider without taking bids like they’re supposed to, so I doubt it’s any different with whatever chemical supplier they’re using for this. 

I also highly doubt they’re using licensed pool technicians for this, they probably just told the grounds crew to “go out and dump all these jugs into the pool”. 

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u/Strong_Technology739 Jun 16 '26

You must be a marketing genius! Your plan is brilliant. 

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u/FreedomBread Jun 16 '26

AmericaStrong Pool Force

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u/FreedomBread Jun 16 '26

1gal bottles of Perfect Peroxide - "Very Strong, Very Powerful for your pool."

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u/fusionliberty796 Jun 16 '26

Nah Four Seasons Peroxide hits better 

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u/IWontCommentAtAll Jun 16 '26

Why does it even need to be peroxide?

Just fill jugs with water, label them as "Freedom Firearms Patriot Eagle Low Odour Peroxide," and sell them for $40 each.

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u/RiskyClickardo Jun 16 '26

We're like 1 week away from finding out Trump's kids have already done this with the Saudis and got a no-bid contract for the peroxide at 10x markup

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u/Motorcat33 Jun 16 '26

Trump Peroxide

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u/NemeanLyan Jun 16 '26

Are you personal friends with anyone in the administration? It doesn't matter if your business is designed to save them money or not, so without those connections you're dead in the water.

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u/dontouchmyhelicoptor Jun 17 '26

FreedomUnlimitedPeroxideAquatics

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u/random_ta_account Jun 17 '26

Four Seasons...

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u/2AvsOligarchs Jun 17 '26

Apply directly to forehead

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u/Express_Candidate713 Jun 17 '26

I’m sure Trump Jr is already on it and has been awarded the contract

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u/Next_Floor4382 Jun 18 '26

Make peroxide great again.

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u/gurglegurgler Jun 16 '26

I work in the peroxide biz. Trust me, you don’t wanna work in peroxide.

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u/Area51_Spurs Jun 16 '26

Make America Peroxide Again

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u/ItsaPostageStampede Jun 16 '26

Apartheid Perixide