This simpleton with on the Internet is more popular than many politicians and show business stars. Who is Vasya Pupkin and why does everyone know him?
internet meme
Paradox, but in fact it does not exist. He is an Internet meme (a media object created by mass media).
For such purposes, even a new scientific word was singled out - an exemplifier. In this context, it is which is used to refer to an unknown person. For example, Ivanovs, Petrovs, Sidorovs often appear in jokes.
So school bench we are more familiar with the concept (for example, traitors are called Jews, Stakhanovites are the leaders of production), but this is not the same thing as an exemplifier. If in the first case there is usually some real person or artistic character gave a name to a generalized image, then in the second name and surname were specially invented to designate an already existing social phenomenon.
Vasily Pupkin - real phenomenon. Although he does not really exist, like Mickey Mouse and Santa Claus, but the Internet media space wants to convince us of the opposite.
After all, it is surprising, but the number of Vasya Pupkin's home pages just rolls over. There are more than 38 thousand profiles of the same name, and this is only in the Runet.
Who does the notorious character represent?
Often our compatriots like to remember the name of Alexander Sergeevich in vain. For example:
- Who will clean up?
— Pushkin! (used in the meaning of "nobody").
But Vasily Pupkin is "someone, but not me."
Currently, this character is a reflection of the mass Russian Internet user. The fact is that the World Wide Web has penetrated into every cell of the post-Soviet space, the number of network users is growing every year, and this people is quite motley and many-sided.
And among them there are some simpletons who consider themselves beaten experts in some areas and love to rant about this. They were dubbed Vasily Pupkins.
What is he?
In fact, netizens created Vasya Pupkin in their own image and likeness. Therefore, it is constantly evolving, like its creators: its values are changing, thinking is being transformed, it is acquiring new qualities.
Vasily Pupkin is active. He likes to be clever on all sorts of forums, never misses an opportunity to put his two cents in any discus. Although actually a little silly, but absolutely harmless. He lives according to the laws of network culture, supports averaged values.
Sometimes Vasily Pupkin means an arrogant writer, critic or political scientist, one hundred percent sure that he is right. Although even from the very combination of the name and surname it reeks of cross-cutting provinciality. What can I say, if naive suckers, who are easily used for their own benefit, are popularly called Vasya. Often they play the same role in jokes.
Also, this virtual character is sometimes used to personify his "not-I", rewarding him with negative qualities and primitive thinking, which disgust those who oppose themselves and Vasya Pupkin. For example, you can often hear such dialogues in everyday life: "I will not take this. Let Vasya Pupkin buy this." This is the name of the collective class of those individuals who are considered worse or lower than themselves, loved ones.
The origin of the folklore character Vasya Pupkin is ambiguous. Some associate his last name with the word "navel", that is, this man inspired himself that he was the navel of the earth. The latter even attribute to her historical roots: they say, there was such a failed rhymer Vasily Pushkin, a relative of Alexander Sergeevich, but he was not suitable for versification and a candle. Therefore, they twisted his last name as a joke in order to emphasize the absurdity of his claims to a pedestal in the field high poetry. Still others are sure that by his appearance this hero is associated with the author of the textbook on the arithmetic of times tsarist Russia, but more on that later. In addition, Vasisualy Pupkin (aka Vasya Pupkin) is sometimes also awarded the patronymic Alibabaevich (from the movie "Gentlemen of Fortune").
Why took root
Interestingly, unlike other common nouns, this is not written with lowercase, but with capital letter, creating the illusion of the real existence of such a person, and not just a collective image.
Russians are a nation that loves to laugh at themselves. Vasily Pupkin is the product of such self-irony. Even the combination of a rustic name and a stately surname creates a comic effect.
Among other things, it is convenient. His name and surname help to succinctly express the whole concept, characterize someone, or simply replace the usual username (username).
It is estimated that almost every second net user calls himself Vasya Pupkin when registering on some site. This is such an anonymous self-name.
