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explain to me please
It is great now in the Maldives.
впрочем к тебе это не имеет никакого отношения. Работай, не Отвлекайся
However to you it has no relation. Work, Do not be distracted.
Is this humor?
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Attachment 1009
explain to me please
It is great now in the Maldives.
впрочем к тебе это не имеет никакого отношения. Работай, не Отвлекайся
However to you it has no relation. Work, Do not be distracted.
Is this humor?
That's a rather cruel humor. It's a thing called demotivator :)
Mordan,
The idea behind this is an average office worker stuck in tedious and boring office routine. It's warm and relaxing somewhere (Maldives in this case), but you have tedious work to do, so sit and work.
I agree this is less than low-brow 'humour'.
Russians have an extremely different sense of humor in comparison with other Europeans.
This for me sounds like an oskarplenie.
What it wants to say? On the one hand I am the idiot working and on the other hand the rich are having holidays drinking cocktails without worries in Malvides?
Immediately when I saw the picture the first idea that came to my mind was: "F.ck those who relax in that place!"
What the Russians thought?
Лично я думаю, что это глупая картинка и попытка пошутить от человека, не имеющего чувства юмора. :)
Antonio,
This 'humour' reminds me of 'office bottom dweller' discussion I started in 2011 http://masterrussian.net/f31/office-plankton-18414/
гагага! офисный планктон :-)
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а что это оскарпление (oskarplenie)?
I actually liked to message when i first read it. Made me smile. I thought I would ask on this MR forum though. I did well. :)
I see this as Why should you care about rich people? Imagine students looking at this picture during their study time :)... What's the point of wasting your time doing non productive stuff like dreaming about holidays and being rich? Or "Be happy with what you have?" но слова работай, не отвлекайся немного агрессивные
Of course if you don't have a sense of humor, your might resent those well-off people.
He meant оскорбление (an insult)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordan
not necessarily, it's a humorous metaphorical description (but the connotation is not very positive), but could be an insult if used in a certain manner...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordan
also you are perfectly right when you say about aggressiveness of the phrase in topic question.
Demotivational posters are often insulting. Как любят говорить на lurkmore "чуть чаще, чем всегда".
This one is not a particularly good though.
Hello,
I wasn't really aware of that kind of demotivational humor.
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This one made me laugh.. you know after seeing SOOOO many videos of people doing extremely dangerous things for showing it off on youtube,... that picture cracked me up.
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Originally Posted by Mordan
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Если бы такая картина висела на стене в темной, жаркой, душной фабрике где-то в Мексике, и средний работник в той фабрике зарабатывает всего два доллара в день, и никогда не достигнет возможность выехать в отпуск на мальдивный пляж, тогда это не было бы юмор, а какой-то садизм.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordan
Но, если бы такая картина висела на стене в московском офисе, где сотрудники сидят в плюшевых стульях, работатют за компьютерами в помещением с кондиционером против июльского зноя, мечтают о двенедельнем зимнем отпуске на пляже где-то на Кипре... тогда ЭТО юмор было бы. (Не очень смешно, а всё-таки юмор.)
It's a "Demotivator"-style poster with a guy doing a very dangerous-looking stunt on a mountain bike, with the caption:Quote:
Originally Posted by Soft sign
ADVENTURE
Keep Living Like There's No Tomorrow
And You'll Be Right Sooner Than You Think
P.S. Note that "to live like there's no tomorrow" is a крылатое выражение in English -- and maybe that's why this poster seems a little bit funnier than the Russian example (because, as far as I know, there isn't a common expression about taking a vacation in the Maldives).
Not too funny picture, indeed, but it is definitely humor, reminding popular old joke from USSR times.
Typical situation:
Instead of studying in warm classes, students of my class in school (i.e. школьники) are helping kolkhoz's workers to gather beet crop.
Beet had not grown, it is snowing in September, and there is no hope to get warm in the field. All are in low spirits. Suddenly one guy screams cheerfully:
"Работайте, негры, солнце ещё высоко!"
Isn't it funny :tea:
"Isn't it funny"
I guess in a "Blazing Saddles" un-politically correct way.
Scott
I agree. Like There's no Tomorrow makes it funny. The play on words is well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Throbert McGee
I think the Russian one in the right context can be funny. Similar to the "Работайте, негры, солнце ещё высоко!"
If it is screamed by a guy doing the work along with his comrades. Provides some funny insight on their hardship. :). It all depends on the way it is delivered
I need help to understand another russian one.
I can't find a good translation of упёртым. Спасибо!
http://nafunya.org/wp-content/upload...zZKtg2xwYU.jpg
В жизни надо быть упёртым, но не бараном. (демотиватор) | naFUNya
I think, упёртый = stubborn. At least, a dictionary says "stubborn - having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, esp. in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so.", and this definition fits well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordan
By the way, there are three similarly looking words, that have similar meanings: упёртый, упорный, упрямый.
Упёртый often has negative connotations ("stubborn, not flexible").
Упорный has positive ones ("dogged, strong, persistent").
And упрямый is more or less neutral. Not so negative as упёртый.
The picture is related to Russian proverb: "Смотреть как баран на новые ворота"
The point is that sheep/rams usually walk along familiar routes and stand against any attempts of bringing them to unknown territory.
If a person is "showing dogged determination not to change his/her attitude or position", we can say: "Он на это смотрит как баран на новые ворота."
Looks like obstinate also fits.
упёртый - word with negative connotation for stubborn, pursuit of one's goal
the expression is Упёртый, как баран = Stubborn as a ram (meaning is negative, ram being a symbol of stubborn stupidity in Russian culture)
So the implication is: One has to be stubborn in pursuit of one's goals in life, but not too stubborn in a ramlike fashion.
another one i like
Мой отпуск
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Если б я имел коня - это был бы номер.Quote:
Если бы такая картина висела на стене в темной, жаркой, душной фабрике где-то в Мексике, где средний работникв той фабрикезарабатывает всего два доллара в день, и никогда недостигнетполучит возможности выехать в отпуск на мальдивский пляж, тогда этоне было быбыл бы не юмор, а какой-то садизм.
Но, если бы такая картина висела на стене в московском офисе, где сотрудники сидят вплюшевыхвелюровых креслахстульях, работают за компьютерами в помещении с кондиционером,противзащищающим их от июльского зноя, мечтают о двухнедельном зимнем отпуске на пляже где-то на Кипре... тогда ЭТО был бы юморбыло бы. (Не очень смешно, а всё-таки юмор.)
Если б конь имел меня - я, б, наверно помер...
(Анекдот про Вовочку)
Сидеть на стуле / сидеть в кресле
Плюшевый: http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4427/...2378a_orig.jpg
Велюровый: https://b-a.d-cd.net/2978648s-960.jpg
