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TIL “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” was originally meant sarcastically, or to suggest an impossible accomplishment, because it is impossible for someone to pull themselves up by their bootstraps (media.kbin.social)
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[–] sadreality@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess nobody ever told the boomers...

[–] fckgwrhqq2yxrkt 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah, they have just been mocking us the whole time, knowing we were fucked.