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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I dated a girl who’s family never kept leftovers from meals even thanksgiving dinner they would throw out anything not eaten after dinner.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Would they at least make less food to avoid the leftovers???????!!!!!! 😢

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Nope they were very wasteful. And they all thought they were so much better than anyone else.

[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 6 hours ago

I bought the wrong dual arm monitor stand, and couldn't refund it.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

When I lived with my grandparents for a while I had to use the bathroom without heated floors whenever the maid was cleaning the other one. My current bathroom straight up doesn't have heating.

[–] LockheedTheDragon@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

The ice maker stopped working and When I make Sodastream I pour it over ice so I wouldn't make Sodastream soda and was "forced" to drink the Cokes in the fridge. It took 2 days before the ice machine was fixed.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

My local supermarket keeps the dark beers in the cooler!

C'mon guys, the darks are brewed to taste best at room temperature... and I want it now.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 17 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

My friend is a multi-multi-multi-millionaire. Her father started a retail giant in my country. She has her own pool building with (i think it's called) a free span roof. It is big enough to contain 6 copies of the house I used to own, exterior, roof, chimney and all. She spends more money per month heating the building and pool (which has not been used in 3 years) and paying maintenance and upkeep, than most people pay on their mortgage per year. She complained that the cost of natural gas went up 1.2%. She was spitting mad, tearing up the bill, balling it up and throwing it down in a huff. She also has a 30 car single span roof garage with row after row of industrial racking which contains mostly packrat stuff. She keeps that "Quonset" as she calls it, a balmy 20C all year through our -25C winters. And also complains about that cost.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, if I was that wasteful and then got the bill I'd cry too

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

So in your mind she wasn't aware of what she was paying to heat it until it went up 1%

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Or at least didn't think about how much she was using

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

You don't realize she pays her bill every month?

Like, how hard is this to figure out

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Someone that rich and disconnected clearly doesn'trealizes. Might not even be paying her own bills

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

When my WiFi has a 5-10 minute hiccup because my ISP is upgrading its network.

How will I ever last?

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The motorcycle I bought to zip around and have fun on is broken, so I have to drive my car instead while I wait for the part to arrive.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

Get those little pressure lines on your fingers carrying bags of groceries into the house.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The firstest world problem ever: Bored horny teen boys memed us into fascism through social media manipulation and no one is willing to face facts about it

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

and no one is willing to face facts about it

What do you mean by this? I think a lot of people can see that things aren't right with many teen boys.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Yes but they stop at that instead of seeing them as the cultural mine canary they are, and the proof of it is still the fact no one is doing anything about it

And you are proof yourself not realizing that the teenage boys during Gamergate are about to hit their 30s soon and they didn't stop being easily swayed misogynistic tools

And their indoctrinating a whole new generation through tate and rogan and the like

While everyone seems to just tut tut and say 'wow teen bois amirite

You really have no fucking clue how bad or deep this problem is and it's so well known that Chinese aristocrats wrote about it a thousand years ago, they called it 'The Bare Brances problem', and it resulted in numerous bandit uprisings resulting in entire villages getting raped and pillaged

And it all started with socially disenfranchised young men who had no future

Just like now

You really, really don't know how bad it's going to get. I've spent the last year prepping a remote cabin because our family has survived two dictators and they passed down their tips

If you aren't doing something to secure your family's safety now, it is likely too late unless you are wealthy enough to drop and go at a moments notice.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

THEY STIOPED SELLING THESE I LOCED THEM SO MUCH 😭😭😭🐍

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 7 hours ago

Bottle kind of looks like it's for an abrasive cleaning powder for kitchen

[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)
[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago

I drank too much kombucha in a short time period and it gave me a terrible bellyache.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know what's the most first world problem I've experienced, but the most recent was when I tried to use my roasting pan on my relatively new stove today and found that the roasting pan is not induction compatible.

So I put it in the Goodwill pile and ordered a fancy brand pan to replace it.

[–] goldenquetzal@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You could always try one of those adapter plates

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 14 hours ago

I don't really have a lot of space for more stuff and I did already order another one. Thank you for the suggestion, though.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I want to buy Bionicles.

I cannot buy Bionicles.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 8 hours ago

I feel like this is an any world problem T_T

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have a weird relationship with numbers. I like some more than others.

I don't like # 9.

My current phone is a Pixel Pro 9. I'm seriously considering trying to sell it and get the Pixel Pro 10. 🙄

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[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

Going out looks fun but then you try it and it isn’t fun.

[–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago

I've been enjoying these all day with my global south ^tm^ popcorn. Keep 'em coming X^D

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