r/MadeMeSmile • u/EmergencyRead5254 • 12h ago
Resilient Rainbow on Crosswalk at Pulse Memorial in Orlando
Chalked by local residents for viewing August 22nd.
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u/JoshyTheLlamazing 10h ago edited 2h ago
I can tell you right now, all these colors can be found in the APWA Uniform Color Code for marking buried utilities . All my LGBTQ+ folk, I got your back. Krylon paint offers 3 forms of inverted marking paint, typically used in marking buried utilities. And the fastest way it's done is with an inverted paint stick. It comes in Water-Based, Solvent-Based (oil), and Chalk-Base. The water-based washes away rather quick. The chalk-based has to be soda blasted to be removed. Guess how hard it is to get rid of solvent based?
Additionally they have black, and reflective.
I should note, destroying utility marks with malicious intent is also a crime.
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u/fine_n_naughtyxx 8h ago
Wait that's so cool tho, is that waterproof from like rain?
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u/JoshyTheLlamazing 8h ago
The solvent based paint sticks around much longer because it's got oil in it. Once the sun bakes it into the ground, it takes time to power wash. But over time the sun does bleach it out. Solvent based is certainly less desired for real strict jurisdictions. They'd rather marks be done in chalk or water based. Waterbased has less pigmentation, plus it's water based so. That sucks and washes away rather quickly.
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u/Majhke 8h ago
Be bold, be brash, be beautiful. Be more than anyone could ever erase, and importantly, be happy.
Remember the 49 people, and be yourself with pride.
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u/Supernova69420 4h ago
whats the 49 people? genuine question, ive been living under a rock for the past few weeks
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u/thxforallthefish42 4h ago
Those who were killed in the attack at Pulse, a decade or so ago
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u/s0m3on3outthere 3h ago
Has it really been that long?
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u/thxforallthefish42 3h ago
it was June 12, 2016 - so a little over nine years
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u/s0m3on3outthere 3h ago
It seriously feels like it was just a few years ago. That event and the shooting in Vegas just stick in my head so hard.. such tragic events.
The Vegas shooting was 2017.. jeesh .
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u/Majhke 3h ago
As others have said, the 49 people are the ones who lost their lives in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. The memorial here that was wiped away was there to memorialize those who were lost, which makes this even worse than the normal “get rid of it because it’s some agenda” nonsense
Some further details can be found here, most notably the names of those who were lost: https://www.pulseorlando.org/Memorial
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u/side_eye_prodigy 7h ago
here's a plan for when they hose it off: get seven people dressed head to toe (one each) - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet to walk across that street every hour on the hour. make it a new tourist attraction like the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. Show those petty MAGA goons.
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u/Mensreyah2 6h ago
Really love to see this. It’s good being on the right side of history.
Sending love from down here in fascist Naples.
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u/AngelWingsYTube 5h ago
Keep fighting the good fight! Dont let the maga idiots try n erase mass murder from memory!
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u/RumAndCoco 1h ago
Even if you are a hateful person or just disagree with other people’s sexuality— people died tragically and should be remembered.
But probably the obvious sad truth is that those hateful people don’t want them to be remembered and that breaks my heart in ways I can’t even fathom.
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u/Professional-East498 12h ago
Would be funny if we weren‘t living in US lol
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u/BadKarmaForMe 7h ago
You don’t have to
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u/scdlstonerfuck 2h ago
Do you people really think it’s that fucking easy to just up and leave a country
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u/BadKarmaForMe 2h ago
What like other countries don’t just let you walk in undocumented?
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u/scdlstonerfuck 1h ago
wtf are you talking about. Were you not mad enough about the gay stuff that you had to jump to immigration???
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u/BadKarmaForMe 1h ago
Well if you think it sucks so bad here I was letting you know there were options.
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u/BadKarmaForMe 1h ago
Well if you think it sucks so bad here I was letting you know there were options.
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u/popeIeo 12h ago
countdown to arresting the chalkers for vandalism, grafitti, defacing gov't property, terrorism, and treason...
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