mommykink@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat popular quote are you tired of hearing?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat popular quote are you tired of hearing?mommykink@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOkokimup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoAnything described as “just common sense.” No, it’s knowledge/awareness that you picked up from your particular environment. Not everyone has had the same exposure as you.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI’ve found that “common sense” just means “things that I believe, but I can’t explain why”.
minus-squarecrapwittyname@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months ago“Common sense is just the set of prejudices acquired by the age of eighteen.” ~Albert Einstein
minus-squareDr. Bluefall@toast.ooolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoI find the best retort to be: “Common sense ain’t all that common.”
Anything described as “just common sense.” No, it’s knowledge/awareness that you picked up from your particular environment. Not everyone has had the same exposure as you.
I’ve found that “common sense” just means “things that I believe, but I can’t explain why”.
“Common sense is just the set of prejudices acquired by the age of eighteen.”
~Albert Einstein
I find the best retort to be: “Common sense ain’t all that common.”