boyyouguysaredumb
boyyouguysaredumb t1_j1aeu93 wrote
Reply to NASA captures a "snapshot in time" showing how a star is born among the Cosmic Cliffs by scot816
Is this subreddit just full of bots? This is the #1 post right now and none of the comments in here even make any sense right now
boyyouguysaredumb t1_jaq8q5g wrote
Reply to comment by WaterChi in TIL "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps" is an example of an impossible task. The idiom dates at least to 1834, from the Workingman's Advocate: "It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots. by meat-juice
No they just don’t know the origin of the phrase
It’s like how people think trickle down economics was a term Reagan invented. It was a term his opponents branded his stupid plans, it was never the name of the actual policy- it was always just a term to make fun of it.