Greetings Bitter People of the Internet Blogosphere. Bitter Ben here from First World Problemia. I have a complaining-about-first-world-problems problem and people at work started noticing so they started calling me Bitter Ben. A long time ago, I learned in marketing that you should find a need and fill it. I started noticing that a lot of people like to complain about little things, but they felt ashamed to do it, because they felt like they were being petty. So I came up with the idea to start a 900 line (1-900-BITR-BEN), where people could call and complain about all the little things that drove them crazy, but the twist was that the Customer Service Rep could also complain back. This would not only allow all the complainers to get it out of their systems, but the call would be longer and I would get more money. This lead me to come up with my tag line, “We make bitter better.” That idea failed because of a number of reasons, so instead I did the next best thing. Start a blog with the same mission. For free. For now. But someday, you will be eating in Bitter Themed Restaurants, reading Bitter themed novels, and wearing bitter oversized T-shirts. Everytime you hear someone say bitter you will think of me or this blog and you will pay a fee just for thinking about it.
So for now, jump into this safe bitter filled environment, where you are free to complain as bitterly as you like. No matter how petty, all bitterness is free to roam these wide open bitter halls, or meadows if you prefer. Comment the heck out of every post, because you can be sure I will comment right back with more bitterness. Let’s “Make Bitter Better”.
Bitter Ben
A picture of the real Bitter Me.
Some Bitter Posts to get you started:
The two posts that miraculously got Freshly Pressed:
Some other Popular Bitter Posts:
And a few of my Bitter Favorites:
Guardians of the Bendrameda Galaxy
The Four Chambers of my Bitter Heart
Surviving Work Disasters Bitterness
From the Bitter Benzoac Era to the Bitter Twitter Era
Don’t forget to follow the Bitterness elsewhere:
Credit to Michelle of Life as I Know It for this cartoon version of me.
Ben's Bitter Blog 
Love your blog & I so hear you. After my narcissistic mother disowned me this is what I created (among others)
“Picture-stories from an intoxicating toxic family”
http://familyhurts.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/picture-stories-from-an-intoxicating-toxic-family/
On another blog about our social-mediatric tragicomedy:
“Oh, Ham let me down: how I lost it today on Twitter. Such fun, everyone!”
(How I lost all my 3,141,592.65 Twitter followers today)
http://bloggersupportgroup.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/how-i-lost-it-today-on-twitter-such-fun-everyone/
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You do clever work!
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Thank you but I think you do! You have a great sense of humour, which we all need badly.
Thank you for visiting my blogs – it’s an honour!
Sorry that at first I didn’t note your sarcasm when you asked about my messing with gifs. 😀 Point well taken. Sometimes things can hurt so much that you can’t put them into words; only into a bunch of pics.
But we are similar in some ways. I am also a stood-up comedian who (between two goofy gifs (: D) is trying to help saving the first world from being made as bitter as the other worlds. By now this issue is no joke, though, and we all could use more support.
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I agree that first world problems don’t get the attention they deserve. Everyone is always so worried about feeding the hungry, but what about losing electricity or traffic. These things need to be addressed and it is our duty to address it. Let take this first world problem thing on the road!
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Ah…Aren’t we all just a little bitter? It’s starts YOUNG, when they tell us that there is NO Santa Claus. I could go on, but I don’t want to make you weep.
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Making me weep would make me bitter, which is what I am already, so go ahead. Do your worst.
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I was upset when I first found out about Santa after finding the Super Nintendo I asked for hidden behind the washing machine. But then it hit me, ‘Who cares’, ‘ I got a Super Nintendo. But still sad for kids who don’t see it that way. Ha!
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Yeah, I was pretty okay with it because I still got presents.
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I’m loving your bitterness Ben. This is my kinda blog! 😉
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Then have a bitter day from me and call my bitter line 1 900.
