be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social to Political Memes@lemmy.world · vor 2 JahrenBut muh bootstraps!media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square119linkfedilinkarrow-up11.53Karrow-down152
arrow-up11.48Karrow-down1imageBut muh bootstraps!media.kbin.socialbe_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social to Political Memes@lemmy.world · vor 2 Jahrenmessage-square119linkfedilink
minus-squareKaryoplasmalinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·vor 2 JahrenPulling yourself up by your bootstraps is physically impossible, so having boots or not doesn’t change the circumstances.
minus-squareASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·vor 2 Jahrenhttps://uselessetymology.com/2019/11/07/the-origins-of-the-phrase-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps/
minus-squareKaryoplasmalinkfedilinkarrow-up4·vor 2 JahrenThanks 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.eeBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·vor 2 JahrenIt’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-squareKaryoplasmalinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·vor 2 JahrenI did understand what you mean and rejected it. Life is not about money and personal gain.
minus-squaretsonfeir@lemm.eeBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·vor 2 JahrenRemoved by mod
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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