Comment on Why are American cops allowed to be morbidly obese?
PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Reminds me of my favorite Simpson’s quote.
_Marge (to Bart): “Your father wanted to be a police officer but they said he was too heavy.”
Homer: “No the army said I was too heavy, the police said I was too dumb.”_
grue@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Well that sure didn’t age well!
abcnews.go.com/US/…/story?id=95836
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Considering how dumb the police chief is on that show, I think it was an intentional joke
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 week ago
If he’s dumber than yhr police chief, then he’d be more qualified.
The point is that the police prefer dumb workers. They won’t hire you if you score too high on am IQ test
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
I understood their point. My point is that it was a one line throwaway gag on The Simpsons. Not necessarily a commentary on real world police hiring practices so much as a joke about both the police in that show and Homer.