The line adapts a preparation quote widely attributed to Abraham Lincoln: give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Online creators kept the formal setup but replaced sharpening with gooning, a slang punchline that flips the lesson from diligence to distraction. The contrast between an old motivational saying and modern internet slang is why the clip spread as a short meme sound, reused whenever someone claims to be preparing while clearly doing anything but the actual task at hand.