Beyond the Web
This product folklore expanded its habitat and stepped outside the Internet pages. He is often mentioned in his speeches by politicians, referring to a whole class of commoners, a conditional image of a bearer of public opinion.
This is how the condescending attitude of the higher intelligentsia towards the people, and specifically towards the Russian people, is displayed. Dagestan or Ossetian Vasya Pupkin language does not dare to call.
In the army you can hear: "Sergeant Vasya Pupkin is ready for military service!" and the like. That is, this name and surname have long been used as an example of representation.
Vasily Pupkin "Arithmetic"
If you believe in the existence of an arithmetic teacher who published a textbook for parochial schools with notorious problems about the capacity of pools, then it becomes clear where his modern namesake "legs grow". Although the connection between them is difficult to establish. True, for some reason there is no such textbook anywhere in the libraries, there are no records of its existence in the archives, it is known only from the stories of old people who went to parochial schools in their distant childhood. Therefore, we can assume that this book - Vasily Pupkin's textbook - is just a replicated myth and nothing more.
Analogues in other languages
Such exemplifications are not a phenomenon of purely Russian folklore. For example, in the English vocabulary there is a certain John Doe. It was originally used to refer to a male plaintiff in a lawsuit if the real name is unknown or anonymous. The defendant's name was Richard Roe. John Doe is now a pseudonym for the unidentified body of a man in judicial practice. If we were talking about the same corpse of a woman, then she is given the name of the Child is called Baby Doe. Also, under such fictitious names, patients are recorded in hospitals who are not able to name their own. real name due to coma or amnesia.
A similar role is played by Mr. Smith. True, his name and surname are used in a broader sense of "anonymous" or "typical Englishman."
America has its own folklore character - Joe-Six-Pack (Joe Six-Cans). This is a representative working profession, not particularly weighed down by intellect, who tends to miss just such an amount of beer after work.
The real Vasya Pupkin
But how many namesakes of this virtual hero live in real world? At first glance, it seems that there should be at least a couple of dozen. On this occasion, studies were even conducted, and it turned out that such a surname is very rare for Russian society. Only about fifty representatives of the Pupkins were found, and among them there is only one Vasily, who lives in the Saratov region. How his name earned such popularity, he does not know.
Although this image is fictional, it lives a little bit in each of us. So, who is Vasya Pupkin? He is truly a hero of our time. It's sad, but, what time, such are the heroes.
... Crying parents come to the lodge at the foot of the mountain and say:
“Yesterday our son went to the mountains to ski, and he hasn’t returned yet!
- Wait a bit. What is the name of your son?
So who is he, famous Vasya Pupkin? Let's turn to Wikipedia:
A commission from the tax inspectorate flies into the reception room of the plant director, burst into his office:
- You have big problems: you don’t pay taxes, you don’t pay in social security and pensions, you delay your salary, - in general, the whole set. So get ready. You will be fired from your job, the article will be confiscated on you, etc. etc. - in short, dry crackers. Let's list your employees!
Bring lists. The Commission reviews them and asks the question:
- And what, Pupkin works for you?
Director says:
- If it is on the list, then it works.
Commission in response:
- We offer our deepest apologies, please forgive me, everything is fine at your enterprise, taxes, wages, etc. etc., and taxes - in general, you can not pay for 3 years!
They leave, walking backwards.
The director - his legs are wadded, his throat is dry, in a pre-infarction condition - he flopped into a chair, sat down, caught his breath, drank a hundred grams of cognac and thinks that he probably overworked, overheated and, in general, the roof is already going.
The next day, a crowd of local tough guys burst into his office with a frank collision:
- Hello, bro, you are fucked up, you don’t unfasten your money, you don’t pay for the roof, you offend people, now we will put you on money, a boiler - you know where to stuff it! Well, quickly drive the lists with your workers! ..
Bring lists.
The brothers are in shock.
