to think that MN would cease to exist...

[LoopyLoopsOlympicHoops]

... if we were restricted from chatting about '1st world problems'?

This is not an international crisis forum, so can we please give the "oh, that's such a first world problem" high-horsery a rest please?

Considering I live in the "first world" I'd be very worried if I suddenly developed "third world" problems tbh.

And does anyone know where the "second world" is?

Was pondering that very question when typing my post. I'm in Malaysia, and would probably consider here 2nd world. Maybe places like Italy and Spain too... (will get flamed now)

I was joking about Italy and Spain... probably.

Ah, found something:
"Second World" refers to the former communist-socialist, industrial states, (formerly the Eastern bloc, the territory and sphere of influence of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic) today: Russia, Eastern Europe (e.g., Poland) and some of the Turk States (e.g., Kazakhstan) as well as China.

I always thought the 2nd world was the communist states, that might just be me though.

I wouldn't mind a ban on any discussions involving P&C parking spaces.

Ha !! I was right

Loopy I'm with you, Greece and Spain could both be second world based on my experience!!

I wonder what world North Korea would be?

Back to your OP, Loopy, after you derailed it yourself! YANBU. I hate the sneery "haven't you got anything else to worry about?" comments. All problems are relative and whilst I do sometimes think "seriously?", I would just not bother commenting.

OP I wish this were all I had to worry about. Count yourself lucky that the most you have to worry about is how problems are classified on MN

MsV did you read the OP about the child who held the chocolate bar, and didnt give the chocolate bar back, and refused to let smoeone else hold it...3 long paragraphs about carrying a chocolate bar. I'll admit I did think WTF? to that one a bit :)

OP this is such a first world problem :o

SPB that one perhaps is OTT.

tis true, what happened to "if you can't say something nice/constructive....

Who stated thst shit first and wtf?

Ooh Stealthy, please can you link, I'm in soft play hell. It's so bad the fuit shoots are fake.

Ooh Stealthy, please can you link, I'm in soft play hell. It's so bad the fuit shoots are fake.

doubly bad

So 2nd world might be where the discrepancy between rich and poor is big but poor isn't necessarily desperate. Am I speaking rubbish? We all use first world/third world without a thought.

DH won't wash his socks, on account of his Russian mum telling him not to bother, and they were made in Eritrea. AIBU?

Is that not perfect first, second, and third-world problems?!

But yes ... one of the best things about MN is it lets us have a gentle moan about all those things that may not be huge issues in reality.

FAKE fruitshoots?! You mean fake fake juice? Wow.

Now that really IS a first-world complaint...

Maybe we need a need category titled " first world problems".
Of course, the rest of MN would then become defunct.

like everything outside chat and AIBU now

There was a very funny thread the other week about first word problems.

Not sure I can, sorry Chaos. I didn't pay a lot of attention and I can't remember enough words to do a decent search. I'll give it a go.

Most of europe is second world at that rate, no?
USA would have to be right there with Brasil on the disparity scalebthen

Agreed.

Can you imagine if you went to chat to a friend in RL saying something like, "oh, I couldn't get my yorkshire puds to rise" and they blasted you with "Is that all you've got to worry about, what with the wars, the famine, global warming etc. etc."