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> First world problem. Why is that wrong for first-world people to tackle first-world problems? Just because you don't believe in a particular piece of psychol
by d33 8y ago
> First world problem.
Why is that wrong for first-world people to tackle first-world problems? Just because you don't believe in a particular piece of psychology doesn't necessarily have to make it untrue.
Seriously, it's quite annoying to see problems dismissed just because they're "first world problems". Comfort is important and we're proven to process things subconsciously.
- Fnoord 8y agoBecause sometimes, good is good enough and someone being "annoyed" is just pitching themselves as a niche into the market.
- GoToRO 8y agoNobody said it's wrong. Everyone has the right to choose the kind of problems he/she would like to solve.
- code_duck 8y agoSakamoto is also passionate about his activism for the environment (anti-nuclear) and copyright law reform.
- kelnos 8y agoJust using the phrase "first world problem" by itself has negative or dismissive connotations. No one uses it to express that something is positive or even just neutral.
- GoToRO 8y agoI see it as dismissive but not negative. Somebody charges you a fee to help you decide on a super car. Good for them and good for you! Yet I will decide by myself if I care or not. For sure if things do not work out the worst it can happen is that you end up with a random super car. I just can't make myself to care enough about it.
- code_duck 8y agoRight, the problem of solving background music for wealthy people at expensive restaurants is clearly and unapologetically a first world problem.
- guhidalg 8y agoAnything wrong with solving so-called first world problems?
- code_duck 8y agoNo, I meant to defend it. I totally agree with Ryuichi here, too - poorly chosen soundtracks to public life can be grating and draining. My least favorite is the same classic rock or pop songs that we’ve all heard hundreds of times. As an international music star for decades, he appears to live a rather first world life and is simply tending to the environment around him.