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Unless you are doing 50 hours+ at an extremely shitty job type deal, or have some challenging mental illness, you probably haven't dealt with anything as difficult as the first 2 years of having a kid.
It doesn't mean you aren't going through shit or that a parent who says that isn't an asshole. But you probably haven't, been through anything remotely as emotionally physically challenging, it's just reality. There will be edge cases but you just probably haven't dealt with that level of sleep deprivation and anger 🤷♂️.
It's silly to get mad over it.
Just because you can't imagine other scenarios besides the ones you listed doesn't mean there are none.
People can be exhausted for different reasons.
What's silly is seeing you gatekeeping the way you are in this very thread of all.
edit: grammar
Beyond scenarios that you don't have experience with, there are also physiologies you don't have experience with.
People with ADHD find some activities that are generally considered exhausting relaxing. Also they might argue folding the laundry is more exhausting than perhaps anything.
I would rather fix a machine that is literally on fire than fold laundry.
I used to work 7x 20-hour days in a row once a year for about 5-6 years, sleeping on the floor of the office to get an 150k-word academic journal published.
Caring for a kid is one thing, trying to proof read academia at your fourth sunset-sunrise cycle in a week is another.