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First World Problems. If it's a problem you can only have if you have money we'll feel bad for you. Then we'll feel guilty for having enough money to have the same problem.

About FWP
  • Does your HDTV take too long to turn on?

  • Is the air conditioning at work too cold during the summer and too hot during the winter?

  • Does your car's AUX input only allow for two devices?

  • Someone only give you a large shake, not a super-size?

  • Is the wireless internet you're stealing not very fast?

  • Did you have to go extreme lengths to avoid talking to or meeting someone?

If it's a problem you can only have if you have money we'll feel bad for you. Then we'll feel guilty for having enough money to have the same problem.

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/r/firstworldproblems

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My dog’s snoring is being picked up by my voice to text as “mmm mm mmm” while trying to rush a project.

0 Comments
2025/01/01
18:49 UTC

1

I am on vacation and need a drink but...

The bar won't open for another 15 mins

1 Comment
2025/01/01
14:48 UTC

0

My sinuses is really acting up today, so I’m getting those horrible “false sneeze” moments

That feeling where you’re ready to sneeze but then don’t. I have been sneezing a bit throughout the day, but lots of moment with the no sneeze

2 Comments
2025/01/01
00:43 UTC

4

I live next to a park where they're doing fireworks... I have a really bad migraine

0 Comments
2024/12/31
22:46 UTC

28

My remaining parent died this yr and I'm inheriting a lot of money, but she never changed the beneficiary on her IRA to me instead of an organization she had donated to for years that f*cked her over last year, so they're getting $50,000 and legally there's nothing I can do about it.

6 Comments
2024/12/31
20:38 UTC

4

I'm going to a casual New Year's Eve party tonight, but I don't have a t-shirt that is on theme.

All my NYE-appropriate clothes are too dressy.

1 Comment
2024/12/31
18:04 UTC

51

Two of my cars don't have pushbutton start so I find myself reflexively poking the dashboard

Two of my cars have pushbutton start and the other two have old-fashioned keys.

Sometimes when I get into one of the older cars, I absentmindedly poke the dashboard, then quickly realize there's no button.

41 Comments
2024/12/31
17:57 UTC

13

I opened up the freezer too fast the other day and my brand new box of popsicles fell on the floor. Now I don't want to eat them because I'm afraid they're all broken.

5 Comments
2024/12/31
07:34 UTC

53

My new dishwasher is so quiet that it’s hard for me to tell if I’ve started it or not.

14 Comments
2024/12/31
02:43 UTC

8

I bought a giant bottle of conditioner at Costco and it smells like Raid bug spray to me.

7 Comments
2024/12/30
23:14 UTC

11

I'm into numerous fandoms including Star Trek, Stargate, Doctor Who, Battlestar, Lost in Space, and many more. But what does my family send me every Christmas and Birthday? Star Wars stuff. Every. Single. Year.

2 Comments
2024/12/30
21:28 UTC

9

Sometimes the digital coffee scale turns on too slowly

  • When I hit the power button on the scale, sometimes there's a lag. Maybe an entire 500 ms.

  • At this juncture I am already pouring the beans into the cup on the scale

  • So now this mechanical wonder says the coffee beans weigh zero grams, which isn't valid here on earth, obviously. (e.g. gravity)

So then I must start over and:

  • pour the beans back into the bag without dropping beans all over the kitchen floor

  • Power the scale off and back on.

  • Sigh in disgust and quietly hate those with more responsive coffee scales.

Only then can I weigh the beans before they go into the grinder.

I hate when this happens. It ruins the flow of the whole morning coffee experience.

4 Comments
2024/12/30
15:59 UTC

34

I donated to a nonprofit and received a cool limited-edition coffee mug, but it's not dishwasher-safe.

