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(70,796 posts) Wed May 20, 2026, 10:41 AM Wednesday

"I'm not a plumber. But I'm pretty sure that's not how sinks work." [View all]

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Jess Calarco
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I'm not a plumber. But I'm pretty sure that's not how sinks work.

US Department of Education Facebook post saying SKILLS THAT PAY OFF, showing an AI image of a White man and a brown-skinned woman wearing blue coveralls and tool belts. He's pointing off into the distance and she's working on a sink that has way too many exposed copper pipes in all the wrong places
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7:57 AM · May 20, 2026

I'm not a plumber. But I'm pretty sure that's not how sinks work.
— Jess Calarco (@jessicacalarco.com) 2026-05-20T11:57:06.791Z

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"I'm not a plumber. But I'm pretty sure that's not how sinks work." [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday OP

Maybe it's a still? displacedvermoter Wednesday #1

Hey DOE, those copper thingies are not pipes, they're conduits for the wiring! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Wednesday #2

Made me laugh gab13by13 Wednesday #9

A Plumbing We Will Go!!! pdxflyboy Wednesday #13

There's a Three Stooges episode about this. C_U_L8R Wednesday #3

GMTA - I was riffing on The Three Stooges, too Brother Buzz Wednesday #29

Hahaha Thank you for posting this awesomerwb1 Wednesday #32

Tennessee Tuxedo, too RazorbackExpat 6 hrs ago #56

Pretty sure the "tool" the woman is holding doesn't exist.. LeftinOH Wednesday #4

It's an Eicher wrench - haele Wednesday #39

I'd Call It A Basin Wrench ProfessorGAC Wednesday #40

Beryllium is used on spark free tools rickford66 Yesterday #41

I Saw Brass ProfessorGAC 21 hrs ago #43

Two reasons I said beryllium rickford66 19 hrs ago #46

I Looked It Up ProfessorGAC 17 hrs ago #47

Makes sense rickford66 9 hrs ago #48

Your government on generative AI. highplainsdem Wednesday #5

It's a fitting wrench - part wrench and part fittings underpants Wednesday #36

They could have made a better image Johonny 7 hrs ago #53

Gotta love AI slop. Ocelot II Wednesday #6

The handle is a wrench and then it becomes fittings, probably brass underpants Wednesday #35

AI has a sense of humor?!?? Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #54

Did Linda make that with A1? blogslug Wednesday #7

😂😂😂😂😂 underpants Wednesday #34

WTAF!!! Wuddles440 Wednesday #8

Yeah, so? Hugin Wednesday #10

Just title it "Trump Admin at Work" Nittersing Wednesday #11

...need someone stealing all the copper leftstreet Wednesday #22

Skills, like the ability to draw a sink? Iggo Wednesday #12

AI strikes again. Biophilic Wednesday #14

What idiot uses a monkey wrench on copper pipes?? lastlib Wednesday #15

That blue wrench in the woman's tool belt is a classic plumbing tool ornotna Wednesday #16

Looks like a 6 inch adjustable wrench gab13by13 Wednesday #17

It's a scissor wrench. Not scissorS, scissor. underpants Wednesday #37

Do they have to use this AI slop because no artists will work for the Federal government anymore? sboatcar Wednesday #18

Trump's lackeys are dumb enough to think this is good. Or good enough. highplainsdem Wednesday #19

I think the bigger message is the DOE wants to turn places of higher learning into trade schools. sop Wednesday #20

THAT'S A BINGO! 👍💯 And Work On Multi-Generational Assembly.... ColoringFool Wednesday #31

Needs more pipe BaronChocula Wednesday #21

Why are there copper pipes installed in the front of the sink? Ray Bruns Wednesday #23

Looks like rolls of wire above sink? Devilsun Wednesday #24

I think it's supposed to be solder. Ray Bruns Wednesday #33

I would hire these guys before the ones in the photo. Ray Bruns Wednesday #25

I was waiting for someone to post this. maveric Wednesday #28

Not going to hire these plumbers (pipes to nowhere). waterwatcher123 Wednesday #26

Making a $150 plumbing job into an $850 plumbing job. bucolic_frolic Wednesday #27

Comedy Gold spanone Wednesday #30

Yes BUT I'd bet that nondescript windowless van is already paid off underpants Wednesday #38

"SKILLS THAT PAY OFF" Straw Man Yesterday #42

There are times I desperately need a plumber, but not desperate enough for that pair! Vinca 21 hrs ago #44

why does he get all onethatcares 21 hrs ago #45

They figured one of them pipes must be the supply line Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 8 hrs ago #49

AI "art" BlueWaveNeverEnd 8 hrs ago #50

Ai slop SheltieLover 8 hrs ago #51

He's white, but she's brown? luv2fly 7 hrs ago #52

I was a contractor Timewas 7 hrs ago #55