If cops in real life acted like cops in fiction, people wouldn’t hate them as much
That’s because most fictional cops have ethics, empathy, and a conscience.
Fictional cops rarely have any ethics. Quite famously, they ignore people civil rights or liberties when they “know” that person is guilty.
It’s like the male lead of a shitty romance novel acting super creepy, abusive, and rapey, but it’s okay because it’s fiction and they always luck out and the woman is into it.
Which is why most cop shows function as authoritarian propaganda. They show an idealist fairy tale version that nonetheless creates this aspirational image of cops in mainstream culture. It gives cover to the true cop culture. Just like villains in movies are always just a bad apple that is corrupt and once eliminated all is well, when in real world the rules of the system is what breeds corruption. It’s not meant to be, but it acts as authoritarian propaganda.
I love cop shows, they are my guilty pleasure, but one needs to be aware that this is fairy tale.
Often such movies and military movies must be approved by the government and get funded by them so the military gets to co-write the propaganda
NCIS is legitimately one of the stupidest shows in the history of television.
I simply do not understand the appeal
“NCIS is a horrible show” links to one of the only bad scenes in the show
My friend, my dad used to watch that show all the time, so I have seen a lot of it.
The 2 idiots 1 keyboard scene isn’t “one of the only bad scenes in the show,” it’s literally one of the single most entertaining moments of the show.
And that’s not retroactively calling that scene entertaining, it is meant as a scathing insult to the abysmal quality of the rest of the show.
I loved my father, but I constantly questioned his intelligence being able to sit through that drivel.
If you disagree with my opinion, that is okay, but I promise you are not going to be able to change it
I choose to believe that the NCIS has developed a technique with which two users can controll a computer at the same time through the same keyboard. And that they are using an advanced operating system which UI is based solely on the technique pop-up ads in the 2000s used.
They are simply thát good at computers.
It’s a show for basic dads to feel smart watching.
Without even clicking the link, I’m going to bet it’s the stupid fucking double hack scene.
If you like that character just go watch some Nina Hagen music videos instead.
She was the inspiration for the character, she’s the original punk opera prodigy, she’s crazy and she was once a strong contender to be the german voice of marge simpson.
Smack Jack, So Bad, Naturträne, Imma Lauter are all tracks I still listen to a lot. Her recent cover of 16 Tons is great too.
She is great in her version of Seemann with Apocalyptica too
In the show, Abby is not a cop.
She works in “criminal justice” for the U.S. military.
You can be pedantic about the ‘C’ in ACAB applying, but the Bastard bit inescapably applies.
Acab includes military and people who assist cops
So you’re taking a good premise to an absurd extent. Got it.
NCIS is civilian law enforcement organization. You know, cops.
Janitors assist cops by keeping precincts.clean, are they bastards? How about the it guys that keep the servers and workstations running, are they bastards?
Hopefully this helps you understand the absurdity of what you are advocating.
Bro’s really trying to pretend the forensic team is basically just cleaning the floor on a wage slave salary 💀
Just FYI: Forensic scientists can also be sworn officers, and issued badges and firearms.
“Acab includes military and people who assist cops”
No, I was abstracting this statement further so that it was clear that “and people who assist cops” was idiotic because it is far too broad.
I have no idea wtf you think you’re talking about, but whatever it is it’s not on topic. It looks like you were trying to build a straw man.
No but she’s so quirky!
Nigel Mansel and Fergie
