卡尔文·柯立芝Calvin Coolidge
他把「少说两句」变成了一种国家元首的作风。He turned “say less” into the working style of a head of state.
HALL OF BOREDOM / 005
1859 · 俄国 · 冈察洛夫小说主角1859 · Russian novel · Goncharov · Oblomov
小说的第一部,他几乎全程躺在床上。他有一套完整的理论:为什么要起床、为什么要出门、为什么一切都急不得。后来俄国人用「奥勃洛摩夫性格」来形容一个人彻底的懒散。For the whole first part of the novel he is essentially in bed. He has a complete theory: why get up, why go out, why anything should be urgent. Russian later used “Oblomovism” to describe a person of total idleness.
「为什么要起床呢。」“Why get up at all?”
入选理由:他是世界文学史上最著名的「躺平者」。Why they are here: He is the most famous “lying flat” figure in world literature.
他把「少说两句」变成了一种国家元首的作风。He turned “say less” into the working style of a head of state.
他证明了「什么都没有」也可以是一件作品。He proved that “nothing at all” can also be a work.
他把「看着什么都不发生」做成了艺术。He turned “watching nothing happen” into art.
他主动放弃了所有「值得一提」的东西。He gave up everything that could be called noteworthy — on purpose.
拒绝也可以是不动声色的。Refusal can be entirely without drama.
无限重复、毫无进展——这大概是「无聊」的终极形态。Endless repetition with no progress — the final form of boredom.
他用一个姿势,代表了一代人下班后的状态。With one pose, he represented what a whole generation looks like after work.
他是被研究「算」出来的无聊,也因此出了名。He became famous for being calculated into boredom.