About

My Parents at Age 29 or My Parents in Their 20s is an image macro meme comparing the values, attitudes and financial opportunities of people in their 20s and 30s from the past and modern people of the same age. Written from the perspective of millennials and juxtaposing their life experiences against that of their parents, the meme uses the Trad Girl and Yes Chad meme characters to embody those relationships. The top portion represents the parents and features Trad Girl suggesting a major life change that requires financial stability and responsibility to Yes Chad, who agrees. On the bottom half of the meme, labeled "Me at Age X," the meme depicts Yes Chad or Trad Girl doing something irresponsible, immature or reflective of the poor financial standing of modern-day millennials.

Origin

On November 11th, 2020, Redditor user aCleverGroupofAnts published the earliest know usage of the meme in the /r/dankmemes subreddit.^[6] The post received more than 61,000 points (95% upvoted) and 430 comments less than one month (shown below). The top half of the meme, captioned "My parents at age 29," features Trad Girl saying, "Let's have a baby," and Yes Chad agreeing. The bottom portion of the meme, labeled "Me at age 29," shows Yes Chad saying, "I think I'll get a cat."

Spread

Hours later, November 11th, 2020, Instagram ^[1] user @fad_albert published a variation that received more than 11,200 likes in less than one month (shown below). The top half of the meme, captioned "My parents at age 29," features Trad Girl saying, "Let's have a baby," and Yes Chad agreeing. The bottom portion of the meme, labeled "Me at age 29," shows Yes Chad saying, "I'm going to eat this pill I found on the ground."

That day, Instagram^[2] user @junkie.memez posted a variation that received more than 330 likes in less than one month (shown below, left). The top half of the meme features Trad Girl saying, "Let's have a baby," and Yes Chad agreeing. The bottom portion of the meme, labeled "Me at age 29," shows Yes Chad saying, "I think I'll get clean in 5 years."

That day, Redditor aCleaverGroupofAnts published a variation in the /r/dankmemes, ^[3] editing the bottom half so Yes Chad's comment reads, "I think I'll get a cat." The post received more than 61,000 points (95% upvoted) and 430 comments in less than one month (shown below, center).

The following day, Redditor orazio_kovac published a version of the meme in the /r/dankmemes^[4] in which Yes Chad is dancing to Bilal Göregen performing Ievan Polka. The post received more than 34,000 points (96% upvoted) and 110 comments in less than one month (shown below, right).

On November 12th, 2020, the website Stay Hipp^[5] published a report on the meme.

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