Moms are busy being celebrated, no time for crime today
My mom is a prosecutor and every year she brings up the fact that Mother’s Day is the day with the lowest crime. I think that says a lot about how many moms commit crimes throughout the year, but can’t today because they’re too busy being celebrated.
Overview
This image is a screenshot of a public post from X (formerly Twitter) by user Fin (@gofinurself). The post shares a statistic relayed by the user's mother, who works as a prosecutor: Mother's Day has the lowest recorded crime rate of any day of the year. The user adds a humorous, sarcastic interpretation of the statistic, joking that the low crime rate on Mother's Day implies that a large share of annual crimes are committed by mothers, who are too busy being celebrated on the holiday to engage in criminal activity that day, rather than the more logical explanation that most people are occupied with family celebrations and less likely to commit crimes on the holiday.
Origin notes
The original content was created as a text post on X (Twitter) by user @gofinurself. The post was later republished as a meme on the entertainment platform 9Gag, distributed via 9Gag's RSS feed, with the 9Gag post using the title 'Moms are busy being celebrated, no time for crime today'.