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you are cracking me up! i think you should visit my hometown, for two reasons. i’m willing to bet i’ve been out in lower temps than you. in rexburg, idaho, we get out of school for as many freeze-the-skin-off-your-face cold days as we do for snow days… plus windchill. it never stops blowing in that godforsaken town! also, you seemed a little bitter about burgers one day. maybe big jud can help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jqJ7oPgmMeM
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I have spent many a days in Rexburg as I went to Ricks College! It was a while back, but I remember the bitter cold there! We used to get in trouble for starting snowball fights, hookybobbing (hanging on back of cars and sliding on the ice) and I started a colossal food fight there once. It was awesome. Thanks for the good memories!
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fantastic! i can’t imagine being able to forget the bitter cold. i think you [ice]blocked it.
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I think the cold froze my brain and caused me to forget.
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misread. you do remember the weather. where are you now? love your blog.
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I am in Seattle. I traded the Bitter Cold and snow for the bitter clouds and rain. Someday I will be forced into a sunny locale like Hawaii and be forced to bask in the bitter light and ocean breezes. How terrible will that be?
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Thanks for stopping by. I think i’ll like your bitter humor 🙂
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I am glad you stopped back. It makes things a little less bitter around my blog.
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🙂
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Thanks for reading my blog. I will follow yours and invite you to follow mine as well. beebeesworld
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Just a sour not to you, Ben – thank you for the *like* on Irish Diplomacy. I’m trying not to like your bitter blog, but I’ll take it like a bitter pill and follow along!
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Bitterness is within each of us. You just need to let it out!
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Thanks for dropping by.
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It was a good party.
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A bitter one. 😉
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Very bitter.
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I shed a tear for I have found my bittertwinmindsoulmatepersonthingclam.
Thanks for liking a post in my blog so I found my new Mecca.
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If you have come for bitterness, you have come to the right place. I hope the tear you shed was a bitter tear. ;\
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Just to add to your bitterness- I nominated you for a Liebster Award, check out my page http://deniseclopez.wordpress.com/liebster-award/ for details and how to pass it on–its fun!
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how dare you! But actually thanks!
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Bwahahaha! Welcome!
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You are trying to sabatoge me! Stop making me bitter!
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Your last post reminded me that you are from Seattle – the place where Starbucks comes from. That is a good reason for being bitter!!! The extending of these coffe chains makes my life more complicate! They bombard you with questions like small – medium – large- X large with cream with milk with pee- do you want your cooky in paper or plastic right or left side of the plate… always with that wicked smile…
All the other coffe shops have started to copy this but I refuse this nonsens and order insubordinate ” just coffe” 😉
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Yes, the old Bitter Seattle. I don’t drink coffee and so am probably the only one here that doesn’t.
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I’m not bitter at all that you liked my post. Indeed I’m definitely better off for Ben’s Bitter being bothered to drop by. Hope you make it back, I now know where to come when I need a drop or two of best bitter…
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Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t want to be bitter anymore. It is a dying art and one makes me bitter that doesn’t get enough credit for.
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Thanks for liking my post, The Prenerdtial Agreement. I dig your bitter point of view.
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Hey Ben, thought I would pop in and thank you for the ‘like’ on my post My Beloved Hour… ‘Til We Meet Again! I do hope to see ya back as I’m sure I’ll be back. Life for me has been a bit hectic with the fire, no internet, and not furnishings :)… But it all works out. Thanks again!
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It’s bad enough to have a fire, but not internet? I could write a bitter blog about that for sure!
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actually? The X-finity, people were wonderful. ATT would have made me wait a week!. Anyway, I’m all set. But yea, the fire was quite an adventure for sure. But, y’know something? People, are really great….
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Hi, Bitter Ben!
Thanks for liking my blog. I like yours just from reading the above description about how it got started.
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Don’t be fooled by that description. It is not near as good as the description.
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I have a feeling it is.
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Hi Ben,
I’ve decided to follow any WordPress members who commented on or liked my past posts, in an effort to be more community minded. Don’t feel compelled to hit me back, but if you do I hope you enjoy and say hi.
bcpkid (pettiplays)
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I am all for getting more community on the blog. Good luck!
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Ben, your blog is hilarious! You are a very talented young man 🙂
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If only I was a young man, that would be great! Then everything on me wouldn’t hurt so bad.
