Have you tried making sure the problem is not actually a solution to another problem, so that they could solve each other? For instance, is the problem edible?
Have you tried reading the manual? Have you tried writing the manual? Have you tried becoming the manual?
Have you tried switching to manual?
Have you tried automation?
Have you tried reframing acceptance of the problem as a form of costly signalling, and using the problem as a gatekeeping mechanism?
Have you tried reframing ignorance of the problem as a form of costly signalling, and using acknowledgement of the problem as a gatekeeping mechanism?
Have you tried claiming that the problem ‘builds character’?
Have you tried encouraging people not subject to the problem to subject themselves to the problem in order to ‘build character’?
Have you tried accusing the outgroup of trying to solve the problem? Have you tried accusing the outgroup of failing to solve the problem? Have you tried accusing the outgroup of successfully solving the problem? Have you tried accusing the outgroup of being incapable of understanding the problem?
Have you tried accusing the outgroup of trying to prevent the ingroup from solving the problem? Have you tried accusing the outgroup of having a solution to the problem and keeping it hidden?
Have you tried accusing the outgroup of believing the problem to be a problem? Have…