An explanation for not going to, or staying at, some place where you were expected to be. Mainly used in reference to work, but still effective for weddings, long family get togethers, baby showers, and the like.
"eye problems" began its life as a simple reply to a buddy when hungover and didn't go to work. Since its birth is morphed more into a reason for not going somewhere because you didn't want to, or simply because you wanted to go shopping, play video games, or do anything other than what you were supposed to be doing.
"eye problems" began its life as a simple reply to a buddy when hungover and didn't go to work. Since its birth is morphed more into a reason for not going somewhere because you didn't want to, or simply because you wanted to go shopping, play video games, or do anything other than what you were supposed to be doing.
"I was having problems today so I didn't go to work. I couldn't see myself going."
"I noticed you left Bunco Night early. Eye problems again?", "hell yah, I couldn't see myself staying there another minute!"
"I noticed you left Bunco Night early. Eye problems again?", "hell yah, I couldn't see myself staying there another minute!"
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Problems almost unique to or prevalent in the first world, which actually refers to the US. These problems include:
- medical debt
- extreme poverty
- identity theft
- credit card fraud
- fake news
- queueing forever in cars for “fast food” and coffee
- conspiracy theories
- gun violence
- normalised bigotry and misogyny
- institutionalised corruption
- extreme bureaucracy
- medical debt
- extreme poverty
- identity theft
- credit card fraud
- fake news
- queueing forever in cars for “fast food” and coffee
- conspiracy theories
- gun violence
- normalised bigotry and misogyny
- institutionalised corruption
- extreme bureaucracy
by kiwibiker April 22, 2022
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the main reason the 2016 campaign rhetoric was so vitriolic and insidious was that both presidential nominees didn't know, or didn't bother to learn, the difference between attacking people and problems.
by Sexydimma October 1, 2018
Get the difference between attacking people and problems mug.A general term used to describe the piss poor priorities of upper/middle class citizens in developed countries, as they complain more about ridiculous over exaggerated bullshit (like marriage, where to eat, how to eat, getting their clothes messy) than actually trying to solve any of the real issues in the world like debt, starvation, corrupt governments, equality, diseases, poverty, etc.
Examples of White People Problems vs actual issues:
Average American Citizen:
"OMFG I Got grass stains on my white shoes! These are unwearable! I can't walk out in public like this!"
(He then throws the shoes away)
Homeless person who does not have shoes :"What the fuck are you bitching about"
White people issues in the royal family:
Prince: "Bloody mary, I need to find a woman, if I do not then the entire government will fall" (he then finds one and broadcasts the shit to the media)
Refugee Who escaped from a corrupt middle-eastern regime: "What the fuck are you bitching about?"
Another example is the Trump campaign.
Average American Citizen:
"OMFG I Got grass stains on my white shoes! These are unwearable! I can't walk out in public like this!"
(He then throws the shoes away)
Homeless person who does not have shoes :"What the fuck are you bitching about"
White people issues in the royal family:
Prince: "Bloody mary, I need to find a woman, if I do not then the entire government will fall" (he then finds one and broadcasts the shit to the media)
Refugee Who escaped from a corrupt middle-eastern regime: "What the fuck are you bitching about?"
Another example is the Trump campaign.
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