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Would you agree that "common sense" isn't common anymore?

It just seems you have to spell things out to people these days. That innate knowlege of what is right and good is almost gone.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Anymore? It never was common, and the saying is the worst misquote of any I know.

    And it is getting worse. The smart people don't breed anymore, and the stupid ones fill the world with their offspring.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I agree completely. Society is changing. Right now, I can't come up with a theory of why it's happening. All I know is that it's hard to find an intelligent person anywhere nowadays.

  • 1 decade ago

    i agree , one common label says don't use while asleep, i mean seriously. my theory is ignorance and rebellion. either or, you choose.

  • 1 decade ago

    I agree, just look at warning labels. . .

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  • 1 decade ago

    Truer words where never spoken.

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