be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoBut muh bootstraps!media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up11.51Karrow-down150
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minus-squareASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agohttps://uselessetymology.com/2019/11/07/the-origins-of-the-phrase-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps/
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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.
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.