be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoBut muh bootstraps!media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up11.53Karrow-down152
arrow-up11.48Karrow-down1imageBut muh bootstraps!media.kbin.socialbe_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-squareHiddenLayer5@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoAnd the irony is that “I pulled myself up by my bootstraps” literally used to be an idiom about blatantly lying that you did something impossible before the boomers appropriated it.
And the irony is that “I pulled myself up by my bootstraps” literally used to be an idiom about blatantly lying that you did something impossible before the boomers appropriated it.