First World Problems
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About
First World Problems, also known as “White Whine,” are frustrations and complaints that are only experienced by privileged individuals in wealthy countries. It is typically used as a tongue-in-cheek comedic device to make light of trivial inconveniences.
Origin
The first known use of “first world problems” came from the lyrics of a Matthew Good Band song entitled “Omissions of the Omen”, which was included as a bonus track on their album Last of the Ghetto Astronauts from 1995. The lyric in question is as follows:
Wait for me if I don’t show up
Take from me this hypocrite’s cup
And somewhere around the world
Someone would love to have my first world problems
Kill the moon and turn out the sun
Lock your door and load your gun
Free at last now the time has come to choose
The first Urban Dictionary[1] definition comes from August 10th, 2005.
First World Problems: Problems from living in a wealthy, industrialized nation that third worlders would probably roll their eyes at.
Spread
On November 26th, 2008, a Tumblr[5] account called “The Real First World Problems” was created. On June 9th, 2009, a Something Awful[2] Comedy Goldmine post titled “#firstworldproblems” complaining about Twitter received several pages worth of comments with various first world problems jokes followed by the hashtag. The /r/firstworldproblems[4]subreddit was created on January 19th, 2011. Examples can be found under the “first world problems” tag on Tumblr.[10]
Image Macros
A collection of first world problems image macros were posted to the viral content site BuzzFeed[3] on March 23rd, 2011. A Meme Generator[6] page features a photo of a teenage boy slumped against a wall has 235 submissions and a Quickmeme[7] page using a stock photo of a crying woman with her hand against her face has 1435 submissions as of November 7th, 2011. Other image macro derivatives can be found on the meme builder site Troll.me[9], the image blog Don’t Cry Emo Kid[8] blog, and the advice animals subreddit.[11]
On Twitter
According to Trendistic[12], the hashtag #firstworldproblems saw it’s largest spike on Friday July 1st,2011 at 12pm.
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Search Interest
External Links
[1] Urban Dictionary – first world problems
[2] Something Awful – #firstworldproblems
[3] BuzzFeed – 15 Examples Of First World Problems
[4] Reddit – /r/firstworldproblems
[5] Tumblr – The Real First World Problems
[6] Meme Generator – First World Problems
[7] Quickmeme – First World Problems
[8] Go Cry Emo Kid – You Can Always Use it Again in a Couple Months
[9] Troll.me – first world problems
[10] Tumblr – #first world problems
[11] Reddit – first world problems
[12] Trendistic – #firstworldproblems
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Top Comments
Check Engine Light
Aug 07, 2011 at 11:36PM EDT+31
My foot is asleep, its such a struggle being rich and white sometimes.
danielepicwin
Jul 20, 2011 at 08:59PM EDT+20
i’m from a third world country i have this problems , 3rd world countries dont exaclty means poor, read a fucking book people
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