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#REDIRECT [[Yair Lapid]]
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[[file:Lapidomator.jpg|right|thumb|Yair Lapid, 2012]]
The '''Lapidomator''' is a [[Facebook|status]] [[Auto-text|generator]] of a unique text. This text was written by [[Yair Lapid]] when he served as the [[Ministry of Finance (Israel)|Finance Minister]] in the [[33rd government of Israel]], which acted in the [[Israeli legislative election, 2013|19th Knesset]], and prior to the 19th Knesset's elections as well.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Yair Lapid|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510034705/http://www.yairlapid.org.il:80/|title=Yesh Atid!|website=Yair Lapid|language=he|date=2012-05-09|access-date=2018-11-10|quote=I know you are disappointed with what happened in the past 24 hours.<br>Disappointed twice: once because you are citizens of this state and it is painful to see how cynicism has taken over all the political space, and no one even pretends to care.<br>The second time you are disappointed because we have already felt the taste of it, we have already been at the square, have already raised a sign at the intersection, have already started the campaign.<br>I felt that way for exactly two hours, and then I realized that this was our life's chance.}}</ref>
== History ==
Since the beginning of the 33rd Government, Lapid has written different statuses in Facebook, which have been looked quite similar.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Yair Lapid|url=https://www.facebook.com/YairLapid/posts/542427845815571|title=I want to be very clear about the equality of the burden|website=[[Facebook]]|language=he|date=2013-05-27|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=There will be an equality of the burden, or this government will fall apart. From the first moment ''[[Yesh Atid]]'' has taken upon itself to be the responsible and stable part of the government. I took upon myself all the difficult and unpleasant parts of the government's work, but if someone thinks that I went into politics only for solving the economic catastrophe which the previous government left here, he does not understand why I am here.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Yair Lapid|url=https://www.facebook.com/YairLapid/posts/2100594009998939|title=The situation is exacerbated by the fact that Netanyahu is now completely identified with the Republican Party|website=[[Facebook]]|language=he|date=2018-11-07|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=The Democratic victory in the US Congressional race creates quite a few challenges for the current government, and for more than two years everyone has been telling Netanyahu that it would happen, but he thought that he knew better.}}</ref> As there was a gap between the statuses which Lapid wrote and the work which ''[[Yesh Atid]]'' did at the Knesset,<ref>{{Cite web|author=TheMarker digital|url=https://www.themarker.com/news/1.2026547|title=15 promises and inaccuracies in Lapid's post – and how it affects your life|website=[[TheMarker]]|language=he|date=2013-05-22|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=TheMarker examination: The gap between the statements which were made by the Finance Minister Yair Lapid in his Facebook posting for presenting the successes in the budget, and the reality of the economic cuttings: incorrect calculations, announcements of a committee which has not yet been established, the lowering of prices which is not on the horizon, and no word about housing prices.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Itai Blumenthal, Omri Efraim and Moran Azoulay|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4482026,00.html|title=Criticism of the nutrition program: Poverty is not just food|website=[[Ynet]]|language=he|date=2014-01-28|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=The Finance Minister announced an addition of 30 million ILS for nutritional security, but the [[NGO]]s complained: "The treasury is making things difficult for us." [[List of members of the nineteenth Knesset|MK]] Herzog: "A gap between talk and action".}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Omri Efraim|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4482217,00.html|title=75,000 extra hot meals budgeted for 'nutritional security'|website=[[Ynetnews]]|date=2014-01-28|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=It is further unclear why a large amount of the funds is allocated to voluntary sectors and not transferred directly to underprivileged populations through magnetic cards or through existing infrastructure of government offices, a move that could save some of the costs. Many experts believe that the answer to solving problem of poverty is in raising low allotments and not in food distribution.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mishmar.org.il/nl/newsletter.php?nlid=131|title=More talk, less action|website=Al Mishmar HaKnesset|language=he|date=2014-08-26|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=The third session of the 19th Knesset is characterized by '''poor parliamentary work in all aspects of religion and state'''. On the other hand, the public discourse remains lively both in the media, in public '''and in the personal platforms of MKs on the social network'''.}}</ref> the Lapidomator has been created by Yoni Rozenshein (Programming),<ref>{{Facebook|yoniyoni|name=Yoni Rozenshein}}</ref> Saba Nachman (Idea and content), Asaf Sagi (Content)<ref>{{YouTube|u=msdnpimp|title=Asaf Sagi}}</ref> and Lihi Karni (Logo).<ref>{{Facebook|lihiputz|name=Lihi Karni}}</ref> on July 16, 2013 around 1:30 PM.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Lapidomator|url=http://www.lapidomator.com/about|title=Lapidomator was launched on 16.7.2013 around 13:30|website=Lapidomator|language=he|access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref><ref name=Mako>{{Cite web|author=Lila Odinaev|url=https://www.mako.co.il/nexter-internet/social-networks-facebook/Article-64e765f7d47ef31006.htm|title=Lapidomator: The Yair Lapid's statuses generator, drives Facebook crazy and embarrasses Lapid|website=[[Keshet_Media_Group#Mako|Mako]]|language=he|date=2013-07-16|access-date=2018-11-09|quote=The new toy that has been driving Facebook crazy in the last few hours is the Lapidomator – the statuses generator of the chairman of the ''"[[Yesh Atid]]"'' party, Yair Lapid – you choose the word and it puts it on a completely genuine status of Lapid.}}</ref> It generates new Lapid statuses of every word, and [[Keshet_Media_Group#Mako|Mako]] demonstrated three different statues which were generated from the words "Lapidomator", "Yair Lapid" and "[[Bullshit]]".