minnieo@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 10 months agoTIL “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 bootstrapsmedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
arrow-up126arrow-down1imageTIL “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 bootstrapsmedia.kbin.socialminnieo@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 10 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoIsn’t that how it’s used now? (Although I wouldn’t say “sarcastically” but rather “metaphorically”.) I would define it as referring to a task that is very difficult due to a lack of outside support.
minus-squareminnieo@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agonowadays i hear it exclusively used to tell someone to ‘toughen up’
minus-squareMummifiedClient5000linkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoSure you’re not thinking of “pull yourself together”?
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI figured that the people saying it meant “you need to find the strength to do this yourself since no one is going to help you”.
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months ago“You need to find the strength to do the impossible because we won’t spend money on minorities and poor people” is how it is used today.
Isn’t that how it’s used now? (Although I wouldn’t say “sarcastically” but rather “metaphorically”.) I would define it as referring to a task that is very difficult due to a lack of outside support.
nowadays i hear it exclusively used to tell someone to ‘toughen up’
Sure you’re not thinking of “pull yourself together”?
I figured that the people saying it meant “you need to find the strength to do this yourself since no one is going to help you”.
“You need to find the strength to do the impossible because we won’t spend money on minorities and poor people” is how it is used today.