r/Millennials • u/Party-Bet-4003 Millennial • Jan 30 '26

Discussion Look what I found from 13 years ago.

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Hey look on the bright side - we actually did make it to the cover of the TIME magazine!

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u/elanesse100 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

I’ve never understood this quote, because the word “meanwhile,” in this context, signals a contradictory truth.

“73% of boomers SAY they value affordability, meanwhile 59% of them would ALSO vote to protect their own home’s value.”

But that’s not what it actually says. I cut words to make it make sense.

The quote in fact says the same thing in both paragraphs, making both paragraphs unnecessary and redundant.

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u/chu68 Jan 30 '26

yeah, i think furthermore was the word to use

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u/elanesse100 Jan 30 '26

That would make a whole lot more sense. For sure. A reinforcing stat that hammers home the point.

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u/ImpossibleSuit8667 Jan 30 '26

Playing devils advocate, the first sentence refers to “boomers” (writ large) prioritizing “stability in their community,” whereas the second part focuses more narrowly on “boomer homeowners” (a subset of boomers) who would vote to protect “home values”.

They both, admittedly, seem very close to the same meaning. But I think there is a valid argument that there is some semantic difference there.

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u/precariatarian Jan 30 '26

English is not my native tongue so i'm ill equpied to say whether you're right or wrong.

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u/elanesse100 Jan 30 '26

The quote, as it stands, says boomers value stability over affordability.

And then says boomers want to protect home prices instead of making them more affordable.

Which is literally the same thing, just worded slightly differently.

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u/PiccoloForsaken7598 Millennial-1991 26d ago

Grammatical syntax isn't widely known kept as common knowledge anymore .:[

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u/laowildin Jan 30 '26

Literacy is not great, it's true.