be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agoBut muh bootstraps!media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down111
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minus-squaretsonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoCan grab those bootstraps if you can’t afford boots 🤷♂️
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoPulling yourself up by your bootstraps is physically impossible, so having boots or not doesn’t change the circumstances.
minus-squaretsonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoIt’s a figure of speech. And I was saying that you can’t get ahead in life without a living wage. Kinda surprised you didn’t understand that. Hmmm.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoI did understand what you mean and rejected it. Life is not about money and personal gain.
Can grab those bootstraps if you can’t afford boots 🤷♂️
Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is physically impossible, so having boots or not doesn’t change the circumstances.
It’s a figure of speech. And I was saying that you can’t get ahead in life without a living wage. Kinda surprised you didn’t understand that. Hmmm.
I did understand what you mean and rejected it. Life is not about money and personal gain.
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