tragedy of the commons

The idea that since no one owns a common are (e.g., a public park) that no one takes care of it

The rundown condition of the park was another example of the tragedy of the commons

by Robbo August 27, 2003

common sense

Dead and buired, with grubs consuming it's flesh.

"There is a chalk outline being drawn around common sense, and most people cannot even identify the victim."
-Dennis Miller

Lackers of common sense: liberals, teachers unions, communists, socialists, 99.8% of Hollywood, those who suscribe to the National Enquierer, the Media, 9/10ths of Junior High School children, people arrested for trespassing, 3/4ths of people on the road, the postal system, the people who's stunts actually manage to get the words "Don't put genitles in hose" on vaccum cleaners, liberal arts and philosophy majors, 100% of the government, those who dine on puffer fish, judges who actually take cases for morons who burn themselves on coffee and sue the resteraunt, the jury who accqutted OJ, those who wrapped their homes in duct-tape post 9/11, high school dropouts, people who use the rhythm method, people who attempted to masturbate with a freshly baked pie, anybody that went to see a Tom Green movie, those who order a diet coke with supersize burgers and fries, and finally, those who think John Kerry can win in November.

by X-S~ July 2, 2004

tragedy of the commons

The fact that unregulated resources that are held in common are exploited to the point where they lose their usefulness.

Commonly used to argue that having any resources (parks, etc.) held in common will always lead to their destruction. Especially by libertarians and people who want corporate welfare.

We could make this publically-owned pristine forest into a public park Governor, but that would only lead to the tragedy of the commons. Let's sell it to the logging intrests instead! Since they'll have ownership over the land, they'll have good reason to take care of it.

by Colonoscopy October 30, 2003

Lowest Common Denominator

In relation to people, they are the simplest group in a population. They have the simplest opinions, the simplest views and the simplest lifestyles. They are the unsophisticated (which is not correlated to the amount of happiness they have - in fact, living a simple life may make you even more happy than living a sophisticated one). Because these people do not think as much as a sophisticated person, they tend to be more naive and more gullible to gut feelings, and the ingrained culture and social laws that are around them. Their trust is easily earned.

In terms of politics, this can be taken advantage of when politicians use their persona and the gut feelings of their audience to gain followers, even when their policies and views might be to their disadvantage.

Those GOP candidates like to target the lowest common denominators in each state because it's easy followers for them. I mean, who would follow Rick Santorum because of a sweater vest?

by Bluestjay May 1, 2012

common

a word which is used by upper middle class tarquins to describe anyone with less money than themselves

"where do u live"
"on the fairbrook estate"
"wheres that"
"its in town"
"do you have horses and a swimming pool? my daddy gave me a horse yesterday"
"No, my place is to small for that"
"Omg, you're so common!!! goodbye!!

by froggy August 24, 2003

Commonalities

What are some of the commonalities between liberal and conservative media? Do you know? You don't know...

Hym "You want to hear some of the commonalities between them? Alright. They both feint contempt for the status-quo while crediting activists against the status-quo as the problem in the country. They both frame perfectly reasonable people as deplorables. There is bipartisan agreement on issues that is never acted on (nuclear energy for example). Use of qualitative adjectives to frame situations in a wait that isn't necessarily untrue but doesn't accurately reflect objective reality and doesn't leave any room for the viewers to draw their own conclusions. It's almost like they're a negative feedback loop of nonsense designed to control the discourse..."

by Hym Iam January 18, 2023

commonstale

is a lowlife bitch, stupid idiot

fewrerf is a commonstale

by rewrwrrrrr May 21, 2006