On: Airbnb Nightmare: No End In Sight

[urbanjunkie]

Be happy you don't get raped. If you do, we'd enjoy having a coffee with you.

This should absolutely be AirBnB's marketing pitch.

[urbanjunkie]

So, by that logic, if I did get raped, I should be happy I didn't get tortured and killed, right?

Basically, nothing should ever bother me, because there's always something worse that could happen.

[funthree → urbanjunkie]

If you just crossed tracks with a criminal known for killing, then raping and torturing their victims. Then YES, you should be very happy that you avoided more terrible things. I thought this was common wisdom among people, but perhaps it is not shared by everyone.

EDIT: Look at the bright side of things.

[metachris → funthree]

Right, you'd say "Look at the bright side of things, you didn't get murdered" to a women who has just been raped? That's rather low.

[funthree → metachris]

I never implied that I'd say anything.

[urbanjunkie → funthree]

So, given that the woman in question has not crossed tracks with someone known for raping, why should she be happy that she hasn't been raped.

Honestly, at this point, why not just admit you're not a particularly empathic person, and other people's problems don't bother you. That would at least be better than this rather facile attempt at backing up an untenable position.