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OK OK, let me attempt to ask a question that's understandable, Randy.  Here goes:

How the heck are you able to hold your head the way you do?    :)

They don't have to anymore.  "Big Brother" is taking over every aspect of our lives possible.

maybe commonsense is different things for different people and lifes experiences,often what I think would be just plain common sense makes no sense at all for someone else, especially younger ones that have learned to rely on different resources

I think some people are just becoming too lazy to think for themselves.

Doesn't every generation say the same thing about the younger generation?  Read comments in books written back in the 40's and 50's...sounds like they could have been written last week!

The dumbing down of America is the result of our drive for the quick-easy-fix and all forms of instant gratification. You don’t have to know how a TV works to use one and the same goes for every little convenience in our culture. Everything that required us to think, plan and build a contraption to make tacos left millions with the convenience of fast food, more time on their hands to think about how to profit in other ways, how to automate the process to make more money and how to use all the money that was produced. Apparently we have all been swallowed up by the lie that money buys happiness. It doesn’t give us what we really wanted because none of us had any idea what we really wanted so now we are seeing the rise of generations of folk who have no need to learn how to tie their own shoelaces, cook a healthy meal. All we need know today is how to twist a joy stick and press a button to win.  Pizza and beer are delivered ready to eat. Computer chairs are called Lazy Boys and some folk are installing toilet seats to maximize their on-line game time. Idiocracy is growing in America along with political non-sence. So the rest of the world is catching up to our "love of freedom” and the fact that we now solve problems by printing more money. Soon schools will be converted to social gaming centers where you can bet your house, play the ponys , etc….after all, who needs an education?   

Is it here on akaQA,,,,,,,,,,

Randy I have known many academic people who knew so much stuff - but ask them to make a cup of tea and that just too much for them - just can't manage it truly mind you they were young, only trying to make some sense of it. Just cannot beat common sense.

common sense is not so common!  Humans are gifted to use common sense but we make the choice - use or not use.