On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:02:07 -0700, Erik wrote:

In article ,
Dbdblocker wrote:

It ruffles my feathers every time my kids come over and wind down my
faucets until the rubbers destroy themselves. Why don't they stop
turning the faucet when the water stops? Isn't that the idea? Why do
then need to crank them down like a wheel lug nut? They have no
concept of anything if you try to explain it. That must be why their
faucets always leak, their lawn mowers are always broken, they have
trouble with their cars and appliances are falling apart. This
generation is the dumbest I've ever seen. If my grand kids get dumber
than they are, this country is done for.

I hear you... I'm continuously amazed/horrified/terrified by this and
related behavior.

IMHO, the root cause is a near complete lack of simple common sense...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_sense

Erik

That's what it appears to be, lack of a common sense gene. If they can't
understand or see how it works in their mind, explaining does not click
for them. Stupid is stupid.