what is your first world problem of the day?

Having to kill a spider isn't technically a first world problem.

I think the brown recluse is only in the US.

According to its Wikipedia page, it has no business being on the upper west coast either.

What now?

maybe I over reacted and it was some other similar looking type? that idea would make me feel a lot better. My sister freaked me out today by suggesting what if there is some sort of nest behind the cupboard.

Bugs do get around these day though... what with all this international travel. And this is PORTland. we have crap coming in from all over the place.

My mom always told me we had the around here when I was growing up.

Don't watch Arachnophobia.

Now I know I'm always right about everything ever.

I like you.

One of my classes has all the homework assignments online and I bought the ebook but with my work schedule it's really hard to find time to get to a computer and do the work. It's really annoying because the site is really slow too.

Annoyed that the rules of a topic on the internet aren't being followed properly?

First world problem, one almost as bad as the button on the mouse ceasing to click.

Troublesome times, these.

He's saying bug problems aren't a first world problem. Also Tuffy the Dumptruck was the name of his first account on here.

Facebook won't open on my iPad!

I just sorta think that, oh I don't know, Zaire (for example) has probably more spider-related issues than any of us do.

Second, but yeah.

I knew the Tuffy The Dumptruck name, but I wasn't getting the killing a spider isn't a first world problem. LOL Told ya I'm a bit slow to catch on sometimes. Ha! Now I get it. Only a day late huh? Nevermind me.

I wasn't singling anyone out. There was like a page and a half of first-world spider fear and it was all like

Well I had to carry water in a bucket on my head nine miles barefoot to my village today but, by the time I got back, Mbutu the hyena and N'golo the jackal had eaten our tribal elders.
#firstworldproblems

I don't know why this should bother me so.

We need more third world members so we can have a "Third World Success" thread.

I think that ^ video would have more impact if it worn't for the admonishment at the end.

The rain hitting my air conditoner woke me up this morning.

DUDE. I have the same problem. That box is right outside my window. Luckily we have double windows and it hasn't rained much yet this autumn. But when it does...

Tt's been in the low 40s overnight this week, and in the low 50s during the day, and there's no heat in my building. They had all summer to replace the boiler and decided to do it in October. So pissed. So cold.

It is clod in my house today too.

The glass on the front of my woodstove door shattered at the end of spring, James tried to force the door shut on too big a log, we never got around to bothering to fix it this summer and now it is clod and I can't make a fire. The only other heat source are base board heaters that don't work for sh*t and make my electric bill spike into the hundreds. I'm not even bothering to turn those on. I do have a couple space heaters I need to did out though.

I turned on the oven about half an hour ago... for once I'm glad this is a small apartment

Not a first world problem but an update from my only world problem a year ago...

She turns 1 in a week!
(and for all of you who helped me get through that a year ago--thanks, again)

What was the only world problem?

my kindle broke

I had it in the front pocket of my robe, and I accidentally leaned into the edge of a counter, so the casing cracked and now the screen is all messed up.

Drew said I could use his for a bit. What a guy!

Now I have a reason to get the new one! I asked him to get it for me for Christmas but he said no, because then I would know what he's getting me and he says presents should always be surprises.

Apart from spilling a bit of nail polish remover on the case once, I have taken care of my Kindle and current phone as if they were babies. Never lost them, dropped them or anything else.

And presents shouldn't always be surprises. That's how my friends got me 50 Shades of Grey for my birthday and I had to return it and take something else. Or someone else got me an awful golden keychain for Christmas.

Gifts should always be surprizes.

And gifts should always be appreciated.

Imho.

I don't like hurting people's feelings so I'll usually tell a white lie... I can usually find a use for that something eventually, or will wait until I find a friend who could instead. Good karma etc!

Yes!

My antivirus (Avast) keeps popping up every two minutes, dinging and saying "THREAT HAS BEEN DETECTED" with a message saying a malicious URL has been blocked.

Every. Two. Minutes.

It's super annoying.

I love the way Drew does presents and I always appreciate whatever he does. He's the best present giver I've ever known! My ex husband used to tell me to pick out what I wanted for Christmas and wrap it and put it under the tree. That always sucked, but I couldn't complain because he would've thought me ungrateful for whatever. He knew I wanted him to put thought into it but he just couldn't be bothered. I don't hold it against him...he just wasn't good at that kind of thing.

The very first gift Drew ever got me was for our first Christmas together - we'd window shopped the previous October, and I saw a gorgeous red dress that I practically drooled over. It was really expensive, and not something I'd have gotten for myself, and I didn't let on how much I liked it because I didn't want him to think I wanted him to get it for me (I didn't...wasn't suggesting that at all). Well, he went back and got it in my size and I had NO idea until I unwrapped it months later. That pretty much melted my heart.

Drew is a total bawss.

I know you married him a year ago and may know him a little better than I do, but I think I should let you know that I approve.

I definitely think gifts should be a surprise. No peeking. No telling. No hinting.
One Christmas, when I was 6, I Ripped little pieces of the wrapping paper on all of my gifts and knew every one of them. On Christmas I had not one surprise. I knew what every gift was before I opened them. That cured me for the rest of my life. I never want to know anything about my gifts. I want the surprise. And with gift giving.... I love giving gifts and love to surprise people and make them happy.

My new shoes are squeaky. This is gonna be a long day at work, haha. I'm afraid to walk around!

Alecia wrote:

my kindle broke

I had it in the front pocket of my robe, and I accidentally leaned into the edge of a counter, so the casing cracked and now the screen is all messed up.

i should 'accidentally' lean into the edge of a counter but since i'm alone, it's just pathetic that i'm trying to convince myself this since i want a new one.

i checked and the new kindles are back ordered until after 4 to 6 weeks.

I had to replace the well at my parents house. This involed pulling up 100 feet of steel pipe with a 30 pound motor on the bottom. Then setting up the new one and lowering it back down the hole. God damn running water.

That is sort of halfway a between first and third world.

I have to be in at 7am on Friday to help with a conference. I usually rock up at 9.30. Still, I am going to steal a croissant and leave work early!

I misread this threat title as "What is Your First Word Problem of the Day?" and I thought it would be full of puns and riddles and crosswords.

What happens when you get tired of the "gag"? Go back to your regular account?

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is finally on torrents. My problem is, do I get the shitty cam version now or do I wait another 2 or 3 weeks for a dvd rip?

I guess I'll wait... I wanna see them all crystal clear.

I don't think that's a first world problem.

I saw it again yesterday with my mom. She didn't expect it to be so sad. But now she wants to read the book.

It wasn't playing at the theater that we have a ten dollar discount coupon for though. #firstworldproblems

I'm coming down with a cold and I woke up with a pimple and the state of my country is depressing and my best friend might have accidentally become impregnated and I'm hungry and I don't have enough cash on me to buy anything good.

I just really want to make Mike's head explode.

And make Tuffy implode.

It's not playing in any theatre in Romania.

I have no lighter or matches so I have to use the toaster!

Wah.