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> Absolutely a first world problem I don't understand this statement. Doesn't this mean it's a problem every developing nation will eventually face? Wouldn't
by trentmb 11y ago
> Absolutely a first world problem
I don't understand this statement.
Doesn't this mean it's a problem every developing nation will eventually face?
Wouldn't it be nice to have already figured out a solution by then?
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- douche 11y agoMeans it's something to gripe about when you're pretty high up on Maslov's hierarchy and not worried about war, hunger, disease, or any of the other horsemen of the apocalypse. Similar to white-girl problems
- yathern 11y ago"First world problem" is a way of saying that the problem is very low stakes and would only appear in an area where people already have their more basic needs attended to. For example, if I want my coffee to have cinnamon in it and no sugar - but the cinnamon is mixed with sugar. That's a 'first world problem'.
- analog31 11y agoIn common parlance, the term "first world problem" is an indication that we are fretting over things that are only problems because of our relative affluence and status. Sometimes it's also intended to poke fun at people who are a little bit too precious. There is a related thing called "fallacy of relative privation."
- ZoF 11y agoYeah it would be great to have nuclear fusion figured out as well wouldn't it...? What was your point here?
- nitrogen 11y agoProbably that dismissing real problems with the pejorative "first world problem" is counterproductive, especially when we do it to ourselves.
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