r/thirdworldproblems • u/jaavaaguru • Aug 11 '11
r/thirdworldproblems • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '12
I had to get up early to train for a marathon.
r/thirdworldproblems • u/mm4ng • Oct 01 '13
My ramen noodles sat in the bowl too long and are now bloated and cold.
r/thirdworldproblems • u/00crashtest • Jul 28 '18
My Solution to World Hunger
Statistics show that the world currently produces enough food to feed 1.5 times of all its population.
However, many people are still starving. That is due to a logistics problem. That is mainly because most food spoils easily. That way, food from the natural resource-rich First World is prevented from being shipped to the resource-poor Third World without spoiling.
My solution to world hunger is to process most food. That was how the fast food (McDonald's, Wendy's, KFC), television dinner (Michelina's), canned food (luncheon meat, Vienna sausage, baked beans), and chain restaurant (Denny's, Applebee's, TGI Friday's, Chili's) industries (the bulk of modern American cuisine) were born. That is mostly junk food. The main benefit of junk food is that it is difficult to spoil. Secondary benefits are its energy (caloric) density, ease of production, efficiency of production, and low cost of production. This way, pre-cooked food can easily be shipped to and arrive in its original condition in the Third World.
Basically, my solution to world hunger is to serve fast food to everyone. That is like Americanizing/Westernizing everyone's diet. That can initially be done by simultaneous shipping junk food to and educating farmers how to process food in starving places such as sub-Saharan Africa and India. Later, they would be processing their own fresh food into junk food to make their own new cuisine, sort of like Japan making its instant noodles, tempura, and fried tofu.
This way, everyone can have an excess of food and choose to be obese or not, like 'Merica!
r/thirdworldproblems • u/vinochick • Apr 01 '14
Photos of children's bedrooms across the world.
So many live without.
r/thirdworldproblems • u/AyeGee • May 20 '11
Reddit takes forever to load on my sucky broadband
r/thirdworldproblems • u/bologny401 • Jul 19 '11
I am six years old and I have not been to war yet. I think my parents are disappointed.
r/thirdworldproblems • u/Stonecipher • Oct 27 '11
We Just Had a Snow Storm, Power is Out and I had to Boil Water to Take a Bath
Yes. I had to shower, or at least bathe, but the hot water heater in my apartment complex is apparently not functioning due to the snow storm. Our lights are all on, the electric stove is working, but somehow, no hot water. The water coming out of the tap must have been 38 degrees, no way I could sit in that stuff and actually wash, so I filled in half way, boiled a bunch of water and then dumped it all in, making it at least tollerable.
r/thirdworldproblems • u/Farisr9k • Oct 18 '11
American Aid has proven counter-productive but it is enforced to exploit my countries low-cost resources but I can't read lol
r/thirdworldproblems • u/StrayDogStrutt • Apr 26 '11
Come on reddit, please help my friend!
Hey guys, my friend Alex is trying to raise money for Invisible Children. To those of you that don't know the Invisible Children Protection Plan is a fund that seeks to protect innocent kids from abduction by Joseph Kony and his rebel army in Uganda.
As part of his awareness campaign Alex hasn't said a single word for the last 24 hours and he is only needs $5 more to hit his target. I'm hoping some individuals will come through!
TL;DR: My friend needs $5 more for his Invisible Children fundraiser!
Here is the link to the website: http://ic.stayclassy.org/member/ic-fundraising?fcid=8328
Also some info on Joseph Kony: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kony
r/thirdworldproblems • u/[deleted] • May 06 '11
The animal vet finally agreed to do my sex reassignment surgery! But this means now I have to wear a burqa.
r/thirdworldproblems • u/danteferno • May 27 '11
I can't cross the Rio Grande because there is a border patrol car at the other side, and now my burritos are getting cold.
r/thirdworldproblems • u/zorbix • Jul 25 '11
I hit my brother in the head with a coconut. Now he has migraine.
True story.
r/thirdworldproblems • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '11
Someone keeps scratching off the the letters on the back of my Toyota when I stop running over anything that gets in my way.
r/thirdworldproblems • u/yourmamasays • Mar 07 '12
I made my own cheap ice cream, but I bent the spoon while scooping it.
r/thirdworldproblems • u/swalafigner • Dec 14 '17
Oh wait, this isn’t illegal in the third world
r/thirdworldproblems • u/WinningTigerMomBlood • May 11 '11
I forgot to get an entry visa from the embassy and had to get one on arrival at the airport, it took me 12 hours!
r/thirdworldproblems • u/xanduba • Nov 14 '11
My computer is not good enough to play Skyrim
r/thirdworldproblems • u/grifti • Mar 06 '12
I am in my car stopped at a red traffic light. Some children are doing gymnastics and juggling tennis balls, but they are not as good as the children that were here yesterday.
r/thirdworldproblems • u/balogny • Sep 26 '11
New Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/AmericanWorldProblems/
We have first world problems for those little issues, third world problems for those little issues that cause you death worse, and now we have American World Problems for those "Only in America" problems like: Is your father is in jail for smoking a joint, The only store in your neighbourhood that will accept your food stamps is McDonald's
r/thirdworldproblems • u/[deleted] • May 20 '11
Last night, a band of Gorilla's charged the village and stole my sister.
We are still looking for the others missing but we are being chased by The Peoples Army of the Congo because we refuse to support the new dictator appointed last week, the third dictator in as many weeks.