RIP Common Sense

Seriously folks.

The ability to copy and paste should not be granted to those that lack common sense.

Really, if Facebook is going to start charging us to use it, don't you think it would have made NATIONAL news, since everyone and their mother (including my own mother) use Facebook?!

This is the original 'status update' that circulated the Facebook community to warn us of impeding charges:

IT IS OFFICIAL. IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON, IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY

Here is my 'slightly tweaked' version:

Facebook just released their new Membership charges - $9.99 for IDIOTS, $6.99 CROSS-EYED PEOPLE, $3.99 for special dribbly people, but it's free if you post a pic of yourself with a homemade foil hat and underwear on, goggles and most importantly swimming armbands (DO NOT FORGET THE ARMBANDS) by midnight tonight. When you sign in tomorrow, you will be prompted for your star sign. It is official, it was confirmed by my friend's, wife's, brother's cousin, who heard it from his nurse in the special hospital - also confirmed by the voices that speak to him personally! These charges are all due to the new changes. If you post your pic, your icon will turn blue (AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN), and FB will be free for you, and as a bonus you will also get a special jacket to hug yourself (choice of colors available, although I'm partial to the white padded ones). Please pass this message on, if not your account will never be the same again once the aliens have tampered with it! It's gotta be true. I read it on facebook ...

Really people.

The same with that damn AmberAlert. It's always the same format of a license plate, but with a differing state. Don't you think, that if it was a national AmberAlert, again, it would be on the national news?

The lack of common sense, and the ability to copy and paste, and the ability to use SNOPES.com (bookmark it people and use it before copying and pasting shit) or GOOGLE.com baffles me.

Now that you have read this, I am the deposed princess of Nigeria and I have come across a large sum of money from the untimely death of my dear father, the king of Attawambu, a small seaside village in the Sahara Desert. I do not have a bank account in the US, and therefore would like to have you wire the funds to your account. The total sum is 5millions Idiobuc which is roughly 0.05 of your american dollars. You may keep 0.0001% for your troubles. I hope to here your speedy reply.