First World Problems
That twitter hashtag of #FirstWorldProblems has been going on for a while and I believe that people who do have twitter have at least “First World Problems”, so even if you do live in a “Third World” country (actually Developing country is more like it, a Third World country historically pertains to non-aligned countries back in the Cold War), you could still be experiencing this. This hash tag actually makes fun of their problems, it’s actually a way of saying that these aren’t serious problems at all. It’s all being ironic here.
But when this foundation in Haiti decided to use it as the main theme of their ad, having Haitians say these First World Problems… it actually became something humorous and I don’t know, I wasn’t offended by it at all, it just made me want to donate and help the people there. I mean their reactions and non-reactions came across as funny (especially the lady who says “I hate it when my neighbors block their WiFi 
you don’t know if she’s really annoyed at that or she’s annoyed coz she doesn’t “get” how that could be a problem.) I think the ad is an effective calling for people to hear out their problems. I mean you realize more how trivial these problems are. I don’t see it as exploitation at all. What do you think? I just hope that they are really willing volunteers who wanted to say this in front of a camera.
Here’s the ad.
Ryan Higa also made another parody of this. He does what he does best and I think those are creating satirical commercials. HAHA I really love this video!
Would love to hear your thoughts 
Moved on May 3, 2009
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Angelica
I think the ad is great. Because that’s the thing with first world problems, they aren’t problems at all. I often talk about first world problems jokingly because they do make great jokes. I think the ad works because it might get people who perhaps aren’t aware of how lucky they are think about how trivial their problems are compared to most people in the world.
Personally I try to compare myself to poor people in third world countries rather than other Swedes as often as I can. It puts things into perspective and makes me appreciate what I’ve got, even though it’s less than many people in my country has.
I wish more people did like I do because there’s so many who are unhappy because they’re not as rich as they want to be and still they have so very, very much.
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Jojo
Wow, that video really had an impact on me. The people who were saying the “problems” seemed really sad in the video. I definitely get what you mean when you say it is really memorable, because of the tongue-in-cheek aspect of it and because it’s something that all of us in the “first world” can relate to. It makes you think about how much of an opposite lifestyle the people in the video lead. Thanks for blogging about this
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Tricia
I agree with you. I think the ad does reach out to people.
Some may not appreciate it and find it offensive but if you see the bigger picture, the ad makes so much sense!
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Krystal
Personally I don’t use or say “first world problems” because I think it’s pretty ridiculous. My problems are not unique, as you can see in that ad. I think the ad does a good job of not only showing that the Haitians have the same problems as anyone else, but also that they’re country is developed too in their own way (like they have wifi like the rest of us/people tend to associate “poor” countries as to not having wifi, internet, laptops, etc.).
In my pov, when people mention “first world problems,” I just see it as them flaunting their privileges.
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Tiffanyk.
Hey tiff! I haven’t been here in a while, been super busy! But ohh I saw these videos with my brother a while back and completely forgot about them till I saw your post. Goes to show how easily we become trapped within our first world ‘problems’ that even lessons we learn can be easily forgotten in light of other things. D:
Take care, anyway Tiff!
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Georgie
Aw man, I really felt for those people in the third-world countries.
It’s true though, I’m actually sick of seeing the #FirstWorldProblems hashtag. I know some people may take offense to it. But most of all, some of the problems I see people tweeting about are really silly, tiny things. A lot of people are lucky to even have a phone charger!!
I love what Ryan Higa does; thanks for linking to the video. I sorta stopped watching YouTube videos but I always like Ryan Higa’s parodies.
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Cami
I don’t think there should even be a hash tag firstworldproblems. People complain waaay to much.
The first video drove the point home, the second video drove the point home and had me cracking up.
I mean seriously, is firstworldapathy an epidemic?
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