• Semperverus@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Common sense is a fundamentally broken concept.

    It’s not that “few people have common sense” (the fact that this phrase gets tossed around should be clue #1 for you), but that there cannot be such a thing as sense that is common. Every region, every community, every social circle, and every individual have vastly different personal experiences and ways of doing things in life. Some people may have similar experiences to eachother, but thats no guarantee.

    Typically you see the word “common sense” only used as an insult and a way to tear someone else down. You rarely if ever see it used as a complement or an objective fact. “That person has a lot of common sense” sounds wrong the first time you hear it right?

    • Leg@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      You’ve given me unwanted flashbacks to my previous relationship. I felt so stupid around her for this reason.