Someone asked about ‘modern problems that sound fake when you explain it to someone from 100 years ago’ – 23 ways the present is crazy AF

We love to moan about things these days. But if you told somebody from a century ago that you were upset because the magical flying craft that is going to transport you in the sky to an exotic, distant land has been delayed by 30 minutes, they’d think you were nuts.

They’ve been discussing the mad dilemmas we have nowadays on the AskReddit page after Left_Crow1646 posted this:

And lots of people chipped in with the 21st century worries that would blow olden days minds, like these…

1.

‘Not being able to tell if the person you are corresponding with is actually a human being or just a machine that vaguely approximates one.’
–Pump_and_Magdump

2.

‘My watch told me I’m bad at sleeping.’
–domtopmarco

3.

‘My cigarette died so I recharged it with my phone.’
–DerekPaxton

4.

‘I am addicted to scrolling though videos on my handheld camera that can also be used as a telephone from anywhere, but if someone calls me I get anxiety and never call back.’
–Halogen-Haloren

5.

‘My book ran out of electricity.’
–HELLFIRECHRIS

6.

‘People getting anxiety because strangers didn’t tap a heart icon on their breakfast photo fast enough would probably sound completely unhinged to them.’
–Blaire_Air

7.

‘People get mad when their pocket computer that has all human knowledge takes three seconds to load a video of someone dancing.’
–aftersalaryattitude

8.

‘I’m having trouble paying for my cat anti-depressants.’
–frinkmahii

9.

‘My robot vacuum cleaner that cleans my house is a little too dumb to avoid some of the stuff in my house and stops working, so I need to clean my house so it can clean my house.’
–fremeer

10.

‘We need to protect wolves because their aren’t enough wolves in the forest.’
-Nukethepandas

11.

‘We have a simple and affordable medicine that almost completely prevents babies and children from getting polio, diphtheria, measles, meningitis, and many other horrible diseases and parents just… choose not to get it.’
–yourlittlebirdie

12.

‘I couldn’t get into the building at work because my phone was dead.’
–dumbinternetstuff