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I have removed the PROD tag as I do not believe it is appropriate. I am unable to see the previous version of the article that failed at AFD. But that was more than 2 years ago. The current article has sources from from respectable publishers in the US as well as Australia and New Zealand which were all published after the AFD. There is a Time article noting it being added to the Oxford Dictionary, although granted just the online one. These sources discuss the usage of the term, not just using the term themselves, so I think it does not fail the WP:NEO criteria. If it is taken to AFD again it may fail again; I don't know. But I do not think it can be called simply a "reddit meme" anymore. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 11:50, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
I do not believe that the fallacy of relative privation and first world problem is the same thing. One is based upon slang, while the other is based upon speech and debate accreditation. I think separating them again would be a good idea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.181.68 (talk) 21:31, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
This is a blog, yes, but the author is a licensed social psychologist. That's not great, but it's better than an anonymous blog or one written by someone with no visible credentials.
And now this page's section on Relative Privation is literally incoherent. ("It can be an example of a red herring fallacy that of the fallacy of relative privation.") I don't even know how to fix it because I can't imagine what the writer intended. - Beeeej (talk) 18:31, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
"Hot water heater taking long time to warm up", "Dishwasher being broken", "Racism/sexism in video games", all seem as valid as the examples listed. Why were they removed? Is someone vandalizing perfectly valid edits? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CitationKneaded (talk • contribs) 03:27, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
Although pop culture refer first world are those relatively minor problem in our life. But actually, first world countries are the model or “teachers” for third world and developing countries. First world problem are very critical and big problem to the world. Here I just suggest some important problem or issue for current first world countries.
1. Very high divorce rate. Many first world countries experienced more than 40 percent of couple finally divorce. Single parents families is a very big and important issue.
2. Very low fertility rate. Many first world countries experienced fertility rate less than 2.0 per woman, which makes population growth unsubstainable.
3. High and unafforable housing price. (especially for those first world countries with high density population like Japan or Singapore)
4. Gun violence and gun control (esp. in America)
5. Mental illness and suicide problem.
6. Income and wealth inequalities.
7. Lengthy but low quality education, or huge number of students cannot make use of what they learn in school. Earning low salaries or being involuntary unemployed for many university degree graduates.
8. Cancer, heart disease and stroke.
9. Traffic accidents
10. Pollution
11. School bullying
12. Pseudoscientific concepts and quackery
13. Cyber crime, phishing and Internet security issues
14. Obesity
15. Tension among different religion concepts and science
16. Myopia and Astigmatism
45.64.240.117 (talk) 06:54, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
The concept "First world problems" has been criticized as being a form of the "Fallacy of relative privation", which the articl only briefly mention. I has also been criticized as having Xenophobic implications. See this article for on common issues with the concept: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/First_world_problems I realize the above link is not considered a reliable source but it provide a good starting point for complaints about the concept that can be added to the article, provided we can find reliable sources that also state similar concerns. It's not the only place I've heard such complaints stated. We should expand on why it's a form of the "Fallacy of relative privation" and the other concerns raised over the concept when used against other to dismiss their complaints/cocnerns, as apposed to self-deprecatingly. --Notcharliechaplin (talk) 23:28, 27 May 2018 (UTC)