Common Sense Is Not That Common

I have never considered myself to be the most brilliant person in the world, however, I am discovering that I have one thing that A PLETHORA of people in this world of ours are missing.

This is an important element that helps get most people through their day....common sense.

I do not know what kind of grades these people pulled in high school and college, but when it comes to everyday critical thinking, problem solving, and any other thought process that does not require memorizing facts, these people fall flat on their face.

I honestly do not know how they function from day to day. It is simply amazing.

I know some who do not know their right from their left, some who do not know the difference between woman and women, and some who appear so damn stupid I would swear they were mentally disabled if I knew nothing else about them.

I WAS THERE when a woman, while turning on a series of lights from a breaker box, forced the switches to the "OFF" position even though they were duct taped down with "DO NOT TURN OFF" written over them.

I WAS THERE when a man at work told me a video camera was 'not working.' As it turns out, actually turning the camera ON was the brain busting solution.

I WAS THERE when a man, attempting to count down a news segment, started at 10 but then stopped at 8 seconds. The remaining 7 seconds just went by the wayside.









I see the lack of CS on the roadways, in department stores, and with people on the phone. I see it more and more each day and it makes me wonder what has happened to us?

Could it be that our dependence on so many technological devices is causing our brains to crumble away into mush? Calculators and tip cards have taken over even the most basic math. Spell check has gotten rid of that nuisance of looking up words in a dictionary or proof reading. Hardly anyone practices that nasty habit of memorizing phone numbers anymore, and why would they when all you have to do it click on the person's name to call them? We are quickly becoming a world reflective of one of my favorite cartoons growing up, The Jetson's.


We have cars that can park without human assistance and one day this type of technology will most likely do all of the driving for us. Almost your entire house can be operated by voice or remote control, whether it be lights, windows, heating/air, music, the list goes on and on. You can order pizza from your television! Thank God! All of that walking into the kitchen to find a phone book and dial the pizza joint was really starting to wear on me. And actually talking to someone? FORGET IT!

We have gone from seeing people face-to-face to talking to them on our cell phones, and now an extra impersonal step, texting. Talking is too hard, remember? Email has replaced writing letters with a pen and paper, various internet sites have replaced going to the library and sifting through books. There are even pens that, when scanned over the words on paper, will actually read to you what is written.


Every day it appears They are advancing ways for us to be just a little bit lazier. Glad They are not spending that time, money and energy on something like healthcare or education.


SHEW... dodged THAT bullet.

The thing is, blaming the lack of common sense on things like technology or your parents (cause they're the reason for everything wrong in our lives, right?), or any other scape goat you can think of is just a way of justifying your own stupidity.

We all have the occasional brain fart, and that is excusable, believe me, it happens to everyone.
What is not excusable are these dimwitted everyday blunders that a chimp could figure out.

It has gotten to the point that I seriously am starting to believe that an actual "Common Sense" class might help resolve the issue. I mean, these people, at least the ones I know personally, many of them did well in school so maybe that is what they need - Common Sense 101.

The more examples I witness of this absence of CS, the more I cry inside because these people cannot possibly be from the same planet as me.

Everyone is entitled to an intellectual blunder every once in a while. But there are many people out there that are not the occasional visitors of this doltish city - they are the residents, no, check that...they are the government, the very foundation that makes up this municipality of dimwittedness.