The contrast principle affects the way we judge or evaluate things when they are compared with another. If we compare a beach ball and a tennis ball, we will perceive the beach ball to be big and the tennis ball small. But when we compare the beach ball with Saturn, we think of the beach ball as small. In other words, our judgement and perception is relative.
Nothing displays this principle better than the memes “third world success” and “first world problems.”
Check them out below. Click to enlarge.
Third World Success
First World Problems
No matter how hard you think you have it, someone else has it worse. You must gain perspective for your life. Don’t be a first world problem douche bag brat. This doesn’t mean you should just accept anything and everything in your reality and quit looking to improve yourself, your community, your country, and your world. It means you squash your sense of entitlement and expand your reality. That is the message of this post.
With love, Sam.
Well spoken! Love this. Been thinking about this a lot too. kid in class yesterday goes, “I have 1,000 dollars worth of jeans but i really think i need more…” -_-