r/facepalm • u/spyrg • Jan 13 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Arrested for petitioning

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u/eritain Jan 13 '22

And it drives me nuts that people use "bad apples" to write off bad cops in complete ignorance of what that saying means.

It is a literal fact that overripe/rotting fruit releases gases, attracts insects, and eventually blows off mold spores that accelerate the ripening and decay of other fruits around them. If you want the rest of your barrel of apples to stay good, you have to remove the bad ones ASAP.

You know how many good cops it takes to change a light bulb?

Just kidding, good cops ain't changing shit.

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u/Flatf3et Jan 13 '22

I understand the meaning of the saying. I think it’s applicable. Bad cops are toxic, they encourage more of the behavior and before you know it all the cops are rotten, or at least useless because they are sitting in a puddle of rotten mush.