You don't know me, you don't know my life, you don't know what I've been through. The fact that someone has been through bad situations doesn't in itself make them better than others. Being desperate is not a good thing, it's not something to be sought or celebrated - it is something that just happens to you, and it simply sucks. Nothing more, nothing less.

Perhaps you've grew up in a privileged environment and don't know what real desperation is. I can't think of any other reason why you would view it with such rose-tinted glasses. Desperation is so cool and productive when it happens to others, eh?