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Why is this list not common sense? Do people get born and randomly be like, "but it must be THIS way"?

I can't believe I scrolled this far down before seeing a comment like yours.

I'm not saying I've done everything in the list, but have done many of those things without thinking twice.

And the rest of them, I likely would not think twice about either.

Do people really feel like they can't do these things for some reason?

“People” are highly social primates who look to each other for examples of what is ok or not ok to do. Some of those primates - usually adolescents - haven’t learned to do that, and as a result do random things. A small percentage of those unusual things turn out to be useful, which is great.

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