5 Comments
2024/12/29
16:54 UTC

15

I received a Harry & David gift basket without a note and I don’t know who to thank

8 Comments
2024/12/28
02:53 UTC

53

My electric toothbrush died mid brush

brushing my teeth when my electric tooth brush died and i felt like a caveman

12 Comments
2024/12/26
16:00 UTC

2

Christmas arse, let out a mean fart 10 minutes ago and it still stinks

All the flies are dead

8 Comments
2024/12/26
11:49 UTC

0

I was surprised with a new phone for Christmas and it feels like more of an inconvenience than anything

My family did give me a few of the things I asked for, but it seems like another few weren't in the cards- I did get a pretty cute hoodie but not the one I was looking at, and a lot of the clothes I got are the same black and grey I always wear, when I asked for specific clothes because I was trying to expand my wardrobe a little.

At the same time, I feel ungrateful for complaining because my grandfather got me a new phone, but I feel like I didn't really need it. My current one is a little old and cracked, but it works fine, and the new one means I'll need to transfer a bunch of stuff over and lose my browser bookmarks and such. I wish it hadn't been sprung on me as a surprise because now I have to suddenly adjust, and I feel bad that my family spent a lot of money on me- I can't help thinking it would've been easier to get the less expensive things I asked for (and, maybe unfairly, expected), or to just give me some money.

11 Comments
2024/12/26
07:11 UTC

0

I have deleted everything on my phone that isn't important.

My fave game still tells me that it can't start because I don't have storage space. It's only 7:35 pm so normally I could run to get a SD card to expand my storage from a local phone store but it's Christmas and everything is closed.

7 Comments
2024/12/26
00:37 UTC

43

Don't you hate it when you go to use the toilet, put down a toilet seat liner only for the auto flusher to activate, flushing the liner before you can sit down?

Uggghhh, how many trees do toilets kill each year? Should we cancel toilets??

51 Comments
2024/12/25
00:25 UTC

0

When a restaurant has better deals in their app, but I want to eat in the restaurant not get to-go, so I get a to-go bag but eat at a table in the restaurant.

10 Comments
2024/12/23
20:23 UTC

13

I have 2 Starbucks in my neighborhood, and the one with the drive thru is always busy but the one inside the target doesn't have drive thru so I have to park and walk

8 Comments
2024/12/23
19:31 UTC

0

A bag of frozen Brussels sprouts broken. So I have to eat them now instead of later

I

11 Comments
2024/12/22
18:22 UTC

2

Out of Mayo for Tuna Melts!

I'll have to sub with a mixture of eggplant-garlic tapenade, Sambal Oelek, Dijon Mustard, pesto, horseradish sauce, and Greek yogurt.

2 Comments
2024/12/22
05:37 UTC

8

Every Christmas, my kids get so much stuff (not just from us/Santa, also from family) that I have to like redo all of our playroom/living room/homeschool room organization and it's stressful

0 Comments
2024/12/21
23:10 UTC

9

I wanted to jam to music while shopping at Costco and forgot my AirPods Pro, so now I have to use my corded ones like some peasant

1 Comment
2024/12/21
21:09 UTC

80

My local target has a Starbucks inside but the carts don’t have cup holders.

Very annoying!

16 Comments
2024/12/21
19:38 UTC

4

New internet provider

My girlfriend, unbeknown to me decided to swap out our internet provider to save 3EUR per month… suddenly we were disconnected from the world. Sonos isn’t working throughout the house, heating and hot water is offline and I missed 4 client meetings as my hotspot couldn’t handle the calls. The good intentions of my partner caused more damage in a day than all the savings of the new internet provider for 10 years. What’s worse is she can’t remember any of the log in details or passwords for the account which was once in my name. Also their router is shit, only get signal in 30% of the house

0 Comments
2024/12/21
13:37 UTC

16

The TSA Precheck line was longer than the normal line because of CLEAR

I mean obviously I'm jealous of the CLEAR people, but why can't they have their own TSA agent? It's kind of annoying when the clear agent butts in front of you and the line would have been shorter if you went through general screening.

5 Comments
2024/12/20
03:12 UTC

6

The autopay from my bank to my credit card glitched even though I had plenty of funds available and I ended up getting charged a late fee as a result

2 Comments
2024/12/20
00:27 UTC

31

Today, I had to crumble my own organic feta.

Apparently the store was out of crumbled feta. Sigh.

4 Comments
2024/12/19
21:39 UTC

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