Ran a cross a great little post about Twitter in our local hipster paper (which is a free weekly focused on the arts, fashion & entertainment scene for the post-college but pre-kids-in-soccer-practice crowd). Now I know that funny stuff (as well as a lot of pointless stuff) can happen on Twitter, as can breaking news (like #japanearthquake), but every once in a while there's a non-news hashtag worth watching as it spreads and maybe goes viral. And I don't mean #rulesforgirls, either.
Anyway, in this article, a local blogger and self-described hipster mom (who actually goes by the name of Cat Rocketship. Really!) looks at the self-deprecating and ironic hashtag called #firstworldproblems, where we who are well off complain hyperbolically about trivial problems, and do it deliberately so as to remind ourselves that we ARE well off and that for the most part our problems ARE trivial compared to the rest of the world.
Pretty sophisticated stuff for a social media meme. Gives one hope that as a culture we are not completely pampered, self-focused and simultaneously clueless about it. I wish it didn't have to take the form of irony for that to be revealed, but still... I'll take it.
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