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EPISODE · Mar 5, 2026 · 6 MIN

Get better problems

from The Fink Tank · host Cam and Col Fink

I came home to human poo in the driveway. Our fridge broke the same day. Life will always have problems. Are they actually problems though? In this Fink Tank Col Fink and I laugh about the human audacity to complain about things that were luxuries unavailable to even kings or queens only a hundred years ago. In a great 2024 article about the quality of problems, Alicia McKay wrote: Most of the problems I complain about are: a) Entirely the result of my own choices b) Actually a sign of progress and privilege. Yours probably are too. If you don't like your problems, get better ones. If you already have good ones, but you forgot, this is your gentle reminder. Well said Alicia, as usual. What’s the poo in your driveway right now??

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