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CrispyQ

(36,774 posts)
5. When I was a kid, knowing you didn't use 911 for these types of calls was called common sense,
Sun Dec 31, 2023, 10:54 AM
Dec 2023

but apparently it's not so common anymore.

I chalk a lot of it up to bad parenting or maybe lack of socialization is a better way to put it. It seems that a ton of folks aren't taught the proper way to behave in public, what is generally acceptable in public & what isn't. That could be cuz their parents are lazy & don't give a shit or it could be that their parents were also not taught how to properly behave in the public sphere.

Then again, maybe we're just sinking to the lowest common denominator, we being the entire species.

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