Rantings and Ravings

---

Have any good examples of flawed logic, shaky reasoning, lack of common sense, or irresponsibility that are just annoying you? Put them down here!
As a general rule of thumb, please don't use people's actual names, we might hurt their little feelings.

---

I guess the first thing to put up here is this little link given to me by [Delladreing]. If you haven't read it already, I think it is worth the time.

The Death of Common Sense

See also the section on

Product Warning Labels

---

So, I guess the real problem here is that, in general, people are incredibly stupid. If you look at the warning lables on things, I'm sure you'll understand what I'm talking about. If you don't read warning lables, it might mean one of several things: Either you have enough common sense to realize that blow drying your hair while standing in a bathtub full of water is a BAD idea, or you don't care, or you can't read. I'm sure there are other reasons. Ever listen to Bill Engvall? He's famous for the "Here's Your Sign" comedy bit. It's that kind of stuff. I mean, what makes someone think that a floating bathtub doll would help to save someone from drowning? Tell me, why would you think that when someone give you a cup of hot chocolate it wouldn't be HOT?!

I think what's worse however, is the amount of people out there who get rich by winning lawsuits over stupid things like the stuff mentioned above. It's become even worse because now they can sue even IF you put the fsking warning lable on it. They claim that "Well, since you put the warning lable on there, you KNEW it was dangerous. So, why are you selling a product that you KNOW is dangerous?" It's absobloodylutely ridiculous! I think we only need one warning lable. "NOT FOR USE BY STUPID PEOPLE"

---

HiddenFire Grievances

It's too long to put up here, according to the wiki thing that says "Your Page is too long! Break it into smaller pages!" So, I've put up the link. It's our very own [HiddenFire]'s list of pet peeves. Many of them have to do with people not using common sense.

---

Gods of America

Again, this one is too long to put up without getting the "Your wiki is too long" message, so you get the link. This is a very well written essay/rant by [Avoral]. It really makes you stop and evaluate how you treat celebrities and other people you might think are better than you.

---

Hi everbody! It's your friendly, caring, bitch-tastic [Falx] here, with the latest of my personal run-ins in human stupidity.

So, I got this message today, from some guy in Albania (Please bear in mind that this is a copy/paste, so this is the exact message as I received it):

u like sex?
have msn messenger??
fuccker_2005@hotmail.com
come on now....
your adress???

Now, normally, I would ignore such things and quietly block this person from my house and say nothing more. But, seeing as I was in a particularly wicked mood today, I decided to respond in turn:

1. No. I don't like sex. Which means I don't like you. The fact that you have sent me this message probably means that you are horribly malformed and/or deranged and can't get a date in real life, so you are forced to whore yourself out over the net to people who don't know any better. That's just sad.


2. I don't have MSN messenger. Even if I did, I wouldn't give you my username, let alone my email address. The whole reason my email address is not shown to other users is to prevent idiot perverts like you from spamming me with net smut.


3. LEARN TO SPELL. It makes you sound like less of a raving moron. There are, in fact, 3 letters in the word YOU. Either you have a learning disorder (in which case I am terribly sorry and you should seek tutoring in order to help you overcome your problems), or you are just too lazy to type the extra two letters. If the latter is the case, then that is just a shame.


4. Consider yourself blocked. Don't bother writing to me again.


Unfuck you and have a nice day....


Asshole.

As you can see, I really don't understand the fascination with cyber-sex. Why the hell would anyone in their right mind want to type about having sex? It doesn't make any sense at all. Secondly, why would you want to have sex with a complete stranger? And one that's halfway around the world for that matter? Call me old fashioned, but at the very least you should know the person you're going to get intimately involved with well enough to know that if children should arise from your lack of self-discipline, that your partner isn't going to up and leave like a rat bastard coward. And so, yes, my new doctor was shocked to learn that I am 23 years old and have never had sex in my life. He treated me like I was a freak. And well, I guess in that respect I am.

---

Back to:
Common Sense