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FirstWorld is the Problem

By Kyla Gardner | January 16, 2012

I have a problem. I'm not sure what country, world or economic class of people my problem belongs to; a recent internet trend would have me believe that my problem, one of language, of an over-used joke, of a Twitter hashtag, is something an African child...