Your parents stopped buying things for themselves years ago. Not because they couldn't afford it. But because every time they had extra money, they thought of you first. They wear the same clothes. Use the same phone. Eat simpler meals. While making sure you never felt like you went without. Most of us noticed too late. Some of us never noticed at all.
After a certain age, your parents slowly become your children. They ask simple questions, repeat stories, and depend on your patience the way you once depended on theirs. Very few understand this role reversal.What looks like innocence or inconvenience is really time coming full circle. Don't correct them harshly. Don't rush them. Care for them the way they once protected you. This is not a burden. It is repayment.
Kids born 2000–2004:
- Corona fucked up everything
- After corona, students forgot how to write on paper
- Worst college life
- No real friends
- Unemployment arc
- War and missiles
- AI taking real jobs
- Mental health issues and depression
- Anyone can write code, real devs not needed
- No healthy life
2003 might be the worst year to be born
2008 - parents lose all their saving
2011 - too young for bitcoin
2020 - senior year in zoom
2021 - college in lockdown
2026 - get replace by AI
2038 - might die in the space war