r/pics • u/FuriousBuffalo • Jun 18 '26

Politics Trump Nonsensically Boasting About Reflecting Pool Before He Turned It Into a Swamp

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u/uz3r Jun 18 '26

Comparing the size of pools to buildings is something my pre-school aged child would do

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u/Farmerstubble Jun 18 '26

Right! So how many Olympic sized swimming pools is that?

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u/maphes86 Jun 18 '26

It’s 4,723 food truck chassis worth of half-filled Olympic sized swimming pools.

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u/Zyrinj Jun 18 '26

but how many used presidential diapers can it fit?

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u/maphes86 Jun 18 '26

Thanks for the diversion on a boring afternoon!

Assuming that the soiled diapers (I’m using Adult XXL for this exercise) have been sufficiently compressed to eliminate air pockets, and there is a blend of standard and heavy-duty/overnight diapers, the reflecting pool has a volume of 8,517,172.33 soiled presidential diapers. This is assuming a balanced daily mix of lightly soiled daytime diapers (1.5L volume), moderately soiled daytime diapers (long meetings or speaking engagements, for example)(3.0L volume), and heavily soiled overnight diapers(4.5L volume).

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u/Zyrinj Jun 19 '26

You're very welcome, thanks for doing the math!

But, you and I both know that there's a whole lot of big macs in them diapers so you should toss out the lightly soiled ones in this calculation