Gagarin’s 108 Minutes Outside Russia

Yuri Gagarin didn’t drink, didn’t smoke and trained all his life in order to spend 108 minutes outside Russia

Yuri Gagarin smiles inside his space helmet while wearing an orange spacesuit. The joke exaggerates the strict preparation and sacrifice required for his historic flight by framing his 108 minutes in space as the ultimate payoff for a disciplined life, making it useful as an absurd reaction to intense effort for a very brief result. EN: Yuri Gagarin smiles inside his space helmet while wearing an orange spacesuit. The joke exaggerates the strict preparation and sacrifice required for his historic flight by framing his 108 minutes in space as the ultimate payoff for a disciplined life, making it useful as an absurd reaction to intense effort for a very brief result.

• @sbunem / 3059 2020-01-20