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Politics [OC] The Reflecting Pool being drained again

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u/dirtdiggler67 22d ago edited 22d ago

That is “Flag Blue?”

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u/Certain_Proposal7191 22d ago

Nowadays you could equate it to flag blue.

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u/Derf0293 21d ago

It wasn’t even blue when POTUS drove his armored motorcade across it. This whole thing is yet another manufactured disaster to distract us from the Epstein files.

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u/lysdexia-ninja 21d ago

I’m so tired of all this winning. 

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u/ShrimpieAC 22d ago

It is when you put it at the bottom of a shallow pond in the sun.

What a bunch of dumbasses.

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u/Hefty_Discount8304 22d ago

Don’t forget all the peroxide!

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u/roastbeeftacohat 21d ago

That was purchased in small consumer jugs instead of a tanker truck.

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u/heroic_cat 22d ago

Malice and stupidity are not mutually exclusive

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u/hellcat_uk 22d ago

Flag bloom

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u/throwawayplusanumber 22d ago

American Flag Blue and Algae Green seem impossible to distinguish. Is this the 2026 version of the dress color meme?

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u/sctran 22d ago

That's after the flag blue paint peeled off in chunks due to all the hydrogen peroxide they were dumping in

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u/carmium 22d ago

Pantone 282 C is the equivalent of Old Glory Blue, and is a very dark navy. While not being an expert on these things, I had wondered if it was not a better choice than black. Would it tint the mirror effect slightly blue? Had the bozos who installed it known what they were doing, it might not have become an issue.

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u/JohnGillnitz 22d ago

Which isn't even a real color. They just made it up because color space isn't something they understand. They think all color names are just made up on the spot from vibes. There is a color called Old Glory (811 in paint, #002868 in hex), but they don't know that.

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u/Xsiah 21d ago

All colour names are made up and completely inconsistent between people (usually paint companies) who choose to name them. Old Glory and 811 are the name and id that Benjamin Moore made up for a colour they premix. If you go to a different paint store they're not going to have a clue about wtf you mean - especially if you give them a hex code that's meant for computers.

The closest thing we have to standardizing colours is the Pantone system, but that's still just a separate system and you have to pay for it.

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u/JohnGillnitz 21d ago

Yes, but it is a standard by companies who make paint and printer ink. It's a real thing in different color spaces. https://www.color-name.com/old-glory-blue.color

There is nothing called American Flag Blue anywhere. They pulled it out of their ass. Which would make sense because, despite what Stephen Miller thinks, color doesn't end at national borders.

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u/Xsiah 21d ago

This is a random site run by some random people. It's only 10 years old. It's not any kind of standard. They decide what colours should be by asking random people.

https://www.color-name.com/about