Comments on: People like that make me cranky http://unconventionalwisdom.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/people-like-that-make-me-cranky/ Thinking outside the tesseract -- please leave "common knowledge" at the entrance. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rob http://unconventionalwisdom.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/people-like-that-make-me-cranky/#comment-639 Rob Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:47:55 +0000 http://unconventionalwisdom.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/people-like-that-make-me-cranky/#comment-639 Mona, "common sense" has become an oxymoron. Good judgement, appropriate behaviour and so on have become rare commodities; unfortunately, unlike other rare things, not a lot of people seem to place much value on them, preferring to misplace it on shiny, ephemeral and usually selfish objects of conspicuous consumption, quickly discarded for the next shiny fad that comes along. Geez, I sound like a crank... ;) Mona, “common sense” has become an oxymoron. Good judgement, appropriate behaviour and so on have become rare commodities; unfortunately, unlike other rare things, not a lot of people seem to place much value on them, preferring to misplace it on shiny, ephemeral and usually selfish objects of conspicuous consumption, quickly discarded for the next shiny fad that comes along.

Geez, I sound like a crank… ;)

]]> By: Mona http://unconventionalwisdom.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/people-like-that-make-me-cranky/#comment-637 Mona Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:41:54 +0000 http://unconventionalwisdom.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/people-like-that-make-me-cranky/#comment-637 I agree wholeheartedly. This feeling of "entitlement" to anything is far too wide spread and makes me wonder about the common sense in people. It's worrysome that apparently there is none to be found. Also, aren't there a lot of other more pressing problems we all have to deal with? Just imagine all the time and energy wasted on shit like that... I agree wholeheartedly. This feeling of “entitlement” to anything is far too wide spread and makes me wonder about the common sense in people. It’s worrysome that apparently there is none to be found. Also, aren’t there a lot of other more pressing problems we all have to deal with? Just imagine all the time and energy wasted on shit like that…

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