play stupid games, win stupid prizes
If you go looking for trouble, don't act surprised when you find it.
Definitions
A flat, satisfying verdict pinned on someone who courted a bad outcome and got exactly what was coming. There's no sympathy in it — the whole point is that the consequences were obvious, the choice was theirs, and the universe just collected its fee.
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Origin & Usage
Older military/aviation saying that went mainstream on Reddit and Twitter through the 2010s, especially in r/IdiotsInCars and 'instant karma' compilations.
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