History Headscratchers / ParksAndRecreation

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* In the episode "Women in Garbage", Ron and Ann (though a series of unfortunate events) accidentally leave Diane's children in a locked room with Ann's nurse kit. They both cut each other's hair and are very close to doing worse (keep in mind that these children are both around five years old). When Diane stops by near the end of the episode and sees, she ''doesn't care''. Um, her children [[FridgeHorror almost mutilated each other]] thanks to Ann's (mainly Ann's, but also Ron's, due to leaving the children to her, [[WhatAnIdiot even despite her mentioning that she is terrible with children]]) carelessness. And '''DIANE DOES NOT CARE'''. Um, OutOfCharacter, much?

** People who believe in the zodiac tend to ascribe particular character traits to the different signs (for example, being born under Pisces is supposed to make someone generous, compassionate, faithful, caring and artistically inclined). Other Ron is likely just working backwards by noting Ron's personality traits and comparing them to what he believes to be the most applicable sign of the zodiac. For all we know, he got Ron's zodiac sign completely wrong.

*** Going a bit off-topic, that 50,000-80,000 figure seems awfully high (though I know it's backed up by dialogue). For context, a population of 50,000 would put in the the top 20 cities in Indiana, and 80,000 would make it #8. From what we actually see of it, I would've put its population in the 10,000-20,000 range - bigger than the Indiana town I grew up in, but not by much.

*** It has a lot of strange things like that [[JumpingTheShark lately]]. It didn't used to: for the first few seasons it was a relatively realistic depiction of the challenges of getting anything done in local government (take it from someone who knows from experience). The "Andy is now Leslie's assistant" bit is particularly jarring for coming so soon on the heels of the massive RealityEnsues that was the government shutdown arc, and the Harvest Festival that was specifically and repeatedly stated to be a last-ditch and relatively risky money-''making'' venture for the city.

** Also, just good old-fashioned {{Hypocrisy}}. Langman is a finger-wagging scold who likes to curtail other people's freedoms, but he's likes railing against Leslie and her positions even more, so if there's a way to score points against her for being someone who curtails people's freedoms, well, he's cheerfully gonna do it. One for thee and one for me, and such.

** Jerry, like most of us, needs to work for a living. If the job pays well enough and there's no other / better work available, he's not necessarily going to be in a position to turn it down. Furthermore, Jerry is shown to have an absolutely amazing life outside of the department, to the point of being TheAce, so he's presumably able to just brush it off and compartmentalise it as being part of the crap he has to put up with at his job. Ultimately, though, the real answer is that he's the ButtMonkey on a sitcom and RuleOfFunny applies.