mommykink@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat popular quote are you tired of hearing?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat popular quote are you tired of hearing?mommykink@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOkokimup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoI’ve found that “common sense” just means “things that I believe, but I can’t explain why”.
minus-squareDr. Bluefall@toast.ooolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoI find the best retort to be: “Common sense ain’t all that common.”
minus-squarecrapwittyname@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year ago“Common sense is just the set of prejudices acquired by the age of eighteen.” ~Albert Einstein
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”.
I find the best retort to be: “Common sense ain’t all that common.”
“Common sense is just the set of prejudices acquired by the age of eighteen.”
~Albert Einstein