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Originally Posted by Grausamkeit
Yeah, but they were waiting to be rescued. They weren't about to watch everything they own and have worked and striven for for years go up in flames with no hope of saving it.
It's easy to see it as funny when you speak from the place of privilege of not being in danger of your home burning down.
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I think you underestimate the value of a ship to it's crew.
"Gallows humor (derived from gallows, a platform with a noose used to execute people by hanging; Galgenhumor in German) is a type of humor that still manages to be funny in the face of, and in response to, a hopeless situation.[1] It arises from stressful, traumatic, or life-threatening situations, often in circumstances such that death is perceived as impending and unavoidable."
How is such humor not appropriate for this situation?