- And what about you, Pupkin works?
Director:
- Yes, it works, cool sidekick, we are friends and all that!
Brothers:
- Bro, sorry, forgive me for God's sake, everything, in short, by the way, you don't need to unfasten anything, we'll pay extra ourselves, the roof will be free and in general, if anything - call! ..
A completely fucked-up director calls the head of the personnel department, well, and asks:
- Who is this - Pupkin?
She answers:
- Some kind of turner from the 3rd workshop.
The director summons him urgently. He comes all dirty.
The boss asks him:
- Who are you and why does everyone in the city know you?
Answers:
– I am known not only in the city, but also in far and near abroad, and even the Pope knows me!..
Now there will be a tearing of the covers.
Everyone on our Internet knows who Vasya Pupkin is - this is a conditional name and surname of some average citizen. There is such a special term: exemplifier. In the US, this is usually John Doe, and in various other countries - their own variations.
From Lurkomorye:
- American counterpart - John Doe, for women - Jane Doe or Mary Row.
- The French equivalent is Jean Durand, Monsieur Dupont.
- The German counterpart is Hans Müller and his wife Lizhen, Max Mustermann (Max For example) and his wife Erika.
- Dutch counterpart - Jan Loul, Jan Modaal
- Polish counterpart - Jan Kowalski, etc.
- The Italian analogue is Mario Rossi, more rarely Pinco Pallino.
- The Spanish equivalent is Fulanito Menganito.
- English equivalent - John Bull
- Portuguese variant - Senor Flanu
- Norwegian version - Ola Nordmann
- Hungarian version - Jola Kovacs
- Hindu version - Anamika
- The Japanese version is Yamada Taro. And his sister Yamado Hanako. And them glorious ancestors: Nanashi no Gombee ("someone from the imperial guard") and Nanno Nanigashi.
- The Chinese version is Zhang Xiaoming.
- The Korean version is Hong Gildong.
- Czech version - Petr Novak
But where did this Vasya Pupkin come from?
Wikipedia about the origin says tricky and this is how:
"Vasya Pupkin as a virtual character is a precedent phenomenon of virtual discourse, the result of the fantasy of Internet users."
Lurkomorye gives several of his versions:
But what is it really?
Citizens! Read books! I have already told you about this once, and .
In Vladimir Chachin, a journalist for Komsomolskaya Pravda and Pravda, in an interesting novel-trilogy The King from the Arbat (1968), we read about the boys of pre-war Moscow - from Plyushchikha Street. We read about how they, seventh-graders (that is, this is approximately 1937), looked at the school wall newspaper "Ten Grader":
"... Nearby is a funny page from Vasya Pupkin's diary. They don't have such Vasya in the class. They just came up with it. But everything is very cool."
So that! Vasya Pupkin is already 78 years old!
There was a textbook.
The tasks were there with something like this: In a unit of time, a certain amount flows into the pool from one pipe
amount of water, and some other amount of water flows out of another pipe. Question: how many hours will it take to fill the tank if its volume is N tons.
The conditions became more complicated, and, gradually, they made it possible to solve more and more difficult tasks.
I didn't get him.
We learned from others, but they were all based on the development of logical thinking.
To continue the discussion, I will tell about a conversation with a mathematician with whom I worked in those years when
School introduced the mathematics of Academician A.N. Kolmogorov.
I remember saying then that it didn't seem right to me to change the principles of teaching, and to start learning immediately from sets.
To which Roman Weizmann, that was the name of my opponent, a mathematician, replied:
"The trouble is that there are no prepared transformers," meaning the teachers.
And, I agreed with him.
For reference:
Kolmogorov, Andrei Nikolaevich - Wikipedia.
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Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov - Soviet mathematician, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century.
Kolmogorov is one of the founders modern theory probabilities, he obtained fundamental
results in topology, geometry, mathematical logic, classical mechanics, theory ...
