RT Maciej Łaszkiewicz: Pierwszy w historii przykład człowieka, który podczas popołudniowego spaceru strzelił gola na wagę awansu do ćwierćfin...
Maciej Łaszkiewicz skomentował, że jest to pierwszy w historii przypadek człowieka, który podczas popołudniowego spaceru strzelił gola zapewniającego awans do ćwierćfinału Mistrzostw Świata.
Background
- Paul Graham (@paulg) is a well-known venture capitalist, co-founder of Y Combinator (the influential Silicon Valley startup accelerator), and a frequent commentator on tech, startups, and ambition. He wrote the widely-read essay "How to Do What You Love."
- The Polish tweet he retweeted (by Maciej Łaszkiewicz) is a sports-joke format: it describes "the first example in history of a man who, during an afternoon stroll, scored a goal that was worth advancement to the World Cup quarterfinals."
- The joke relies on the low-stakes contrast ("afternoon stroll") with the ultra-high-stakes context of a World Cup knockout match — the original Polish tweet was about Robert Lewandowski, the Polish captain, who appeared to casually score a crucial goal in a 2018 pre-tournament friendly. The video shows this moment.
- This tweet is classic Paul Graham: retweeting a meme that blends absurdity, intellectual wit, and a deep cut of European football culture — a combination his primarily tech/startup audience may need decoded.