[JohnFen]

Yes, there's a part of me that thinks "you think these times are bad? They're not so much, you just weren't around when things were really bad, so you have nothing to compare to."

But I temper that with the understanding that people only really know what they've experienced. If today is the worst you've seen, then to you it's legitimately horrific. That's real.

That the situation today is downright luxurious compared to actual hard times isn't really emotionally relevant if you weren't around for the hard times.