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I'm grateful that the small electrical fire I had two years ago was able to be put out and didn't destroy my home.
I'm grateful that the pothole I hit last year only destroyed a wheel, and not my whole car. I'm even more grateful that it didn't launch me into traffic, probably killing me.
I wish these things hadn't happened at all. I'm not grateful that they occurred. I'm grateful that they weren't WORSE.
I've also learned and taken steps to mitigate further disasters of the se nature from possibly becoming these worst case scenarios. I keep the fire extinguisher closer. I slow down a bit more and keep more follow distance.
This is why people choose to be grateful that a small tragedy isn't a larger one. It lets us get some perspective, learn what is actually important about these situations, and take steps to make them less likely to occur in the future. I'm also a bit happier today, I'm able to say "it could be so much worse."
Nothing else in your statement matters, just this little grudging reference to the fact that oil spills must be deterred, which I had to drag out of you as you encourage gratitude for oil spills.
You've dragged nothing out of me, this has been my stance since we've been talking.
That's a good way to ignore the actual words I'm saying, too. Saying that nothing else in my post is relevant. Nothing of the fact that all of the other words you choose to throw away provide context and analogy. It's clear you're not approaching this in good faith, and never have been.
Enjoy spreading gratitude for oil spills, nested in qualifications so you can gaslight people who are against oil spills.