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I got the joke. I found it funny. I also found it thought provoking to examine how spoiled I am as a first world person. But that also got me thinking that to some level even basics are first world.

Movies: If your starving in some 3rd world country I doubt you care about when the next Hobbit comes out

Games: you'd have to be able to afford a game console before you care about games.

Cars: I lived in a 1st world city for 7 years where most people don't own a car which point out how much they are not really needed



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