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For those who don’t know, this phrase has come full circle.

It started as something literally impossible. Then people started using it to say they did it anyway. Expecting what is supposed to be impossible out of people is insane.

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whalebiologist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
in a way we can view at a term to mean “LYING” about how you succeeded. How did you get so in shape for your role? Clean diet and exercise. How did you make your first million? Pulling myself into the air by my bootstraps.

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- Signtist@bookwyr.me ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yeah, it’s like when people say they just gave 110%. Cool, very quippy, but really, what did you do?
  
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  - ignotum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Performance enhancing drugs? 🤷‍♂️
    
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WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Sadist laguage.

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quarkquasar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I’m sure it wasn’t only a few bad apples that started that.

Disregardless, I could care less.

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JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
It’s literally a joke rich people use to show how stupid poor people are.

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- Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Horse and sparrow theory?
  
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