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You have a fun sense of humor Ben. It must be just the right kind of bitter! Thanks for visiting and liking my Mirror, Mirror blog!
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I did a post about mirrors once. Fascinating objects are they not?
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Most certainly! I will have to check it out.
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“we make bitter better” – I love it! 🙂
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That’s my motto and I’m sticking to it.
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Thanks for liking my emu blog. Don’t be bitter, perhaps you, too, could find some weird pet worthy of blog mention. I might add that these aren’t even my emus, I’m a renter and these are landlord emus.
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I have not been blessed to have a pet cool enough for a blog.
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Thanks for “Liking” my rant on iPhones. iTend to combine bitter and sweet?
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It looks like you also tend to combine “I” with things like phones and pads.
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Thanks for “Liking” my iPhone rant!
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I think I am in love with you already
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You are very good at sarcasm. That is just the type of readers I like!
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Betty Botter bought some butter , but the butter it was bitter , so she bought some better butter…………………..Bens bitter better bother better be the better bother .
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I don’t think there are enough bitters in there. But that is a pretty awesome tongue twister.
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Thanks for liking my Liebster noms!
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yeah. Liebster noms are the best right?
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Thanks for the likeyness over at my humble new blog.
I like your style, BB.
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Thanks for your kind word. Hope your blog becomes a huge hit and you aren’t so you don’t need to be humble.
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Glad you liked my post about the old towers in Des Moines. Gonna try to put up something funny but I may need some instruction 😉
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I tagged you in a blog tag game. Here is the link:
http://jacusloxy.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/tag/
I thought you might have some bitter things to say 😉 No pressure, though!
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Say it aint so! As awesome as it is that you have tagged you, you knew I wouldn’t do it! I just don’t want to muck up my blog for a tag game. Or an award. But thanks for the tag. I guess I’ll be it forever.
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Thank you for the ‘like’ on dentaleggs! Is it possible to be bitter but really nice about it?
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Bitter has such a wide range of emotions and ways it can be displayed. I prefer sarcasahumorbitter.
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…hope your 900 is runnig well now. As much as I can see there is a big need for! Dont withhold yourself the menkind…;-)
Thanks for liking my blog hope you have fun there!
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How can I resist your awesome drawings? I will have this 900 number one day when I muster up the strength to get off the couch.
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You better take care. Currently my mind process’ everything into stick men . Your words are very inspiring… :-))
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Stick figures with depth though. They are pretty awesome. don’t let anyone tell you any different.
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Is being ticked off the same as being bitter? I’ve written 40 essays about
being ticked off (but tickled about it) that I’ve published. There’s a link at
my blog. Your concept (bitter) is very original and seems to appeal of a
lot of other people. Thanks for liking the blog.
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Thanks for visiting the bitter blog which I imagine is similar in nature to your ticked off blog. I will check yours out, and see if I can get some inspiration from it!
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Love the 900 number thing. Thanks for liking my post.
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I will have to do it someday. Then you would be so excited you would call it and I would make money.
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given your proclivity to be bitter i am sure the poem
Betty Botter bought a bit of butter.
The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter
And made her batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter
Makes better batter.
So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter,
Making Betty Botter’s bitter batter better.
is going to make you pretty damn bitter.
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Awesome poem. I think I might have to steal that one from you to put up on my blog. Is that someone else’s or did you make that one up?
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no man…steal all you want..its a very popular tongue twister. cheers to being bitter!
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What is the internet for if not for stealing other peoples words and ideas….
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what indeed.
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Interesting angle with the bitter thing, Ben. BTW, My favorite bitter comes in a bottle and it typically English in origin.
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Bitter works on a lot of different angles. Enjoy your bitterness in whatever form you do!
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There’s not a bit of bitterness here- there’s a whole load! Admiring your focus for the blog. It holds together really well. Cheers for popping by.
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Why thank you. I try really hard to focus only on bitter things. I’m glad you noticed.
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Thanks for liking “Why we don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day.”
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Well, you know, I wish I could not celebrate Valentines’s day too so..
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Thank you for the like at Fair To Middling. I hope you enjoy my snarky writing (and some serious stuff too). Bitterness is a good thing! Keep up the fun stuff!
