MetaFilter posts tagged with firstworldproblems

Darth Baby's Lightsaber

Blasdelb — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:25:35 -0800

Just try and get a lightsaber out of a toddler's hands. It's easier said than done when you're unarmed. Lightsaber trumps broom handle in this situation, and every situation!

My diamond ring scratched my iphone 5. help.

special-k — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:51:42 -0800

Silicon Valley can solve most of your first world problems [via]

The K-E Diet

reenum — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:39:27 -0800

In an effort to lose tons of weight before their weddings, some brides are turning to the K-E diet.

The best you can do is learn to survive.

nosila — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:49:06 -0800

IKEA is already widening their domain, but for some of us, it's still a challenge to deal with the staid institution of the IKEA store. Never fear! IKEA WALKTHROUGH v2.3.1 ============================================================= IKEA is a fully immersive, 3D environmental adventure that allows you to role-play the character of someone who gives a shit about home furnishings. In traversing IKEA, you will experience a meticulously detailed alternate reality filled with garish colors, clear-lacquered birch veneer, and a host of NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS (NPCs) with the glazed looks of the recently anesthetized. ============================================================= OBJECTIVE ============================================================= Your goal is to successfully traverse the five awesome worlds of IKEA before your patience runs out. On your first few tries this may seem like an impossible task, but with practice (and this IKEA Walkthrough!) you will soon be able to muster the sense of numb resignation necessary for victory.

Don't change my Google Reader backlash

omegar — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:28:07 -0800

So Google recently announced that changes are coming to Google Reader. One of the upcoming changes is that Reader is losing its own, loved by many, social sharing in favor of Google+: "They're also removing the ability to consume shared items in Reader, so you'll have to go to G+ to read them. I'm fine with G+ being the plumbing for all of Reader's social features, but to force you to go to G+ to comment and read shared items seems shortsighted."

This news has not fared well with many of Reader's users. It seems Google thought that users wanted to merge Google Plus with Reader, but all they wanted was that the "share" button could be directed to Plus as it did with Buzz. Talk about hearing what you want to hear. Google never gave Reader the place it deserved, really. The only real upgrade it got before was Reader Play [previously]. A Google Reader diaspora mailing list. Could this really another nail in the coffin for difficult-to-monetize web-based RSS readers after Bloglines [previously] closed down?