What's wrong with posting about 1st World problems

Serendipity22

In my view Vintagejazz I wholeheartedly welcome and need any thread whatsoever that take my mind away from world issues, some of them are absolutely heartbreaking and far too painful to watch or read and so a thread about dropping pegs off a washing line is a welcome distraction.

We alllll have different issues in our lives, its not someones fault that they have, what some view as, a pathetic issue, to the person who started the thread its a big issue in their life .....

Anyway, I for 1 really enjoy the topics on GN, I answer when i feel the need and I pass by the one's that i don't feel the need or the one's that i have zero interest in.

Exactly.

There are lots of threads dealing with topics I'm not interested in so I don't join in.
Joining a thread simply to say you've no interest, can't understand why someone would start a thread on this, or to rudely post meh 1st world problem is not only rude, it often seems designed to turn a perfectly normal thread into a bun fight.

JaneJudge

I've just bought a little container to keep my pegs in and it did feel like an extravagance

Haha[grin

I agree Vintagejazz, especially about what is going on in other peoples lives on GN, we don't know. After what we have been through with Covid, now Ukraine, plus inept governments I can only take so much news each day and certainly don't want to burden family or friends by coming across as miserable, they have enough to worry about so it is the trivia that sometimes keeps a conversation going both in real life & GN.

Oh Kate, you really mustn’t ever do that.
No one would ever judge anyone (especially you) for something like that.
You are one of the kindest and most considerate people on here

Sometimes I post about something I'm struggling with and people are kind and sympathetic. Then I read a post from someone who is very unwell or has suffered a bereavement, I feel bad and wish I hadn't posted as their problem seems so much worse.

I've just bought a little container to keep my pegs in and it did feel like an extravagance

In my view Vintagejazz I wholeheartedly welcome and need any thread whatsoever that take my mind away from world issues, some of them are absolutely heartbreaking and far too painful to watch or read and so a thread about dropping pegs off a washing line is a welcome distraction.

We alllll have different issues in our lives, its not someones fault that they have, what some view as, a pathetic issue, to the person who started the thread its a big issue in their life .....

Anyway, I for 1 really enjoy the topics on GN, I answer when i feel the need and I pass by the one's that i don't feel the need or the one's that i have zero interest in.

Blossoming

I agree Baggs. In fact I’ve just scrolled past one in this very thread

It better not have been one of mine, young Blossoming!

Of course we can have a ‘light hearted chat’!
No one is stopping us!

If someone has a pop at you, and you think that they are out of order for doing so, do one of the following:

A) tell them so

or

B) ignore them

There is no need to get upset about it; or start a thread about it.

Just think to yourself that they are a bit of a clown and move on!

I agree Baggs. In fact I’ve just scrolled past one in this very thread

There was a thread recently about a missing sock, it had escaped the laundry basket and most comments were of the same nature, very lighthearted and sharing similar experiences..............until someone made a comment about The Ukraine claiming OP and anyone who commented should be ashamed about the topic matter! Really? We are all acutely aware of the suffering of those poor people but why can we not have a lighthearted chat occasionally?

The best approach to scoffiness about so-called first world problems is to ignore it. The scoffers will get the message if you just don't engage with them.

Scroll, scroll, and scroll again past ?

V3ra

I find I get to saturation level with too much information about all the awful events in the world, and there are so many where do you start?
When does it end?

My "switch off" is to watch a couple of recorded episodes of "A Place in the Sun" and just dream for a while ?

same here with a new life in the sun why do they always leave everything to last minute?

Jenny and John have a 2 week booking coming at 3pm and they have to convert a whole stable block into a studio ensuite, have they eft toomuch to too late <cue advert music and footage of Jenny crying in the rain and John running around like a headless chicken>

Hear hear Fanny. All these threads about thread subjects and comments like “ But why do people think it's OK to come on and admonish people for posting about something relatively trivial '”. We’ll be off again on the same route…. ENOUGH !

JaneJudge

I've not seen it much on here in all honesty

Nor me.

However, I have noticed a lot of threads moaning about the site. and more specifically, the contributors.

It’s what you make it.
Just get on with it and be proactive!

I also cannot watch the news- no doubt I will discover when the war is over but at present, I cannot face the atrocities so I am in agreement- do you prefer living in a house or a flat? One does not have to read these and it is I think very rude to make nasty comments about trivia.

I agree with the OP

I find I get to saturation level with too much information about all the awful events in the world, and there are so many where do you start?
When does it end?

My "switch off" is to watch a couple of recorded episodes of "A Place in the Sun" and just dream for a while ?

maddyone

Unfortunately for me I find the news on the Ukraine compelling at the moment. I wish I didn’t as it upsets me every evening.

Then don't watch it! Your watching or not watching will do nothing to alleviate the suffering there so the only one suffering is you. It's possible to keep abreast of world events without watching the ratings-seeking on the spot reports.

First World Problems is one a plethora of inane phrases trotted out to make people feel superior, nothing more than that. One can almost see the smuggness as it's typed or said!

I also wonder how many of the people rudely asked if they have nothing else to worry about would love to respond with 'well yes actually, my mother died last month, my husband's been made redundant and my son's wife has left him'.

We don't know what's going in another poster's life, and if they want to start a thread about library opening times or kids putting their feet on bus seats that's their perogative.

Just don't bother reading it if you think it's not important enough for you.

A good vent/moan on a light hearted thread on GN, could be a saviour for some folks, especially if they live alone or do not want to worry friends and family about something.

I agree VintageJazz

Worrying ourselves sick about word events doesn't mean we shouldn't worry about our own personal problems or seek advice.
Although some might seem trivial, I suppose they could indicate more serious underlying problems.

Unfortunately for me I find the news on the Ukraine compelling at the moment. I wish I didn’t as it upsets me every evening.

I have had a similar conversation with GrandpaGravy frequently over the last few weeks. I refuse point blank to watch any news programmes after the 6pm news, when I put my head on my pillow I want it filled with inconsequential fluff not the horrors of war, people choosing between heating & eating along with all the political shenanigans.

I am even resorting to reading a series of chic lit paperbacks which a friend gave me at the beginning of the pandemic, anything to lighten my mood and enable me to drift away from the awfulness all around.