Michael Sippey on the ultimate “first world problem”
Michael Sippey writes about a “first world problem” (defined below) against which all other first world problems must be judged.
The Urban Dictionary defines the term “first world problem” thusly:
Problems from living in a wealthy, industrialized nation that third worlders would probably roll their eyes at. e.g,
Aw, crap, I don’t know which 1 carat diamond encrusted platinum ring to buy!
Sippey writes, (emphasis added):
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Matt (as in “where the hell is”) Harding had to book two zero-gravity plane flights to film a snippet for his ongoing project because on the first one his hard drive-based camcorder failed.
It just doesn’t get any more “first world” than that.