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First-world problems have hit their peak

The Ordinary Man
4 min readNov 16, 2024

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Maybe it’s because I’m old or maybe it’s because I have life experience, but when I hear people complain about their lives falling apart, I often think: “That’s a first-world problem”.

As someone who grew up with quite literally nothing I know what real struggle is like, so I find it hard to feel empathy for people nowadays. A lot of problems can be solved with action, the real issue is that people don’t want to take action.

It’s not that people can’t afford the basics they don’t know what the basics are. No one has taught kids what an essential truly is and their parents haven’t given them realistic expectations.

I noticed this when I started to get my life together and spend more time around people who had more. They complained a lot too, but it’s about frivolous things and their complaining was mostly fake. They use it as a tool to get something else they want.

Going into the office

If your biggest problem at work is having to go into the office then you must have a very good work life. I go to work and have to suffer through abuse and harassment to the point it’s cost me my job and my finances. You can’t be bothered to get up early.

Usually, the people who hate going into the office more than anything are the ones causing the…

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