be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoBut muh bootstraps!media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up11.53Karrow-down152
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minus-squaretsonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoCan grab those bootstraps if you can’t afford boots 🤷♂️
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoPulling yourself up by your bootstraps is physically impossible, so having boots or not doesn’t change the circumstances.
minus-squareASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agohttps://uselessetymology.com/2019/11/07/the-origins-of-the-phrase-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps/
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoThanks for the link. The perfidy of contorting the meaning from an impossible task to something everyone should be able to do is sickening. But I’m not surprised.
minus-squaretsonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoIt’s a figure of speech. And I was saying that you can’t get ahead in life without a living wage. Kinda surprised you didn’t understand that. Hmmm.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoI did understand what you mean and rejected it. Life is not about money and personal gain.
Can grab those bootstraps if you can’t afford boots 🤷♂️
Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is physically impossible, so having boots or not doesn’t change the circumstances.
https://uselessetymology.com/2019/11/07/the-origins-of-the-phrase-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps/
Thanks for the link. The perfidy of contorting the meaning from an impossible task to something everyone should be able to do is sickening. But I’m not surprised.
It’s a figure of speech. And I was saying that you can’t get ahead in life without a living wage. Kinda surprised you didn’t understand that. Hmmm.
I did understand what you mean and rejected it. Life is not about money and personal gain.
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