be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agoBut muh bootstraps!media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up11.49Karrow-down152
arrow-up11.44Karrow-down1imageBut muh bootstraps!media.kbin.socialbe_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareHiddenLayer5linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months 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.