Whatever happened to common sense?

Meaning

A rhetorical question used by someone frustrated with a decision they find illogical. It implies that basic practical judgment has gone extinct in modern society.

Frustrated, nostalgic

Used in a sentence

• I cannot believe they require a permit to plant a tree in my own yard, whatever happened to common sense?
• Watching that driver try to exit through the entrance lane makes me wonder, whatever happened to common sense?
• They stopped offering free air at the gas station again, honestly, whatever happened to common sense?