<ref>{{Cite web|author=Lila Odinaev|url=https://www.mako.co.il/nexter-internet/social-networks-facebook/Article-64e765f7d47ef31006.htm|title=This status was not really written by Yair Lapid, the Chairman of the "Yesh Atid" party and the Finance Minister, on his Facebook page|website=[[Keshet_Media_Group#Mako|Mako]]|language=he|date=2013-07-16|access-date=2018-11-09|quote=1. I want to be very clear about '''Lapidomator''': The Lapidomator is on the verge of collapse. This is not going to happen on my shift. In this way, at least it will be short. Within two years the country will look quite different. Especially when it comes to the Lapidomator.<br>2. Let's talk about '''Yair Lapid'''. Yair Lapid must be dealt with. Taking care of Yair Lapid is not pleasant. I do not deny it. I believe that we have to live in a society in which Yair Lapid is important. I know other opinions in public, but these views lost the elections.<br>3. I have heard several kinds of people talking about hitting the '''bullshit'''. I say it, plain and simple – I am here to take care of the bullshit. I have undertaken to lead a party in which politicians take care of the bullshit instead of worrying only about themselves and their associates.}}</ref>
Rozenshein said: ''"We have noticed that the "Yesh Atid" party spends a lot of time on Facebook, instead of engaging in parliamentary activities. Their posts do not say anything. They are full of beautiful text and very little substance. A bit like Yair Lapid. So we decided to shorten the waiting time for Yair Lapid's new posts and simply build a site which produces them itself."''<ref name=Mako />
The Lapidomator was covered widely in the media,<ref>{{Cite web|author=Ido Kenan and Jonny Silver|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/captain/room404/.premium-1.2073116|title=Which status was written by Yair Lapid, and which one was written by a computer?|website=[[Haaretz]]|language=he|date=2013-07-16|access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Ido Solomon|url=https://www.mako.co.il/news-channel2/Six-Newscast/Article-826a0c7ab58ef31004.htm|title=Technology Flash: The Lapidomator has collapsed|website=[[Keshet_Media_Group#Mako|Mako]]|language=he|date=2013-07-16|access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Stuart Winer|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/lapidomator-becomes-an-internet-sensation|title='Lapidomator' is a Web sensation|website=[[The Times of Israel]]|date=2013-07-18|access-date=2018-11-09|quote=Spoof website automatically generates Facebook updates from Finance Minister Yair Lapid.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Maayana Miskin|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/170114|title=Lapid Amused by 'Lapidomator' App|website=[[Arutz Sheva]]|date=2013-07-21|access-date=2018-11-09|quote=Lapid told his followers that he had tested the 'Lapidomator' app at home. "I had a contest with the kids. They would enter, say, the word 'hummus', and I would write something, and then we would check the Lapidomator and see if it was similar", he explained.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Martin Sherman|url=https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Into-the-fray-What-an-idiot-328445|title=
Into the Fray: What an Idiot!|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=2013-10-10|access-date=2018-11-09|quote=As one of the creators of the Lapidometer, a satirical website that parodies Lapid’s pronounced penchant for the use of social media [...] it is difficult to comprehend how the public was duped into voting for him in such large numbers.}}</ref> and continued to be active also when Lapid ceased his job as the Finance Minister. On November 7, 2018, MK [[Tamar Zandberg]] complained about the empty seats of Lapid and [[Ofer Shelah]], which were absent during the vote upon the public transportation on [[Sabbath|Saturdays]],<ref>{{Cite web|author=Tamar Zandberg|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/tamarzandberg/posts/1426885930774903|title=Look at those empty chairs. These are the chairs of Yesh Atid MKs, who have just run away from voting on a public transportation bill on the Sabbath. Shame.|website=[[Facebook]]|language=he|date=2018-11-07|access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Yehonatan Lis|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politi/1.6633911|title=The opposition attacks 'Yesh Atid': "They fled from the voting upon public transportation on the Sabbath."|website=[[Haaretz]]|language=he|date=2018-11-07|access-date=2018-11-09|quote=At the party, they claimed that they set off with [[coalition#Government and politics|coalition]] members, and that they would present in the next week a law which was more correct for the Israeli society and had a broad consensus.}}</ref> and the Lapidomator generated an adequate status.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Lapidomator|url=http://www.lapidomator.com/posts/WVFP|title=The public transportation on the Sabbath|website=Lapidomator|language=he|date=2018-11-07|access-date=2018-11-09|quote=Carefully, without the trumpets fanfare and no ostentatious festivities, negotiations on the public transportation on Saturday, have been resumed. One should not let the anger blind us opposite the truth: the other possibility is the collapse of public transportation on the Sabbath, no less. If we were sitting idly by, the state would collapse [...] I said this week at the faction meeting about the public transportation on Shabbat: "They say that we do not understand politics, they are right. What does it mean? It means that we have no choice but to adhere to our principles and values, because that is what we do understand. About it we have to talk. About a public transportation on the Sabbath.}}</ref>
Until November 10, 2018, Lapidomator has generated 322,526 different posts of Yair Lapid.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Lapidomator|url=http://www.lapidomator.com/feed/popular|title=Popular posts|website=Lapidomator|language=he|access-date=2018-11-10|quote=Strands of hair; Sex with the ex; Silicone tits; My chair; Another movie with [[Adam Sandler]].}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Lapidomator|url=http://www.lapidomator.com/feed/top|title=Top posts|website=Lapidomator|language=he|access-date=2018-11-10|quote=[[Pearl Jam]]; [[Butt plug]]; [[Gav Ha'Uma]]; Women who do not shave legs in the summer; Mass orgies in the Knesset; [[Bitcoin]]; Bugs in production.}}</ref>
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==External Links==
* {{Official website|http://www.lapidomator.com|name=Lapidomator generator}}
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