“I saw the news that Trump called one of his bills “Big beautiful bill,” that is, “a big beautiful bill.” And suddenly it occurred to me that Trump’s public rhetoric is incredibly reminiscent of the language of Ellochka the cannibal from “12 Chairs”: she had a “fat and handsome guy,” while Trump had a “big and beautiful bill.” I think it would be possible, by analogy, to compile a lexicon of approximately thirty words that would cover a significant part of what Trump expresses to the public...
June 26, 2025 — Moscow, SIZO
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“I saw the news that Trump called one of his bills “Big beautiful bill,” that is, “a big beautiful bill.” And suddenly it occurred to me that Trump’s public rhetoric is incredibly reminiscent of the language of Ellochka the cannibal from “12 Chairs”: she had a “fat and handsome guy,” while Trump had a “big and beautiful bill.” I think it would be possible, by analogy, to compile a lexicon of approximately thirty words that would cover a significant part of what Trump expresses to the public. The main thing there would, of course, be the word “great” (with derivatives like “greatness” and the phrase “great again”). And if you feed all these Trumpian “float and flutter”, all these clichés, to artificial intelligence and ask them to derive some average speech from them, then it might turn out funny.
Your Vasya N., pre-trial detention center-1, St. Petersburg"
Your Vasya N., pre-trial detention center-1, St. Petersburg"
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«Увидел новость, что Трамп назвал один свой законопроект “Big beautiful bill”, то есть “большой красивый законопроект”. И вдруг подумалось мне, что публичная риторика Трампа невероятно напоминает язык Эллочки-людоедки из “12 стульев”: у нее был “толстый и красивый парниша”, а у Трампа же – “большой и красивый билль”. Думаю, можно было бы по аналогии составить лексикон из условно тридцати слов, который покрыл бы заметную часть высказываемого Трампом на публику. Главным там было бы конечно же слово “great” (с производными типа “greatness” и фразой “great again”). А если скормить все эти трамповские “взвейтесь-развейтесь”, все эти клише, искусственному интеллекту и попросить вывести из них некую усредненную речь, то может выйти забавно.
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