>Can't imagine why this person got jail time for that given that it was just idiocy, but still Lots of "idiocy" is explicitly illegal. Being dumb isn't an excu

>Can't imagine why this person got jail time for that given that it was just idiocy, but still Lots of "idiocy" is explicitly illegal. Being dumb isn't an excuse to commit a crime. Literal children in the US get in trouble (legally, as in, sent to juvie) for bomb threats all the time. Making a bad judgement call, like "surely everyone will understand I'm just joking about my threat to literally murder people" often has legal ramifications.