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What? Imaginary?
Shit like this should trigger an FBI investigation into the entire department.
It calls into question everything that's happened in that department, and the reliability of every officer working there.
I'm tired of the "few bad apples" bullshit >


I'm tired of the "few bad apples" bullshit

Especially when the people fond of spouting that phrase constantly ignore the "spoils the bunch" part, which is the entire point of the idiom. >

Same with the “pulling up by bootstraps”. 
It’s literally impossible to pull yourself off the ground by tugging at your boots.
But somehow folks overlook that and misuse that phrase as if it somehow captures “hard work and overcoming obstacles.” >

They're just taking the road less traveled.