The Silver Lining in the COVID-19 Outbreak

[TomK]

"I think there's a miscommunication here as to the significance some experience looking for a silver lining in life's difficulties. For me it's a coping mechanism, not a justification for the suffering of even a single person. Simply a thought process to keep oneself emotionally afloat. Let's not read any more into it that simply is not there."

Completely agree. For me, that coping mechanism is humor. That might be a cultural thing or not, I don't really know, but Eric Idle had the same idea:

https://youtu.be/JrdEMERq8MA