In the dusty outskirts of Seminole, Texas - just past the cotton fields and under the relentless spring sun - Peter Hildebrand stands outside a gas station, his eyes rimmed red and voice cracking.
The youngest Millennials graduated school in about 2014 or 2015 at the latest. There’s no way, in context, they’re talking about a PhD, and very, very little chance they’re even talking about undergrad university.
It wasn’t obvious because of the age, it was obvious because people don’t say “back when I was in school” to refer to a doctorate. And when the context is specifically trying to emphasise how young they were at the time, they don’t tend to mean “when I was an undergrad”, either.
They didn’t say “back”, but yeah, I get what you mean.
Like, I remember hearing about these folks when I was in school in Texas.
They heard about them. This could’ve been because when they lived in Texas, Texans told them about the group. Or because they studied trends in anti-vax movements when they went to school in Texas.
I think the original point was that the reader has to make assumptions about what they meant, and my point was that even clarifying the age doesn’t change that we’re still making an assumption about when they were in Texas.
So did you graduate from college last year? PhD, or reskilling? Following a passion?
(Still not enough info to know when it was! Haha)
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The youngest Millennials graduated school in about 2014 or 2015 at the latest. There’s no way, in context, they’re talking about a PhD, and very, very little chance they’re even talking about undergrad university.
Hm…I’m seeing that millennials are between 29 and 44. Even 29 is old enough to earn a PhD.
Either way, the older ones are definitely old enough to be talking about post-secondary.
It wasn’t obvious because of the age, it was obvious because people don’t say “back when I was in school” to refer to a doctorate. And when the context is specifically trying to emphasise how young they were at the time, they don’t tend to mean “when I was an undergrad”, either.
They didn’t say “back”, but yeah, I get what you mean.
They heard about them. This could’ve been because when they lived in Texas, Texans told them about the group. Or because they studied trends in anti-vax movements when they went to school in Texas.
I think the original point was that the reader has to make assumptions about what they meant, and my point was that even clarifying the age doesn’t change that we’re still making an assumption about when they were in Texas.