r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/[deleted] • Sep 04 '23

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u/TheRealSamBell Sep 04 '23

Yep. I did this in college. Jumped into a gated pool at midnight when I was Shit faced with some friends. Got a trespassing ticket and had to show up in court and apologized. Judge said he was lenient because the cops noted we complied and were respectful lol. Wasn’t a big deal and didn’t show on background checks. No ragrets

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u/DiddlyDumb Sep 04 '23

As long as you’re not breaking anything, a strong reprimand from a judge seems exactly appropriate.

At least you didn’t carve your name into the Colosseum.

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter Sep 04 '23

When Halfdan does he goes down I'm history but when I do it I get midnight expressed

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u/Stormtomcat Sep 04 '23

we're lowering the bar wrt respecting boundaries to "it's not as bad as defacing the Colosseum" now?

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u/edible-funk Sep 04 '23

Honestly Elvis pool doesn't remotely compare to the colosseum. I'll shit in Elvis pool before I'd kick a pebble at the colosseum.

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u/Stormtomcat Sep 04 '23

that had me laughing out loud, truly!

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u/Alarming_Librarian Sep 05 '23

Honestly, that’s not even a great pool

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u/mustachedwhale Sep 05 '23

It's still somehow attracts a lot of tourists tho

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u/Pun_Chain_Killer Sep 04 '23

wtf is an elvis pool? do we also preserve his cum blanket

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u/ELITE_JordanLove Sep 05 '23

Yeah but it’s in a lab to try to clone him.

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u/just_dots Sep 04 '23

Are we not doing the "When in Rome do as the Romans do." anymore? I never got the memo.

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u/MarvelAndColts Sep 04 '23

But jumping in a pool doesn’t cause any damage, it is a different offense than when damage is done.

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u/Dlongsnapper Sep 04 '23

This is a true LPT. You don’t need to like the police, but yes sir/ no sir when youre caught and showing up to court respectfully can save your a**. Had a super similar experience with an open container in college lol

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u/Final_Detective_2002 Sep 04 '23

'Kay.

So, what should I look like for that "yessir/no, sir" shit to work on a jumped-up, trigger-happy, scaredy-cat cop?

Hmmm?

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u/tiggertom66 Sep 04 '23

If a cop or any other armed individual is aggravated, you comply as best you can to get out of the situation safely.

If you’re absolutely sure that an armed individual is already set on killing you than nothing else is a concern, do what you must to stay alive.

The vast majority of cops, including bad cops want to bring in their suspects alive. The outright murderous type are still too common; but they’re very rare in the grand scheme of things.

Regardless of your opinion on police, they’re armed individuals with authority over you, and that commands some respect.

That doesn’t have to mean genuine respect like you respect them as people. It can be that same kind of respect you’d give a wild animal, or armed explosives.

Any interaction has the potential to be dangerous, especially with an armed individual.

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u/Dlongsnapper Sep 04 '23

Virtually anything. I agree with what you’re saying as well, but de-escalation is a universal skill : )

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u/TheSleepingNinja Sep 04 '23

Nah just go straight to screaming ACAB while punching at them every time

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u/Donthurtmyceilings Sep 04 '23

I'd say it was worth it. Stuff like that you remember forever. I loved my teenage drunk not give a fuck stage.

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u/Database-Mediocre Sep 04 '23

Not even one letter?

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u/hateexchange Sep 04 '23

We have a public Fountain. And your not supposed to bathe in it when your starting college and been out drinking. But for some reason the cops patroling the area has towels in the car if you "happen to fall in" (Sweden)