r/5thworldproblems

2.4K archived posts · Jul 2012 – Sep 2026

5th World Problems

r/5thworldproblems

Did the red-eyed horsemen of Babylon X attack your hyperdaughter? Did a golden mouth appear in a bonfire and scream the date of your own death at you? Are pools of blood forming in your hands whenever you cup them, only to coagulate into the form of a tiny baby with three heads? A subreddit for fifth world problems, but a fifth world will the tendrils moderate and remove non-problems.

Created Jul 10, 2012

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This subreddit currently collects the best submissions from r/fifthworldproblems, but separate submissions are also welcome.

Did the red-eyed horsemen of Babylon X attack your hyperdaughter?

Did a golden mouth appear in a bonfire and scream the date of your own death at you?

Are pools of blood forming in your hands whenever you cup them, only to coagulate into the form of a tiny baby with three heads?

A subreddit for fifth world problems, but a fifth world will the tendrils moderate and remove non-problems.

Rules

Your post must look like an actual problem one might have in the fifth world.
No gibberish.
If your post has a punchline, it does not belong here.
If you are posting a first world problem with a fifth world phrase thrown in or arbitrary "hyper-" prepended to something, it is not a fifth world problem.
No meta posts.
Creative works that are not exactly problems are permissible (in moderation); also see r/fifthworldnews.

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