RIP Common sense

Here here! I used to own and run a Care Home and quickly discovered that common sense was NOT common. It had been completely taken over by rules & regulations so that nobody thought for themselves any longer. Fortunately I retired years ago and don’t have to cow-tow to them any longer. They really spoilt that wonderful relationship of trust and caring that developed between staff and clients. And the paperwork added an extra hour to a shift as so much had to be recorded, which I felt was really OTT.

deedeedum

Brilliant. I am going to save and post this. If only we were less tolerant and fought harder for our the principles our parent taught us.

"less tolerant"? I really don't think that's what we need right now.

SPOT ON.

Indigo8

IMO common sense has always been a rarity throughout history and is no rarer now than it ever has been.

To give some totally random examples of past stupidity:-

Clothing for women, during the latter part of the 19th century women wore tight corsets that were so tight that they frequently fainted and their internal organs became deformed.

Homosexuality, even between consenting adults, was against the law for many years and homosexuals were victimised and blackmailed.

Whole generations of children were subjected to being graded as grammar school, technical school or secondary modern material based on some rather dubious intelligence tests and a one-off examination taken at age 10 or 11.

There are, of course, many other examples.

I hadn’t read it previously Aveline, but I thought it was amusing and clever.

However, in addition to Indigo8’s comments, I’d add the spectacularly cruel tragedy that was the treatment of Alan Turin, a man to whom we owe so much. For one.

Aveline

Out senses of humour are involved too. Of course not everyone has a sense of humour...

Spot on. Thank you for a bit of lightheartedness.

Absolutely Aveline!

Out senses of humour are involved too. Of course not everyone has a sense of humour...

halfpint1

I don't know what the 'subjective nature of life ' is or means

It's the sort of phrase people use when they want to sound more intellectual than they are. Googling the phrase brings up this While certain aspects of life are undeniably objective, such as scientific laws and mathematical truths, many others are inherently subjective, shaped by our unique perspectives, personal experiences, and the cultural contexts that surround us In other words personal opinion shaped by our own experiences.

aveline thank you, I liked it!

I don't know what the 'subjective nature of life ' is or means

I loved it too. Thank you Aveline

Not seen this before, but absolutely love it!

I quite agree.

It’s the kind of thing people who can’t grasp the subjective nature of life might post. It’s a silly and twee poem. I use the word poem loosely.

My uncle used to say that Common Sense was a very uncommon thing!

funny it is called Common but it is so rare

IOMGran why did you single out wheniwasyourage for your rude and insulting comment?

Thanks for posting this, Aveline, and brightening up a rather dull Saturday afternoon. It made be laugh too.

Yes Aveline, a lighthearted post and thankyou for it. I also read this somewhere quite a while back and it made me smile then. I've been blessed with a good deal of common sense, even from a young age, although my life choices haven't always been wise. But I do despair how the world is taking an ugly turn. Will common sense ever return to level out the crazy bumps and roundabouts we have to navigate

Hemgranot

Indigo8

IMO common sense has always been a rarity throughout history and is no rarer now than it ever has been.

To give some totally random examples of past stupidity:-

Clothing for women, during the latter part of the 19th century women wore tight corsets that were so tight that they frequently fainted and their internal organs became deformed.

Homosexuality, even between consenting adults, was against the law for many years and homosexuals were victimised and blackmailed.

Whole generations of children were subjected to being graded as grammar school, technical school or secondary modern material based on some rather dubious intelligence tests and a one-off examination taken at age 10 or 11.

There are, of course, many other examples.

Some women tight laced. Every other wore corsets for bust support and to adopt whatever shape was in the current fashion. Along with padding and bustles etc. Much like women do today.

And surely wearing corsets and such like is far preferable to actually to what is far more common these days i.e. operations to surgically alter the body and face.

IOMGran you're reading far too much into this post. I posted it because I thought it was funny. That's all!

Ilovecheese

I think this has been posted before.
People have different opinions as to what is "common sense" , the post is just an opinion.

Exactly! Some examples …yes sure…others no disagree!
Most people have a ‘common sense’ but what they choose to do with it often varies!
Many mutate it into something else entirely… you just have to look at at MAGA in the US to realise that!

Wheniwasyourage

I liked it. Thanks, Aveline!

The fact that you have swallowed the Reform UK Ltd dog whistle message shows that you lost common sense way before this copy and paste BS was disseminated on social media.

''Knowing when to come in out of the rain...'' or, you could dance like nobody's watching.

Yes, it was published in the Obituary column of the London Times, in 2022 or earlier. I have it saved in my desktop p.c. as iIthink it's brilliant!!