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I think I will just enjoy the snark. Serious is so hard core.
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Thanks for the like on my blog, and thank you for sharing sweet bitterness.
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I like to share my bitterness, but not in a sweet way. I think that it is rude that people always lump sweet and bitter together.
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thank you for your straight up, non-sweet, bitter bitterness, then.
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And a thanks to you for accepting me the way I am, bitter and all.
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Brother Dan likes bitter Ben!
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Since we are speaking in third person Bitter Ben thanks Brother Dan and hopes he is also bitter someday like Bitter Ben.
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eheh…I’ve no idea why I did the 3rd person thing.
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Third person is allowed on Bitter Ben’s blog. Don’t worry about it!
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Bitter Ben, my very first like. Looks like you popped my blog cherry. Much appreciate the appreciation for a newbie.
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For your sake, I wished it was a woman, but alas it was me. Enjoy your first, there’s never any other like it.
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I’m all for a comic edge. THANKS for visiting my “pun-ny” photoblog and leaving a “like.”
–John R.: http://TheDailyGraff.com
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I am a big fan of puny. Thanks for visting mine back!
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Thanks for following me, Bitter Ben.
-Bitter Jen.
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You’re welcome, Bitter Jen.
-Bitter Ben
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After noticing you “liked” my recent blog post I decided to check out your page, but only because the word bitter stuck out. I consider myself bitter (and a little bit pessimistic) which is why I created a blog. My first blog wasn’t anonymous and I deleted it 2 weeks ago because it got in the way of me getting a job. Now that I have an anonymous blog I can say what ever the hell I want and just be a bitter bitchy asshole. I’m relieved that someone else is writing about similar topics that I have written about and that I’m not the only one. 🙂
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That is quite tragic that you lost job opportunites because of your blog. I actually started mine at work as you read in my about section, and I do most of my posts from here. (Who wants to do work at home, when you can do it at work?) There are a lot of things I am either really bitter about or fake bitter about and I thought it would be a great theme to go from. I’ve been doing it for almost a year and there is always new things to write about, so it is actually one of the few things I am not bitter about. I hope to be seeing more bitterness from your blog too.
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Thanks for stopping by Alphabet Story. I’ve read some of your posts in return. (shoulder punch) They are super funny and good medicine for the soul. Did you know they had (years ago) a medicine called bitters? (I don’t know what tie cured) I just thought that made me sound smart..
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Now that I have recieved a shoulder punch, which really hurts by the way, I will see if my doctor can prescribe me some bitters to see if that pain can linger. Thanks for stopping by! (Light tap on your shoulder.)
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Laughter is the best medicine! Your tap didn’t hurt, thank you.
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Does laughter even cure bitterness though. Cause if so I don’t want any part of it!
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Like some of your posters above, I’m not bitter either, but I find this hilarious! “Bitter Ben” — I love it! Now when I listen to “Ben” by Michael Jackson, it will have a whole new meaning 🙂
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I’m sorry that you aren’t bitter like me, but glad you enjoy the sarcastic nature of the bitterness! Not everyone can be awesomely bitter like me, but I hope you enjoy you positivity in your life!
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Am not a bitter person, but do appreciate the humour and wit. Will be back. Thanks for dropping by!
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Appreciate you looking past the bitterness and seeing the humor in it. Thanks for the view!
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Hey Ben! thank you for dropping by my blog 😀
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No trouble and thanks for dropping back!
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Absolutely 😀
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Thanks for linking a post of mine, BitterBen! I am all for Bitterness, Cynicism and Irony. Guess there’s nothing as sweet as Bitter! Keep at it!
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Combing all the power of Bitterness, Cynicism, Irony and Sarcasm, we probably could take down the Avengers and the Hall of Justice!
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Why don’t you put advertisements on this blog? Make people pay you for being bitter!!
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I will find out if any ad people are interested!
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The rest of the number please 1.900.???????
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It’s 1-900-BitrBen. Not sure if it is working right now, but if it isn’t you can leave a message and we will get back you when we feel like it.
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