In A Christmas Carol, Jacob Marley says, “I wear the chain I forged in life”. This is a metaphor for the negative consequences of his actions, which weigh him down as a ghost. Marley made the chain link by link and yard by yard, and he wore it of his own free will.
It’s basically saying Karma is real. It’s meant for a simpler time than today as this story is from Charles Dickens in 1843.
Am I the only one who thought this was quoting A Christmas Carol?
(The line there being from Jacob Marley’s ghost: “I wear the chains I forged in life.” Which I still think this is might be paraphrasing, if somewhat muddled.)
Sir this is a hot dog
It is a low day when you’re called out by the drive thru hot dog stand
So… Queer folks have created queerphobia? And Black and brown people, racism? And disabled people, ableism? And abuse victims, their own abuse? And so on…?
Fuck this gaslighting victim blaming noise.
You might want to work on your literacy.
That was how I read it, idk what is up with some of these other commenters, where they literally can’t conceive of that meaning
Its not philosophically “deep” in a funny place, it is exactly the kind of philosophy you would expect on the sign of a chain hot dog restaurant
It’s a quote from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. Scrooge is told this by the ghost of an old business partner, warning him that his miserly greed has consequences. It’s a good book, but if you’re not up for reading it, you can get the gist from “The Muppets Christmas Carol”. 🎅
So my point stands - this isn’t about “self fulfilment and happiness”, nor is it in any way a motivational quote.
Christ on a bike, literary metaphors must be a nightmare when you’re constantly trying to be offended on other people’s behalf to draw attention to yourself 😂
Trying to be offended on other people’s behalf
its called empathy, dork
If you find yourself being overly empathetic in every day situations you may actually be a bit codependent in other aspects of your life, no judgement or anything just saying.
Ah yes, showing empathy is actually a sign of mental illness, please provide anything resembling evidence for your claim, because I think its made the fuck up.
Empathy is good and helps us cohere socially and understand each other, no empathy is bad and actually a sign of several personality disorders.
You may want to concern yourself more with how you find yourself than how others find themselves, cuz I think you got it twisted
That’s really missing the point.
All those things you’ve described are taking away from People’s options, their choices. They’re disempowering.
The point of the quote is to remind people that they have more power in their lives than they think. You have choices you don’t yet realise.
Its not a cure all, it is worth knowing.
We all forge chains on ourselves because we had to at some point, often just to survive. Knowing that, we can learn to break those chains when we don’t need them anymore.
I think it’s meant in a more metaphorical sense.
Mental chains holding yourself back from reaching your potential or personal forfillment and happiness.
So… Queer folks have created queerphobia? And Black and brown people, racism? And disabled people, ableism? And abuse victims, their own abuse? And so on…?
Because those (E: not to mention poverty, which is bad enough on its own, but massively exacerbated by the above) sure as fucking hell stand in the way of and deeply impact personal fucking fulfilment and happiness.
This shit is nothing more than the liberal way of telling people to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
