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When is "Jesus wept" used?
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It's often used opposite many of these examples to make fun of someone overreacting to a perceived terrible event - things we would call 'first world problems.' Similar to when people rub fingers together as the world's smallest violin playing just for you. Whole foods was out of organic dog food and i had to drive 6 miles to the specialty dog food store. Their parking spaces are too small for my big ass vehicle, so i double parked and got a ticket. And Jesus wept.