mommykink@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat popular quote are you tired of hearing?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11file-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-squarecrapwittyname@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months ago“Common sense is just the set of prejudices acquired by the age of eighteen.” ~Albert Einstein
minus-squareDr. Bluefall@toast.ooolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoI find the best retort to be: “Common sense ain’t all that common.”
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoI’ve found that “common sense” just means “things that I believe, but I can’t explain why”.
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.
“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.”
I’ve found that “common sense” just means “things that I believe, but I can’t explain why”.