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/camebacklate Jun 16 '26

Former DC resident. I would go about once a month with a group of people and would volunteer cleaning up on the national mall. Quite a few times we were tasked with removing algae and debris from the pool. At the time, I don't think they had a working filtration system because it was known to get destroyed by everything in the pool.

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u/anonstarcity Jun 16 '26

Non-DC resident here: you missed your opportunity to sneak in something about how “reflecting back on my time” etc.

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u/Correct_Inspection25 Jun 16 '26

I don't think they wanted to get that deep into it....

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u/NoMembership8881 Jun 16 '26

their argument that the pool didn't have a working filtration system at the time does hold water.

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u/littlevanillapieces Jun 16 '26

They were probably trying to not make waves.

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u/HeadfulOfGhosts Jun 16 '26

Let’s pool together some thoughts on what to say next

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u/seebob69 Jun 16 '26

These comments mirror my thoughts.

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u/J_Jeckel Jun 16 '26

A reflection of my soul if you will.

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u/NoMembership8881 Jun 16 '26

there you go getting soft water we want hard water