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Do you think saying "first world problems" is arrogant?

I just saw a youtube vid where a man was complaining that burger king wasn't selling burgers today. Someone in the comment section replied with that phrase and I was thinking is this fair? We live in a supposedly more advanced society than say Mexico or Africa. Why should we ignore those problems and focus on theirs? Isn't that policing the world? Why don't we just let them live in their hell holes and try and clean up ours?

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Ynotisay · M

An interesting point.
I guess it's about how you view the world.
And even more importantly, how much of it you've seen.
I'm guessing you haven't seen much of it yet. Maybe you will. Or maybe you've always had access to whatever you want whenever you want it. That's not a fault but it does impact perspective.
But that said, Burger King not selling burgers IS a first world problem.