I never liked that whole counterpoint to dismiss someone's gripes. I am suffering from a headache, and I'm complaining about it. Yeah, I know, there are people suffering from far worse, some bedridden in hospitals. Guess what? My complaining about my headache doesn't at all take away from their problem. I'm not complaining at the same level one would if they were suffering more. My complaint is simply: I wish I didn't have a headache.
There is one person on earth right now who is suffering the most. Nobody knows who that person is, but it doesn't invalidate everyone else's problems, regardless of how trivial they are. Just put things in perspective, sure. If someone gives me a sandwich with an ingredient I specifically asked them to hold because I merely don't like it, me making a scene out of it as if I were allergic to it blows it out of proportion, sure. But that doesn't mean I am somehow prohibited from simply making a observation of it and being disappointed.
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