Work in Progress
About
First World Metal Problems is an advice animal image macro series focusing around on a young man wearing a black S.O.D. (Stormtroopers of Death) t-shirt, with a worried expression on his face, sitting on a park bench. The series revolves around problems relating to the Metal genre and music in general.
Origins
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The first examples of this image macro series appeared on Quickmeme in November of 2011.[2] It was subsuquently spread to the /r/metalmemes[1] subreddit on December 23, 2011. The image shared on reddit (shown below) featured the caption “I really like this song / but I can’t show anyone because it’s not brutal enough.”
Spread
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On March 27, 2012, the Twitter account @metalproblems[3] was created, often tweeting out problems that are related to the Metal genre.
Had a drum lessons for five years just to find out that girls love guitar players
— Metal Problems (@MetalProblems) March 28, 2012
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External Reference
[1] Reddit – First World Metal Problems
[2] Quickmeme – First World Metal Problems
[3] Twitter – @metalproblems