@elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoWhat is a quote you see everywhere that you absolutely hate?message-square145fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down13
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a quote you see everywhere that you absolutely hate?@elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square145fedilink
minus-square@youpie@lemmy.emphisia.nllinkfedilink14•11 months ago“pull yourself up by the bootstraps” it’s literally impossible
minus-square@elfin8er@lemm.eelinkfedilink15•11 months agoI always thought that was the point of the phrase.
minus-square@CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglish9•11 months agoI think it was when it was first coined, but it’s been used unironically for awhile.
minus-square@deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink2•11 months agoIt is. It was initially used as a paradoxical statement.
minus-square@CoderKat@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoIt’s weird that it’s still used unironically today (and in fact feels like it’s made a relatively recent revival). Like, you’d think they’d at least switch to a phrase that makes sense.
“pull yourself up by the bootstraps” it’s literally impossible
I always thought that was the point of the phrase.
I think it was when it was first coined, but it’s been used unironically for awhile.
It is. It was initially used as a paradoxical statement.
It’s weird that it’s still used unironically today (and in fact feels like it’s made a relatively recent revival). Like, you’d think they’d at least switch to a phrase that makes sense.