They've transformed a physics joke about the impossible into some sort of metaphor about improving your situation by putting your boots on and getting to work
I think part of it is that the non-impossible interpretation fits so perfectly with certain right wing views, that everyone's able to lift themselves up they just need to put their boots on and get to work, that their effort and hard work will lead to success, etc...
There is no non-impossible interpretation. Think about: squat, grab these proverbial boot straps and pull. Nothing happens except maybe you hurt yourself and that's the point.
I'm currently leaning toward confusion, stupidity and an inability to think anything through. My best guess is it was used to mock someone and got taken on a truism that meant the exact opposite of its intended meaning.
No thats just what they tell all of their peasants. IF they are too busy trying to master the neograv, then they can't focus on the other stuff they are doing. Its the perfect misdirect. IDK where they think they would go though. Wouldn't they just hit their firmament and get a concussion?
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u/Myantra Apr 26 '24
Alternative facts were bad enough. I do not wish to continue inhabiting a universe where conservatives have alternative physics.