You have no right to complain if anyone, anywhere in the world -- now, or at any time in the past -- has ever had things even slightly worse than you do.
I just really hate this mindset of "since it's a first world problem, it's not a real problem." I mean, of course we should have perspective, but there are still serious problems in our western society that we can't ignore just because they're not famine or massive amounts of disease.
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I just really hate this mindset of "since it's a first world problem, it's not a real problem." I mean, of course we should have perspective, but there are still serious problems in our western society that we can't ignore just because they're not famine or massive amounts of disease.
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