Biography
Awards and prizes
Students of A. N. Kolmogorov
GDZ in Algebra for grade 10 Kolmogorov A.N. Reshebnik
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"The textbook is written at a high scientific level, the main theoretical provisions are illustrated concrete examples.
Each paragraph of the book contains examples of solving typical problems corresponding to the required level of training in
this topic, and more difficult tasks for students who have mastered the material well and perfectly. Questions and tasks
on repetition, which ends each chapter of the textbook, will allow students to check their knowledge
and skills in the main topics of the course, and can also be used by the teacher when conducting a final survey or
offset. Exercises for repetition of the entire course are placed in the chapter "Problems for repetition", and tasks of increased difficulty
contains the final chapter.
Do you feel the difference between the tasks in the textbook by Vasily Pupkin and Academician Kolmogorov?
A powerful toolkit for solving problems has been created, which, of course, makes it easier to solve them than based only on the knowledge of Pupkin's arithmetic.
But, at the same time, the solution is carried out in a formalized manner, as a rule, without a detailed understanding of the processes and patterns that lead to the solution.
As, for example, in the use of the theory of infinitesimals.
- How does this happen, where do these infinitesimals go, I asked myself more than once.
They are, in principle, material.
Where and how are they reduced?
In number theory, very powerful and not translucent devices are used, which also do not allow you to look into the calculation processes that take place, as it were, from the inside.
There is no step-by-step, step-by-step method for solving problems. The initiative of the problem solver is minimized.
And at the same time, number theory is to some extent akin to physics, where, through calculations, one can, as it were, conduct experiments,
in accordance with the requirement of the law of knowledge of philosophy: "from abstract thinking to experience, and then back to abstract thinking."
And so I often ask myself the question: "Shouldn't Vasily Pupkin's arithmetic be returned to the children?"
Of course, not my opinion, and not only mine, will not change the existing traditions.
Look what opposition met the introduction of EG.
I am a passionate fan of EG. For many reasons. But, of course, it's not about my preferences.
But, I really do not like it when the opponents of E G, as arguments for their correctness, cite the fact that very stupid questions are offered to the examinee.
“We need to come up with not stupid ones,” mentally, I object, I tell them.
If, for example, you ask: "What color was Tatyana Larina's beret" and give four possible answers, then this, in my opinion, is stupid.
But if you ask:
"What did Onegin ask Tatyana Larina's husband, not yet knowing that he was her husband?"
The answer becomes decisive in the degree of preparation of the examinee.
"Who is there, in a crimson beret, talking to the Spanish ambassador?"
And the questions, at the same time, should not be given to everyone. They should be chosen by the examinee, as well as the topic of the essay in the exams.
If the examinee has chosen the topic "Eugene Onegin", then, be kind, answer for your choice.
Why did I write this?
Everything can be done efficiently, because it is not exams that give knowledge, but the whole complex learning process over a long period, from a toddler to a homo sapiens.
I am sure about that. There would be desire and skill.
Sometimes it seems to me that the misunderstanding of the works by my opponents is explained precisely by the fact that we studied from different arithmetic textbooks.
It seems to me that when solving problems in number theory, for which there is a powerful apparatus based on calculations and comparisons, many problems can be solved on the basis of studying the existing calculation patterns that can only be understood ..
No matter how many methods were used to prove the BTF. But these powerful devices do not provide an assessment of the patterns that become apparent when using methods based on Vasily Pupkin's arithmetic.
How can you distinguish a factor
arising in
\(\large F_(b_x^n)\ =(b_x^n-1)/(2n) \),
or as a sign of the possibility of obtaining an exact degree through
\(\large F_(b_x^n)*(2n)+1 \),
or as a quantity due to the fact that the difference
\(\large (F_c-F_a) \)
contains such a factor.
