It's likely grey cause folk hate to be reminded of the human condition to think: "it won't happen to me" & the follow-up "when it does I'm surprised and mad".
To be fair, that applies to many people across many things. "It won't happen to me" type of thinking is quite common across many ages for many scenarios.
I would think the same history shows that people continue to be surprised as such revelations. No matter how many times it has happened before. Throughout history human beings have had a serious problem based on the sad idea that "it won't happen to me".
Literally the opposite of what I'm saying. I'm saying people shrug off what's happening to other people because they don't think it will happen to them, while in fact, what's happening to other people is a good preview of what's coming for you.
Generally, humans are very good at "it won't happen to me" denial. And kinda-morbidly curious about the misfortune of others. And always looking for "the one little trick". And...
I'm not a developer, but i think it's the "that won't happen to me " syndrome that humans tend to suffer, just to deny reality. We do it in our lives everyday, till it happens to us.
This happens whenever something bad happens to someone else, be it a car accident or a major illness or being the victim of a crime.
People want to think it wouldn’t happen to them, so they go through all the reasons they would have been able to avoid the situation so that they don’t have to fear it happening to them.
People really don’t want to admit to themselves that there are a lot of things outside our control that can happen to us.
I'm not saying it's unlikely... These things do happen, and we need to be aware of them. We need to be afraid of them, and prepare accordingly. But pretending like they don't exist and "can never happen to me" is like sticking your head in the sand.
I don't wish this on anyone. It's more of a coping mechanism. You "hope" it's not undeserved because the alternative is nightmarish and means it could hit everyone at random, like now.
reply