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    45 Middle-Class Problems That Prove 2016 Was A Fucking Disaster

    It's a wonder we made it through. Via @middleclassprob.

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    I wish there was such a thing as pre grated orange zest #tedious #FB

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    Found note in Stoke Newington highlights pressing social problem: rye bread that's "too fresh" to slice. Dark days.… https://t.co/5Og3yC6v1D

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    I wish I spoke Portuguese just so I knew what my cleaner was saying to my dog

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    Please give me the sweet release of death my mother got the wrong mustard

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    No fennel seeds in Brampton morrisons this store is a fucking disgrace

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    Still can't decide if it's actually that rude these days to ask for the wifi password when visiting someone's house

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    Forgot to charge my watch last night. Had to pay for things using my phone today like some kind of antique.

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    That moment when you can relax with "civilians" & a drink... & you notice you're still wearing your conference name badge. That moment.

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    @waitrose is your field mushroom container recyclable? Pathetic there's no embossed sign if it's Polypropylene

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    Sam Smith says his Oscars performance was the ‘worst moment of my life': https://t.co/SkaGbdvYHj

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    Ocado have substituted my Food Doctor bread with Duchy stuff, thereby making me unwittingly complicit in Prince Charles' huge tax dodge.

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    ...Land Rover, stop putting the sodding heated seat buttons on a touch screen sub-menu. It's stupid and annoying.

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    I know James 1:2 says to find joy in our trials but this wifi out by my pool is really ridiculously slow!!

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    We paid £130 for a bottle of average wine with dinner but weren't allowed to finish at the table and no space at bar... #chilternfirehouse

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    just drank unfiltered water from my tap for the first time in ages & it is awful

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    I got so used to the fact you can park the i8 for free in Westminster I forgot to bother paying in Chelsea. Bastard

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    My Apple Watch isn't giving me credit for all the exercise I've done today! So irritating. It's like I never did it.

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    Worried about this morning's sourdough (already in the oven). A 5-day fridge ferment while we were away. Not much stretch. Poor oven spring

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    Hotels supplying rooms with a landline but no phone charger is ludicrous it's 2016 you guys I can't snapchat with this

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    6 TV's and my sister decides to use the only one that has my ps4 hooked up to it.. Smh

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    Oh dear Lord, the kids have forgotten half the ingredients for the flap jacks so are now ubering to Woolies 😊

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    I'm sick and tired of the prejudice against people like me who went to private school https://t.co/sZL5HFLBuh

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    Balls. It's got to the time of year where I have to start keeping my coconut oil in the fridge.

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    The new Instagram icon is the worst thing that's ever happened to me.

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    The sauna would be so much nicer if my phone didn't overheat within 5 min

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    Broken umbrella dumped in our organic waste bin. I hate living next to the Grammar School sometimes.

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    I'm done with buying avocados because by the time they're ready I'm not ready and then it's all over the next day.

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    Looking for cars is so hard 😓

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    Quinoa in the Keyboard: a disaster story.

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    Found in Putney 2 days ago. RIP beansprouts. Such a tragedy.

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    Wish they'd turn the stupid and totally unnecessary music off! Totally out of sync with the dressage movements. Grrrr! #RIO2016 @TeamGBR

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    u dont know stress until u own a charger that only works if ur phone is at a certain angle.. honestly i wouldnt wish that on my worst enemy

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    News that Sainsbury's have removed their taste the difference sandwiches from the meal deal has left me stunned.

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    I put too many blueberries in my porridge :(

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    My bag won't close because of the avocado I've packed for lunch #FridayIssues

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    Rocker Brian May slams Kensington leaf-blowing team for 'horrible intrusion' into residents’ lives… https://t.co/RhuxggkYrD

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    You know you're in Waitrose car park when you see someone washing their car with Evian water! #FirstWorldProblems #middleclassproblems

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    When you get blisters from stirring risotto ✋🏻#middleclassproblems

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    2. My new kugelhopf tin won't fit in my bakeware cupboard.

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    I think we have reached peak @middleclassprob . @simonmayo @ClaudiaWinkle @edibow

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    #Marmitegate is simply not an issue, I have always shopped at Waitrose.

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    These tweets were curated by Benjamin Lee, author of Middle Class Problems: Problems but not real actual problems, just middle class ones (Square Peg), with illustrations by Matt Blease.