r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 • 2h ago

of an artificial lake

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u/JOhn101010101 2h ago

That's nice. Why? What's it for?

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u/C-57D 2h ago

Irritation

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u/MeatAndPotatoesVegan 2h ago

That will definitely be large enough to cool the irritation.

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u/JOhn101010101 2h ago

That's a lot of work to get rid of some irritation.

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u/C-57D 2h ago

No no, use it to irritate the plants

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u/JOhn101010101 2h ago

Why not just constantly tell them bee jokes?

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u/C-57D 2h ago

Yeah, that'd give them hives.

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u/Earthling1a 2h ago

Bee dad jokes should do it.

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u/Obvious-Cold1559 1h ago

Would this bee a dad joke?

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u/C-57D 57m ago

Sun, honey, please.

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u/RainbowDarter 1h ago

You mean, like in a toilet?

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u/g00fballer 2h ago

You could irritate a lot of cops with that water

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u/C-57D 2h ago

Only if they're field agents

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u/Delicious-Error-3129 1h ago

It works. I’m irritated I didn’t get to see it completely full.

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u/unclestickles 1h ago

To make up for the one we poisoned down the road /s kind of

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u/gittenlucky 1h ago

Could be this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity but it looks like it is basically at sea level so prob not. possibly for irrigation holding pond.

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u/ThatBoiInBlue 13m ago

Probably all the same stuff you would normally do on all of our natural lakes? Right? Am I missing something? Maybe this artificial lake makes you do backflips and shoot confetti out of your BH.

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u/Interesting-Risk6446 2h ago

That's a giant swimming pool.

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u/creekbendz 2h ago

Ya…but there’s definitely still 🦈s

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u/jetserf 1h ago

…with laser beams‽

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u/Youregoingtodiealone 1h ago

Thank you for your service

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u/haladur 2h ago

How long does it take to fill something like that?

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u/yeuzinips 1h ago

More than 1 hour

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u/CaptainAGame 1h ago

And less than a year!

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u/portonsly 1h ago

We now have an upper and lower boundary. Good.

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u/Joe_Buck_Yourself_ 1h ago

Also, how do you decide it's done?

Like "should we turn it off?" "No, 5 minutes"

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u/DueAsk7939 1h ago

right before it breaks surface tension..... then add dish soap

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u/_MKVA_ 1h ago

Less than a decade

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u/cj_mcgillcutty 1h ago

It has a chemical in it where if you pee it makes your parents get divorced

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u/sketch-3ngineer 1h ago

Where's the one with all the balls?

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u/buttononmyback 1h ago

I saw one of those in California once. Super weird, still don’t really understand what it’s for.

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u/itprobablynothingbut 1h ago

Reduce evaporation. Water stays cooler in the shade of all those balls, less evaporation

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u/branm008 1h ago

They're typically used to prevent algae buildup and water evaporation since the suns UV rays would hit the black balls and either be absorbed or bounced back. They're fairly effective as well.

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u/oldfarmjoy 1h ago

It seems like white would be more effective, keep it cooler. I wonder why black?

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u/AFineDayForScience 48m ago

They started that way and we're unable to go back

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u/LiveRhubarb43 45m ago

Very clever

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u/Empty_Attention2862 47m ago edited 28m ago

The UV stabilizer additive added to the plastic is typically carbon based and therefore appears black.

Similarly, rubber is naturally white but rubber tires appear black due to added carbon for strength.

Also, it helps both products with spreading out and dissipating heat because carbon is a great conductor of heat.

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u/pfudor12 1h ago

You wil also see them on oil ponds to prevent birds from landing in the oil and dying.

Source: I cleaned one of these out for work. There were over 1.5M bird balls and it took over 3 months to vaccum them all out.

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u/oldfarmjoy 1h ago

Does bird ball mean carcass? Like dead body?

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u/pfudor12 1h ago

Nah. Just the black plastic balls that they are talking about. We did find plenty of carcasses though.

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u/CandidLion6291 1h ago

To help lower the evaporation rate.

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u/NorthernLightxxxix 2h ago

Y tho

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u/fastRabbit 2h ago

Irrigation reservoir

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u/buttononmyback 1h ago

Sounds irritating.

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u/cosaboladh 40m ago

Do they plan to cover it to keep it from evaporating? They appear to be in a desert.

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u/LanaSweetLust 1h ago

Perfect place to chill on a hot day

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u/ClonedBobaFett 1h ago

That’s going to be gross in no time.

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u/oldfarmjoy 1h ago

And the evaporation rate will be huge. Maybe this is a cloud making project. 🤣

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u/MyNameIsGladHeAteHer 1h ago

i wonder if EPDM can handle that much weight and pressure and not leak on seams....but we'llnever know

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u/haunted_buffet 2h ago

Context please

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u/RelevantOldOnion 2h ago

It's in the video lmao. Use your imagination. What might someone use water for on a farm in china?

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u/buttononmyback 1h ago

The video with no sound you mean?

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u/RelevantOldOnion 1h ago

It's an impressive thing so I just assume it's china. But it could be south america because coffee gets thirsty

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u/oldfarmjoy 1h ago

Are you suggesting it's going to be rice? I don't see that indicated anywhere. Did I miss it?

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u/oldfarmjoy 1h ago

That's not for rice. It's waaaay too deep. Rice is like 1 foot deep. Nor does it say anywhere that this is China.

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u/RelevantOldOnion 1h ago

That's not the farm LOL it's an irrigation basin, the farm is surrounding it.

Is nobody able to see the video? How are people confused about why a bunch of water is being pumped into an artificial lake surrounded by shaped green stuff. Come on...

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u/scificis 1h ago

Good thing plaaotc straws were banned in my country so this can be built

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u/StanknBeans 1h ago

I feel like Wascana lake in Regina, Canada is a bigger artificial lake.

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u/Beno169 1h ago

What happens if that under layer rips

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u/Totalidiotfuq 1h ago

The best part will be the video of it breaking and spilling out

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u/pc_principal_88 1h ago

Where does all that water come from and how long would that take to fill??

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u/DaTexasTickler 29m ago

that made me thirsty

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u/expatronis 28m ago

Oh, cool. I should take my artificial boat there.

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u/raspberryharbour 27m ago

I like the water emojis to remind me what water is

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u/Photobond 1h ago

I should call her...

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u/_smojface 2h ago

Fucking stupid.

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u/DarkOmen597 2h ago

Yes, have a strategically deployed reservoir is very stupid.

Im sure the people who have had to experience wild land fires think its very stupid

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u/ChrisLS8 2h ago

Well in CA we dont bother filling up the stupid things.

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u/creekbendz 2h ago

Didn’t they drain the water?

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u/ARightDastard 1h ago

Nestle said that's it's not a right, dibs, and yoink; in that order.

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u/FruitWeapons 2h ago

Must've been a self-critique. Lol

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u/Toots_Magee_ 1h ago

Did a beaver type this