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[-] youpie@lemmy.emphisia.nl 15 points 11 months ago

"pull yourself up by the bootstraps" it's literally impossible

[-] elfin8er@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago

I always thought that was the point of the phrase.

[-] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 11 months ago

I think it was when it was first coined, but it's been used unironically for awhile.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 months ago

It is. It was initially used as a paradoxical statement.

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