I haven’t tested this with my parents (I mean I’m not gonna commit a crime just to test their reaction lol), but the vibes I’m getting is that they don’t care as long as (1) it’s not homicide against innocent people, and (2) I’m not using drugs, and (3) I don’t get caught doing it (because they’ll “lose face” or something)
Like I talk about digital piracy and they’re like: “cool, save a lot of money, very smart”, if it was shoplifting, they’d worry about me getting caught, not the legal/moral implications, same as if I were to, hypothetically, commit tax fraud, they don’t give a shit lol. Which, despite how shitty and abusive my parents are and I very hate them for most things, I kinda do appreciate the fact that they just have zero respect for the law lol
I mean like… they won’t talk, but if they feel like they’re gonna get in trouble, they will definitely throw me under the bus
P.S. Don’t confess your crimes here, this is about a hypothetical situation.
Pretty sure it would depend on the crime. Speeding slightly over the limit or jaywalking would be basically a no reaction crime because everyone does it.
Theft? Depends on what I stole and from who. A few coins go missing fromy brothers room and my parents probably aren’t gonna care as much if I tell them later ( which I never tell them ), so long as it’s not a significant amount of money. My dad would also have no leg to stand on since there have been plenty of times he’s taken stuff from our rooms without asking ( like the time he took some snacks I had stashed in my tech junk drawer in my dresser maybe a year or two ago, which I’m still salty about ).
Stealing from a store? They’d be shocked and I would definitely be punished. As to what the punishment, no clue, besides definitely returning whatever I stole to start.
Murdering someone? More than likely gonna be reported to the cops and locked away.
Piracy? Don’t get caught. They have received emails about me doing it a long time ago and just don’t want us to lose our service.
Tax or other kind of financial fraud? My dad wouldn’t approve at all and might report me if he ever figured out I was in on some type of financial fraud because he doesn’t want to get screwed over by association of being my father. No clue how my mom would react, but I don’t imagine she’d be thrilled about it either.
Illegal things like CSAM, beastiality, etcetera? Ain’t no way I wouldn’t be put in some sort of psych ward or something of the sort for such sick and dastardly material. If not straight up sent to prison because the feds get to me in this hypothetical before they find out. There’s definitely a chance I wouldn’t be part of the family if this ever happened, which I hope it never does and that if I have a midlife crisis that it’s just me buying stupid things instead. Especially since I know someone who got caught during his midlife crisis flirting online with a “minor” ( some form of either fed or law enforcement honeypot account ).
Mine is similar except the theft part. Stealing from a local store I’d be a little pissed at my kid, but from Amazon or another company that reports BILLIONS in PROFIT? Nah, fuck them, just don’t get caught.
As for the murder, I’d help hide the body and then need a full detailed reason why. Sometimes it’s not the murder, but why. I trust my kid enough to not do it stupidly or randomly, there’s be a reason. SA? bullying? Abuse? I’d side with my kid first 100%.
We saw the Malcolm in the middle episode where Craig called and said Malcolm threw eggs at his house and Lois went apeshit on Malcolm without even asking him. It was 100% a lie to get Malcolm to come over and help setup a new entertainment center. I paused it right then and told my kid if anyone ever called me with some shit like that, I’d pretty much call them a liar until I got his side of the story, no question.