# Moar First World Problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798 "2012-12-21T23:45:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/1 "2012-12-21T23:45:02Z")
I deserve to whinge: I was sitting in my usual hairstylist’s chair when I started to detect the very unpleasant stench of “Cinnabar”, one of those dowager Estee Lauder scents that women who wear them douse themselves in. Thinking it was my stylist’s fragrance and not wanting to be rude enough to ask her to take a bath and come back later, I endured it and ended up with a raging migraine. Come to realize when I was taking off the cape … it was ON THE CAPE and now it was ON ME! No amount of soap, hot water, acetone or alcohol would remove the stench and its even on the neck of my leather jacket now. Thanks lady-who-wore-that-cape-before-me, now I have a migraine and need to get my jacket cleaned to _hopefully_ remove that crap. Can Estee Lauder fragrances be outlawed? Also, “Flowerbomb”, “Poison” and other heavy noxious olfactory assault weapons. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/2 "2012-12-22T00:57:16Z")
Gorw up! ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/3 "2012-12-22T01:45:30Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Gorw up! Fork off. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/4 "2012-12-22T01:52:10Z")
Learn to speel, both of you! ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/5 "2012-12-22T02:24:14Z")
I must have 12 different plant species in my yard besides grass. My lawn care/fertilizer people say they’ve done all they can, and will have to wait until spring to start a different regimen. The neighbors’ chauffeurs all laugh as they drive by. I’m so ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/6 "2012-12-22T02:51:58Z")
Good username/post combo, OP. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/7 "2012-12-22T02:58:44Z")
I’m sick of gifts that cost money for the receiver. My parents sent my husband and I a 42 inch flat screen HDTV for Christmas. That is a very lovely, very expensive gift and we are very thankful. What we are not thankful for is that now we have to pay to either have it wall mounted by a professional or buy a TV cabinet designed for a flat screen where the TV can be bolted to the cabinet itself so it won’t fall on the baby or any of our pets. Both options cost hundreds of dollars and we really don’t have a few extra hundred dollar bills laying around to be spent so we can watch TV, which means that the beautiful new television is still in the box and we continue to use our old tube TV like we have for the last 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/8 "2012-12-22T03:47:27Z")
Would an [anti-tip TV strap](http://www.amazon.com/Kidco-Anti-Tip-TV-Strap-Pack/dp/B002SZT35S) work? They’re only about $10-15 dollars. Wal-Mart has similar ones. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/9 "2012-12-22T05:43:49Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > Would an [anti-tip TV strap](http://www.amazon.com/Kidco-Anti-Tip-TV-Strap-Pack/dp/B002SZT35S) work? They’re only about $10-15 dollars. Wal-Mart has similar ones. We have some of those and we will try to make them work but they won’t work with our current TV stand. We will have to get a new one to be able to use the straps. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/10 "2012-12-22T08:39:16Z")
pbbth, you can get dirt cheap tv stands for that size of tv. I got one for less than 50 bucks that has held up for years. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/11 "2012-12-22T09:02:18Z")
In my experience the stands that come with the TV are fine. I’ve never had any sense that the TV would fall on the dog or kids. Edit: I was actually much more nervous when I bolted the TV to the wall. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/12 "2012-12-22T10:50:26Z")
[nm](http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/11771409/images/1282442545074.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/13 "2012-12-22T10:51:04Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Gorw up! > [@feddup2](#): > > Fork off. Both of you take it to the Pit and out of this forum if you want to personally attack each other. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/14 "2012-12-22T10:58:20Z")
i think people attacking one another is a universal problem, regardless of where you are. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/15 "2012-12-22T11:04:55Z")
Cinnabar!?!? Seriously? It implies that your headache is dangerous. It’s not a fancy word for “cinnamon,” Estee Lauder! **I love the smell of mercury poisoning in the morning.** ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/16 "2012-12-22T11:07:07Z")
I’m pretty sure it was a joke, **Idle Thoughts**. I laughed, if that’s any kind of indicator. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/17 "2012-12-22T13:02:20Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > I’m sick of gifts that cost money for the receiver. My parents sent my husband and I a 42 inch flat screen HDTV for Christmas. That is a very lovely, very expensive gift and we are very thankful. What we are not thankful for is that now we have to pay to either have it wall mounted by a professional or buy a TV cabinet designed for a flat screen where the TV can be bolted to the cabinet itself so it won’t fall on the baby or any of our pets. Both options cost hundreds of dollars and we really don’t have a few extra hundred dollar bills laying around to be spent so we can watch TV, which means that the beautiful new television is still in the box and we continue to use our old tube TV like we have for the last 4 years. 42 inch TVs are unlikely to be large enough to tip over. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/18 "2012-12-22T14:44:53Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > We have some of those and we will try to make them work but they won’t work with our current TV stand. We will have to get a new one to be able to use the straps. A Zip Tie and an Eye Screw will secure just about any new TV in any cabinet. Total cost about $1. But seriously… a 42" flat screen weighs next to nothing. It isn’t like the old CRT’s that you have to worry about… your baby will be just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/19 "2012-12-22T14:50:14Z")
I guess I should add a first world problem… My kid was recently invited to go to a Pacer’s game (professional Basketball for non-US Dopers) for a friend’s birthday. He actually ended up with two tickets… one for a luxury suite, and the other for the VIP club. He wasn’t sure which one he should scan to get in. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798/20 "2012-12-22T15:24:51Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > I’m sick of gifts that cost money for the receiver. My parents sent my husband and I a 42 inch flat screen HDTV for Christmas. That is a very lovely, very expensive gift and we are very thankful. What we are not thankful for is that now we have to pay to either have it wall mounted by a professional or buy a TV cabinet designed for a flat screen where the TV can be bolted to the cabinet itself so it won’t fall on the baby or any of our pets. Both options cost hundreds of dollars and we really don’t have a few extra hundred dollar bills laying around to be spent so we can watch TV, which means that the beautiful new television is still in the box and we continue to use our old tube TV like we have for the last 4 years. You don’t have a stud finder, level, drill and a wrench? Homeowners really should have those tools. Seriously… you can get a wall-mount bracket for pretty cheap (I think mine cost $60, but it’s a spiffy model) and all you have to be able to do is mount it on studs so that it can support the weight, making sure that the bracket is level. Easy peasy… and pretty cheap to boot. I found mounting the flat screen vastly easier and simpler than figuring out the best way to rig the TV, satellite TV box/DVR and entertainment system together so that I get full HD and stereo sound everywhere. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moar-first-world-problems/644798.md?page=2)