be_excellent_to_each_other to Political Memes@lemmy.world • 1 year ago

But muh bootstraps!

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But muh bootstraps!

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be_excellent_to_each_other to Political Memes@lemmy.world • 1 year ago

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https://uselessetymology.com/2019/11/07/the-origins-of-the-phrase-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps/
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  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.

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