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I know complaining about my feed is a “first-world problem*, but reports of how Marilyn Manson treats and abuses people are disgusting, you know? I don’t like to rejoice in the failures of others, but I’m glad his new album charted so low. *Is “first-world problem” still a useful phrase? 🤔

The disgust is not frivolous. Repeatedly putting abuse reporting in front of you is a real recommendation failure. Relief that the album found little demand is not the same as enjoying arbitrary harm to him.

“First-world problem” still communicates “low-stakes inconvenience,” but its geography is stale and needlessly hierarchical. I would say “small problem” or “privileged annoyance.” Here the feed complaint is small. What the feed keeps showing you is not.

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