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{{quote|'''Phoebe:''' Wow! This reminds me of the time when I was umm, living on the street and this guy offered to buy me food if I slept with him.
'''Rachel:''' Well, h-how is this like that?
'''Phoebe:''' Well, let’s see, it’s not. Really, like that. Because, you see that was an actual problem, and uh, yours is just like y’know a bunch of y’know high school crap that nobody really gives y’know…
|''[[Friends]]'', [[Lampshade Hanging|addressing accusations of this trope]] [[In-Universe]].}}
Some problems are universal and basic: death, disease, hunger, thirst, cold, poverty, physical pain. These are part of the human condition and could happen to anybody.
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Examples shall be limited to works that notably concern themselves with Third World themes. If we had to list all the episodes of television shows where the main conflict isn't starvation, we'd be here all day.
== Film==
* Post-apocalyptic fiction in general. In situations where people already haven't all died of radiation sickness, [[Scavenger World|the worlds shown are marked by limited resources]], with any law in play enforced by brutal warlords.▼
* ''[[City of God]]'', taking place as it does in the ghettos of Rio De Janeiro, and how one of the few chances people have for escape is self-destructive crime. One of the turning points for the main character is how he simultaneously loses his virginity while taking the first hot shower he's ever had.
* ''[[Firefly]]'': The technology is there if you can afford it, but Mal and his crew constantly have to deal with basic human needs like food and medicine, the corruption of the Alliance, worlds run by petty despots, and the constant threat of violence.▼
== Literature ==
▲* Post-apocalyptic fiction in general, when they are deliberately averting [[Cozy Catastrophe]]. In situations where people already haven't all died of radiation sickness, [[Scavenger World|the worlds shown are marked by limited resources]], with any law in play enforced by brutal warlords.
== Live Action TV ==
▲* ''[[Firefly]]'': The technology is there if you can afford it, but Mal and his crew constantly have to deal with basic human needs like food and medicine, the corruption of the Alliance,
* ''[[The Wire]]'': Taking place in the ghettos of Baltimore, one of the main themes of the series is how institutional dysfunction creates the Third World conditions of the inner city, feeds into criminal organizations, and inevitably aligns consumer culture with addiction culture.
* [[Invoked Trope]] by [[Cloudcuckoolander|Phoebe]] on ''[[Friends]]'' of all places. At first, [[Broken Bird|her mother's suicide and teenage homelessness]] were occasionally played for [[Black Comedy]], but later became part of her [[Character Development]].
== Music ==
* "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]. The entire song is really about [[Comedic Sociopathy]], but the first verse combines it with this trope:
{{quote|''I was watching my TV one night when they broke in with a special report
''About some devastating earthquake in Peru
''There were thirty thousand crushed to death, even more were buried alive
''On the Richter scale it measured 8.2.
''And I said, "God, please answer me one question?
''Why'd they have to interrupt '''The Simpsons''' just for this?"
''What a drag, 'cause I was taping it and everything
''And now I'll have to wait for the rerun to see the part of the show I missed.}}
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