Comment by ifwinterco
2 hours ago
It works both ways, a lot of people also take the "nothing ever happens" position and it is true that most of the time "nothing ever happens", so by taking that position, they're right 99% of the time and sound smart
Yes, but the majority opinion is "nothing ever happens" by default for everything, not just tech outages. It's not about sounding smart, but getting ahead of grifters and clout chasers.
Yep I think it started as a reaction against "it's happening!" types and it is a lot less wrong, but it's still wrong.
The truth is things do occasionally happen and we should be prepared, even if most of the time they don't