#2590: I Shouldn't Complain
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[Cueball and Megan are standing together. Cueball has his hands on his chin, shocked.]
Cueball: I can't believe you fell headfirst into a garbage can and were stuck there for two hours while wasps stung your exposed legs!
Megan: I shouldn't complain! Lots of people have been stuck for longer in worse places.
Megan: Really, I'm lucky.
[Caption below the panel:]
The more unpleasant someone's experience is, the more they apologize for complaining because it could be worse.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:Bald-faced hornets are only a 2 on the Schmidt pain index, so I shouldn't complain. The tennis ball ejected from the dryer exhaust vent could have ricocheted off the nest of a much higher-scoring insect before knocking me off the ladder. Really, I'm lucky.