And as a result, in the value \(\large F_(b_x^n) \) the factor \(\large n \) is missing. For the 2nd BTF Case, due to the appearance of an additional factor \(\large n \) in the power difference,
compared with their number in the difference (s-a), and for 1 Case of BTF and without this regularity.
compared to their number in the difference \(\large (c-a) \), and for 1 Case of BTF even without this regularity.
It turns out that so far it is beyond the power of any apparatus except for the calculation apparatus.
The existing pattern, in my opinion firm conviction, is an indisputable fact confirming the validity of the proof.
In my opinion, Felix Schmidel, a member of the dxdy forum, is also inclined to this.
But he did not express any concrete confession.
His position remained unexplained for me oh.
True, according to this pattern, there were no objections.
The objections raised, in my opinion, do not stand up to scrutiny at all.
But the moderator Lia closed the topic.
I really don’t know who he is, and how deep he is in the subject, but the fact is the fact.FbnxA
I understand that winning supporters is not a quick thing, but hope remains.
And if it is not in vain, then, to a large extent, thanks to the arithmetic of Vasily Pupkin.
I remember that I was not given fractions. I could not understand how it is possible to divide 2/3 of an apple and 3/5 of another apple equally among four tomboys.
My father was very annoyed by my lack of understanding.
He forgave me both deuces in dictations and triples in history, but he could not forgive a deuce in arithmetic.
He told me, "It can't be that my son doesn't understand arithmetic."
It came to screaming, to standing in the corner.
And this went on, as I recall, for quite a long time.
And suddenly, I realized how you can divide all these parts of apples first into 4 parts, and then between the tomboys.
How wonderful the arithmetic lessons became, and even more so the control ones, when I was the first to run out of class in the middle of the lesson and ran home to report my progress to my mother.
And throughout all school years, I had no more difficulties in understanding either algebra, or geometry, or chemistry, or physics. Maybe because I just learned how to simplify the problem, or rather, to make two, three or more simple ones out of it, the solution of which I either already knew, or they ceased to be unsolvable.
My father, my head teacher, provided me with not only ease of learning, but also pleasure from studying the exact sciences at school. And this love for the exact sciences remained with me for the rest of my life.
And being engaged in life not at all exact sciences, I was often distracted from the routine monotony, plunging into the decision, or understanding of something new and unknown to me.
And even the swearing of the authorities, when I worked at the coal mine as a mining foreman, where without it I could not seem to move away, almost beyond the horizon, when I, pretending to listen to the swearing, continued to try to understand how to determine more whether it is divided or not number A, divisor C.
In college, I no longer enjoyed exact sciences.
That's right, it's his own fault.
Gabai, a teacher from God, read mathematics to us.
He led us and practical. Somehow he called me, but I was not ready.
Maybe that's why, for the first semester, and for the second, he gave me triples.
There was no more mathematics, and I did not manage to rehabilitate myself.
Almost everything from the exact sciences was taught somehow dryly, formalized, not interesting. There was no sense, significance, usefulness.
Maybe because there was no teacher next to me who, like my father, would have been able to reveal to me the way to understand arithmetic. Higher mathematics did not captivate me, just like Kolmogorov's mathematics - it is true that the best time for understanding has passed, it has become more and more difficult to learn new things. But, sometimes, it seems to me that it would not be bad if, at the right age, I would also be taught Kolmogorov's mathematics.
It seems to me that a parallel study of arithmetic would be useful for me.
And, perhaps, even now, caring dads, it is not useless to try to solve problems from Vasily Pupkin's arithmetic with their little ones.
After all, it is known that knowledge of two languages increases the inclination and, not least, the ability to write.
How many doctors have become writers, and what!
A serious study of Latin is certainly not useless for the observed effect.
Who knows, maybe the parallel study of arithmetic will also not be useless for someone, and perhaps it will provide not only pleasure, but also success.
I think it's worth a try.
Observant parents cannot fail to notice whether or not the peanut enjoys the activities.
And, if it appears, then I assure you, it may come in handy in the future.
