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The Importance Of Common Sense
You are at a party and someone offers you an alcoholic beverage
You know it may react with one of your daily medications
You know the label says “do not drink alcohol while on this medication”
You say sure anyways, thinking you can get away with only one serving
You soon start to feel lightheaded and begin to hallucinate
You don’t know what is going on with yourself
You suddenly realize you’re in the hospital after becoming unconscious
You are diving on the highway a week later
You are alerted that a text from your friend has come through
You think it’s not a big deal to take your eyes off the road for a moment
You grab your phone and look down only to see the words “oops wrong person”
You put down the phone and look up to see you are about to hit the car in front of you
You try to swerve out of the way but it’s way too late
You end up killing a little baby and land yourself in the hospital again
You are walking down the street a few months later
You are concentrating, thinking about what fun you’re about to have with your friend
You don’t even bother to look for cars before you cross at the intersection
You end up dead on the street, the victim of a car accident
All a result of the absence of common sense

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