being a young person in the uk is literally just slowly coming to the realisation that the government hates you and everyone over 60 hates you and every single system is working against you and everything from rent to healthcare is getting dramatically worse and and and and
Squidward was in his 40s in 1999 meaning he had his prime years during the AIDS crisis. It’s likely he spent a large portion of his life closeted or self-loathing. It makes sense he would resent SpongeBob’s carefree lifestyle. SpongeBob is everything Squidward couldn't be