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"power goes out a few times a week".. I'm going to think about this today as I reflect upon my own #firstworldproblems

• wubbfindel 12y ago
  When my sister-in-law spent three months in Tanzania it was pretty much guaranteed that that power would go out every day. They spent more time without power than with it.
• monochr 12y ago
  "First world" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis
  • mikeash 12y ago
    I think that reinforces his point. That crisis involved only a small number of blackouts (four periods of 1-2 days of blackouts over the course of a year, according to that page), and this was still considered bad enough to make headlines and be labeled a "crisis".
    • enscr 12y ago
      The difference is, third world countries have these 'crisis' on a daily basis and it's a part of life. That's not a real crisis anymore for them.