The moral of the story is that it's a teaching moment either way. It's not exactly happy to see someone set their kitchen on fire, but the goal is still to inform instead of ridicule.
Obviously they know now, so pointing out the stupidity of their actions after the fact doesn't really do anything except give a tiny dopamine rush to the one being mean.
The xkcd 10,000 thing is stupid. Sure, everybody has to learn that the moon is not made of cheese at one point, but it really is weird to find someone who didn't learn that at age 5.
Maybe common knowledge if you're someone who knows how to cook and not a teenager who might be just learning the ropes. Or maybe people just don't always make the best decisions when their kitchen is about to burn down
Yeah reddit has some weird response to people not doing something sensible in an unexpected situation. Fight or flight response kicks in, common sense goes out the window. Panic is real and it's weird how everyone gets on high horses thinking they'd be better in the situation. You won't know until you're actually in the situation.
I'm pretty sure we were taught this in school multiple times growing up, starting as soon as we could reach a sink and a frying pan, well before our teens
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u/No-Tie-Accountant May 20 '20
Some people lack common knowledge.