Current Events > 'Don't do the crime if you can't do the time'

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This phrase really rustles my jimmies. Who are all these bootlicking revenge-porn people that worship rules and authority figures, and why are they so happy about people going to jail

I think it'd be valid if it wasn't for the implicit suggestion that inmates should be beaten/sexually assaulted (or) that they deserve it. It also implies innocent people don't get fed into this. The simple fact is that it is easy to not critically think about the world and assume authority figures are correct when it suits you, so a lot of people assume institutions can't be wrong or that it isn't "their" problem if things go wrong.

Stuff like this is why I think civil service should be mandatory after high school. I despise the idea of a military draft but community work should be a civic duty.

Do you really want serial killers running free on the streets?

Certain people belong in jail.

We dont want them around.

title a bit too broad for the assertion of the op imo

Sounds like you did the crime and don't wanna do the time

But sir, we stole a balloon!

It's stooped in racism. The Willie Horton ad stoked that.

I feel like it's typically directed at arrogant/spoiled people who are aghast that they are given a punishment for a crime.

Verdekal posted...

But sir, we stole a balloon!

Yeah, on Free Balloon Day!

NittanyLions23 posted...

Do you really want serial killers running free on the streets?

Certain people belong in jail.

We dont want them around.

This is such a hyper specific and ludicrous example

pinky0926 posted...

This is such a hyper specific and ludicrous example

1 > 0

Gave more examples than you did.

NittanyLions23 posted...

1 > 0

Gave more examples than you did.

I don't think I've ever heard someone use that phrase after someone got busted gruesomely murdering dozens of people

It's always some low level drug thing or like talking back to a cop

Also totally dismissive of people doing time without doing the crime

Justice system worshipers are some the lamest fucking people on planet earth

The fact that some people default to 'serial killers' in discussions of crime is pretty indicative.

The fact that some people default to unjust incarceration' in discussions of crime is pretty indicative.

I don't think you need to be a bootlicker to understand that if you break rules that are already in place you should expect the possibility that there may be consequences to your actions.

NittanyLions23 posted...

The fact that some people default to unjust incarceration' in discussions of crime is pretty indicative.

Unjust incarceration is an issue worthy of discussion.

Applying 'don't do the crime if you can't do the time' to serial killers is shrill, hysterical irrelevance.

eggcorn posted...

I don't think you need to be a bootlicker to understand that if you break rules that are already in place you should expect the possibility that there may be consequences to your actions.

Who are these people that "can do the time"

Is anyone going "well actually calendar is looking pretty free, I wouldn't mind a spot of prison next month"

Even just as a turn of phrase it's stupid

I don't like this expression either. It should be "Don't do the crime."

pinky0926 posted...

Who are these people that "can do the time"

Is anyone going "well actually calendar is looking pretty free, I wouldn't mind a spot of prison next month"

Even just as a turn of phrase it's stupid

It's just a dumb nursery rhyme way of saying "you knew it was illegal when you did it."

I think the reason the phrase annoys me so much is that it's often dropped as a dismissive hand-wave to discussions about whether the crime should even be against the law or if the "time" was excessive.

Remember when brittney griner got sentenced to 9 years for having a miniscule amount of cannabis oil on her? So much of the online discourse around that was one person saying "that's barbaric" and the response argument being "if you can't do the time..."

It's a strawman, goddamit. No one was arguing that it's smart and sensible to travel through russian airports with any amount of cannabis on you.

if you can't handle the roast, don't type the post

Dont pay the dime if you wont eat the lime

fuck the police

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pinky0926 posted...

This is such a hyper specific and ludicrous example

Careful. He'll block you like he did everyone who laughed at him when he crowned the Ravens champs and talked shit for weeks then they got handled by the Chiefs.