Is it normal to feel like most of the people around you lack common sense?

Lots of people think they're part of the "enlightened minority". Worse, they fail see the intelligence and complexity in other people which they see in themselves, and then too easily disregard them.

Guess it's not that common then:P.

Yes no one seems to know how to CLOSE THAT FUCKING DOOR.

Are you sure you mean 'common sense'? Sounds like you're addressing general ignorance to me :/

we are heading into an age where there are dangerous levels of dependency on technology. I think that while technological evolution grows rapidly, human evolution is on the decline. Simply because we are starting to depend on the machines to think for us. I think this contributes to the problem you have mentioned.

That is because they do not. Everyone goes by feelings even in politics. They operate with greed. Sex is another huge draw back that people tend to take too far often. That or just are not doing it responsibly. If you think with any kind of logic or reasoning you are mad! You are a monster and you will be shunned. Fact is emotions are pointless if things are not operating correctly. If you are still sitting in a pile of shit that is still shit. You can smile and grin all you want but no matter how you feel nothing is going to change that. People base everything on love, sex, greed. When love is hardly even obtainable. Most people do not take relationships seriously and are very selfish. They do not consider the feelings of others or the needs of other for that matter. They live in their own worlds which mean we all need to fuck, hook up and possibly make babies. They do not care about where we live, how we get the home, or even if our partner stays. Just that is the huge priority everyone now a day seems to live by. Which is ridiculous but we must either follow it or be hated.

Common sense shouldn't require research to engage in a debate. But I get what you mean. Common sense should tell you to drop the topic before you turn blue. :P

This story seems worn out but for whatever reason I got a notification about a reply to my comment on this story, even though I never commented.

Might as well leave some input though- people who say things like "common sense isn't common" are usually incredibly arrogant. Yes, people do stupid things, common sense isn't very common. However, the fact that you feel the need to point it out seems to posit that you are somehow uncommon, and smarter than everyone else. Get over yourself and stop judging people. If I followed you around all day every day I'm certain I could find a lot of idiotic shit that you do so I can sharpshoot your actions too.

OKAY Mr. Mensa, while you have your epic all changing power debates with a bunch of 9th grade drop-outs that make you feel uber-intelligent, you should try hanging out with 150 year old men who are debating weighty topics that change everything when they are done.

The people who know better will often try to fix the issues of the world. One day you will sit back and realize you can not fix the world. You are just one person. To fix things you need group effort. So you will become bitter, angry and wish everyone to hell. You will die angry and you will become infuriated at the tiniest things. For the reason you felt you failed when you should be helping these people. Yet no one wants your help. They want to destroy them selves. So those of us who see the issues are driven to madness.

People enjoy being bliss so they ignore everything that matter. This goes for parents and adults as well. Many do not think about kids or the future. They just say "Fuck it lets have kids and sort it out later"! When they later divorce they do not think about the children only how to use them to attack each other. None of us really matter and people just use each other most of the time. Even friends for the most turn out to be useless. Not all but from past experience I agree people over all are just very shitty. Even if someone sees something back going on they will ignore it since either they do not care or do not want to get involved. Often times will just be cheering on the side lines. Since this is so much fun to watch! Some people believe if you do not get sex like you want it is ok to rape people. People will even forgive people for this type of mentality. People will kill for money and people in charge of money will often hoard it. People with power will screw over everyone under them even children if that means profits will be made. That means schools and pharmacies.

Normal, yes. However, common sense is kinda described for Common People. The people in the villages, that weren't able to make it to the learning institutions, however, learned to survive just as well. I agree that people are stupid and some are far more "book smart" than I am, but seriously....common sense * low coolant, usually equals overheated engine and car troubles, yet the Biblical History Scientific Theorist had to replace three of his cars....idiot! When someone researches something, they're only memorizing what someone else wrote or told them, not learning. My son looked at the shape jof a triangle and the spot it goes in, AND the spot for a circle. He learned without anyone guiding him, which matches. When I started "teaching" him colors, he simply REMEMBERED which is which. I could have told him any name. "But, you'd be wrong" only because I'd be the only one doing so. If the masses followed, then I'd be right and Tom the scientist, along with ms. Munn the English teacher, and Sir Eigfried who wrote a book about the wonderful colors...Triangle, Jump, and Touch!, would have my back. Now, if you're making an argument of how people who don't know the subject you talk about and they argue for no reason, you MAY be right. Then again, maybe you still argue for the same being right. Your words give the feel of a woman who needs to be right. When someone proves you wrong...you want documents and dates! lol. I recently quit an ex that was that way.

if everyone would go 90 on the freeway, then it'd be pretty hard to get caught.... however, if you are one of those annoying speed limit freaks, use the frontage road and stay out of my way. :)

Please do not use the euphemized form, for a fictitious nether world. I have researched this, and I (and others) have proven that such a place does not exist.
I do not want to hear the excuse that,' it's just a figure of speech'. It does incite other people to believe in such archaic concepts (as DannyElf did, who stated this as a matter of fact, in their comment).
Please relegate this to the dustbin of antiquity.

'Common sense' and 'normal behaviour', aren't always necessarily correct. My humblest apologies to Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, and others, who helped to popularize this phrase, in its modern context.

What we need is 'Sensible Behaviour', not 'common sense'.