Today at work, I thought of what seemed to me a brilliant idea that's beyond grim. In essence, it is this: A website dedicated to showcasing people bitching about first world problems, with text of their complaints superimposed over pictures of actual shit you should lose your shit about (war atrocities, z.B.)
I can't think of a way that it'd work without being disgustingly exploitative of human suffering, though.
In other news, I'm going camping for my weekend with some family folk. Am excited. Might be getting sick though, which would kinda put the kibosh on sleeping outside in the cold. Which would be a bummer, but, well, see above.
You're camping...in WA, in January? What about Snowpocalypse?
ReplyDeleteI would say you'd be more toward the "raising awareness" end of the spectrum with your exploitation. I guess it would be using suffering to get a laugh/cringe...I'd be interested to see some of your ideas anyway. Does that make me a creep?