It is interesting to see what some people think of as "serious problems".
Here's an example: A former colleague of mine posted this on FB today:
I'm having my first serious confrontation with supply chain issues. Our 11-year-old dishwasher has stopped working. Repair would cost $400. Getting a new one is difficult - the model we want is, as one store put it - "best case is mid to late February, and there's really no guarantee." The website won't even let you put in an order for it. Another big store said their delivery dates keep getting pushed back. Again, they wouldn't take an order, so I can't even get in line for one. I don't really want to buy a model that I don't want just because I can get it sooner.
#1 Is this really a "serious" issue?
#2 Is the thought of actually hand-washing dishes until she can get her preferred dishwasher that odious? She's retired and only she and her husband live in the house
#3 Does she HAVE to have exactly what she wants?
#4 Why is the thought of repair so out of the question? One of the comments she got on this post was from someone who said that she'd make a repairman very happy, and she'd get to keep her dishwasher in service much quicker.
If this were me, and I really liked the model I chose, I'd hand wash until I could get the new one. Or I would get someone in to fix it. But I surely wouldn't lose sleep over it. My dishwasher broke 3 years ago and I still haven't gotten it fixed.
This thread isn't worth the time I'm spending on it, but that post just made me think about how people view their problems. As simple livers, do you more quickly identify first world problems than most other people?