Alternatively: When you already have a substantial amount of what you need , yet you complain about the quality and the type you want.
Initially, at least when directed at me, I found the expression condescending.
When you air something with a view to vent, there's nothing more confronting than being told the gripe is trivial.
But I see it as encouraging. Particularly when it comes from the younger generation (otherwise known as Generation Me), who in 2014 seemed prone to use this phrase to remind us older crew that perspective is a great thing.
Considering the new year's international news has been dominated with man's inhumanity to man, the sentiment is timely.
Last year a reader chided me and cited FWP after I wrote about the above bad coffee. Likewise, my kids say "FWP" when I complain about birds eating our plums, or when I curse my overdone potatoes.
Following last week's attacks, I'm guessing first-world Parisians would say, touché.