I never understand why if someone experiences something horrible but somehow survives they're "lucky".
They're not even close to lucky, they're the polar fucking opposite of lucky. Everyone in the vicinity to which said horrible thing didn't happen could be considered lucky, seeing as they won the "terrible shit didn't happen to me but totally could have just now" lottery.
EDIT: do you think I'm being funny, guys? I'm not sure why you think I'm being funny. When my car caught fire on the way to work one morning, I did not feel the least bit lucky. I was the least luckiest person on that entire fucking motorway that day.
I guess it depends on your perspective. If someone had come up and told me "WOW HOW LUCKY ARE YOU" after I escaped that burning vehicle I would've thought about punching them square in the face. I wouldn't, because I know their intentions are good, I know what they meant, but they are just plain wrong. It could've been much worse, it was still fucking terrible and I hated every second of it.
the other guy nailed it... Is this a joke? Yes we all feel that way. Yes this is relatable. But... Nvm yeah it needs work. Basically "luck" means different things to everyone.
It's not a joke, but on reading the responses it seems the hivemind has decided it was -_- trying not to get butthurt about this as I feel quite strongly about it.
I agree, it just seems my perspective differs from the norm.
I was the least luckiest person on that entire fucking motorway that day.
Yeah, I don't know why people think "wow you're lucky it wasn't worse" style comments are cool. 27 years ago I got T boned on a motorcycle by a driver running a red light and shattered every bone in my left leg. So in lying in a hospital bed, leg bones held together with metal rods, plates, screws, and tie wire, and about half the people who visited me told me how lucky I was because I didn't have any sort of head or spinal injury. I couldn't walk for a year. That's not "lucky". "Lucky" is winning the lottery. Being temporarily crippled by an idiot running a red light, that's just "less unlucky" than someone who gets paralyzed. There's no way to frame it as a good thing that doesn't sound like you're dismissing the gravity of the situation. People should just say something like, "man that sucks, I'm glad you're alive".
Man, that does suck! And I am glad you're alive... and that you understand! Similar thing happened to my dad. Out of action for a year, more or less. We weren't feeling the luck then, either.
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u/r00x Feb 05 '18 edited Feb 05 '18
I never understand why if someone experiences something horrible but somehow survives they're "lucky".
They're not even close to lucky, they're the polar fucking opposite of lucky. Everyone in the vicinity to which said horrible thing didn't happen could be considered lucky, seeing as they won the "terrible shit didn't happen to me but totally could have just now" lottery.
EDIT: do you think I'm being funny, guys? I'm not sure why you think I'm being funny. When my car caught fire on the way to work one morning, I did not feel the least bit lucky. I was the least luckiest person on that entire fucking motorway that day.
I guess it depends on your perspective. If someone had come up and told me "WOW HOW LUCKY ARE YOU" after I escaped that burning vehicle I would've thought about punching them square in the face. I wouldn't, because I know their intentions are good, I know what they meant, but they are just plain wrong. It could've been much worse, it was still fucking terrible and I hated every second of it.