Belarusian president’s speech sparks nationwide striptease
Remember the time when your country’s leader asked you to strip naked and work and everyone followed his orders? No? Well, Belarusia does!
Alexander Lukashenko, while delivering an inspirational speech about the importance of technology to the national economy, urged his country men to ‘get undressed and work till they sweat’.
Turns out the authoritarian president had meant to say “we should develop and work,” and had used the Russian word “raz-VI-vasta” , which means develop, which sounds very similar to “raz-DE-vasta” which means disrobe.
While the people of Belarus did understand the Freudian slip, they decide to take jab at the president and started posting pictures of themselves at working naked and using laptops and office equipment to shield their dignity. Posted on platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook with the hashtag #getnakedatwork (#раздеватьсяиработать) and it soon spread as far as the Baltic and other eastern European countries.
#раздеватьсяиработать #беларусь #минск #it #performance #irm #irmcreative
A photo posted by IRM Creative (@irm.by) on
#раздеватьсяиработать https://t.co/gQjKlzm6yu pic.twitter.com/YFbJmK7abu — TUT.BY (@tutby) June 24, 2016
#раздеватьсяиработать #музейбровки #ниднябезбровки #музей
A photo posted by Музей Петруся Броўкі (@museum_brovka) on
Президент сказал – надо выполнять! И безо всяких отговорок! #раздеватьсяиработать #голышом #наработе #конданачальстванет #офисныйпланктон #развлекаетсякакможет #office #nakedatwork #officeplankton A photo posted by Christina Santi (@anti_santi) on
#раздеватьсяиработать #флэшмоб
A photo posted by Dina Govorun (Халилова) (@khalildin) on
Ооо!) Еще народ подтянулся)#раздеватьсяиработать pic.twitter.com/FQJFU2jLfc — Дэйли Минск (@Daily_minsk) June 24, 2016
Голые и смешные #раздеватьсяиработать pic.twitter.com/kqZVcsPpYG
— M. (@Mary_So) June 24, 2016
It’s safe to say that even ‘the last dictator of Europe; was not expecting his people to follow his advice literally. Not only did his speech turn out counterproductive, it gave the citizens a fun time in a severely restricted political environment.
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