A friend and I were recently talking about how the word " crisis" is being thrown out like beads at Mardi Gras, with no apparent real reason other than to raise eyebrows and collect gasps. Crisis this and crisis that. While some of the stories we're being pounded over the head with are legitimate problems, most aren't. Get our free mobile app I'll tell you what's a crisis ( a truly first-world problem type of crisis) - gas prices. I feel like our world is finally starting to open back up and gas prices are so dang high that nobody really wants to hit the open road and go adventuring. I mean, I do. I want to hit the road and explore, but not when it costs me almost a hundred bucks to fill up my gas tank.