#first-world

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Cleanse: A trendy first-world version of famine whereby someone will willingly stop eating and rather drink grass juice for some time. It is now considered as the “healthiest way of dieting” and “purifying” oneself because we became so fucked up with our society of endless plenty that depriving yourself from the basic comodity of food has become a quality.

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Wifi: A First-World Epidemic

Yesterday was a tense, anxious day. Though the heat had gently subsided, it was still necessary to…

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Let them eat Gluten-free cake!

yana

[cosmic-crocodile]

The exploits of exploitation

I've been thinking, and it has to do with third-world countries in relation to first-world countries. Why is it, that we refer to under-developed/developing countries/nations as third-world? And why do we refer to developed countries as first-world? In context, the naming stems from an exploitation system in which the first-world nation takes goods/services/raw materials from the third-world, in exchange for little or nothing at all. Put into context, the first-world countries would be nothing without the third-world countries being there for them to exploit. The meaning of the naming is clearly for purposes of perpetuating superiority complexes; of which complexes: race/ethnicity/political/economical/or a mixture of some or all, I'm not quite sure. It seems to me that the naming obviously doesn't help the developing nation, but I don't know if it adds any more hindrance (likely it does, I'm just keenly unaware); likewise, I don't see the naming hindering the developed nation, but does it add in someway to the perceived superiority of said nation? I can't imagine anyone or any state/country/institution that is upholding and perpetuating a superiority over something would have a naming system that does nothing to further perpetuate the superiority. I'm implying here that the name, the title "first-world", helps to perpetuate superiority more than the actual exploitation of the developing nation, from which the developed nation gained its power. I would like to discuss this further, perhaps when my brain has been rested.

[moroseandtaciturn]

My Few Objections to Certain Aspects of Life

Objection #1: With people in the United States who get upset over things that don't matter.

Explanation: If you are currently living in poverty and do not have the basic needs for survival, this objection does not apply to you. If you have qualms about living in the United States, where you have a home, food, water, and clothing, you have almost no right to complain about your first-world problems. This is not to say that people cannot complain about their legitimate problems. This is about how certain people (you know who you are) take their own lives for granted and forget that there are less fortunate people who can't afford food, let alone a cell phone.

Objection #2: With people who turn small problems into huge ones.

Explanation: Nothing is worth fighting, both physical and verbal. In the long run, you should ask this question every time there is a fight you want to get involved in. Am I going to remember this exact moment ten years from now? If you said yes, you're probably so angry that everything happening to you right now matters. The better, more peaceable answer, would be, "Of course not, this isn't that big of a deal."

Those are really the two things I would like to see less of happen as I get older. I know it's probably not going to happen, but who knows? Maybe someone will see this and change the way they look at things.

[libretea]

Truth #5

Sometimes I spend a whole day without thinking about much at all. Usually comes after a night of drinking, and my thoughts never stray from food, clothing and what I'd rather be doing than what I am doing. I'll start to think about something profound (i.e. youth poverty) and decide I'd rather not ponder. And then I go to Starbucks.

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