这一切都始于10月24日，网友"大仙"在豆瓣网发起活动来比较这三类青年的区别。短短几天，活动就吸引了十几万人参与，网友们用五花八门的合成图和段子诠释着当下青年们的现实生活.
It all started around Oct. 24 when a netizen named "Daxian" launched a campaign on Douban.com to compare the differences between three kinds of young people. In just a few days, the campaign attracted tens of thousands of composite photos and phrases posted by netizens as they sought to interpret modern life through the younger generation's eyes.
这些合成图通常包含一个青年的三种形象：普通、文艺和二逼，分别指代此人的普通属性、文艺范儿及"犯二"表现.
The composite photos usually consisted of three images of a young person in his or her ordinary, artistic and idiotic forms, representing his or her ordinary characteristics, cultural sensibility and funny or socially awkward deeds respectively.
网友们还在社交网站上贴出一些名人、动物、植物、卡通人物及游戏角色的合成图，来戏谑他们经典的三种"普文二"状态.
Netizens also posted composite photos of celebrities, animals, plants, cartoon characters and video game characters with three apparent pu-wen-er statuses on social network websites.
与图片类似，网上的一些段子也用以描述文艺青年的小资、浪漫情结以及二逼青年搞笑、过于直白而没心没肺的生活态度.
Similar to the photos, the phrases also attempt to describe the rosy, romantic mood of artistic youth and the humorous or extremely frank attitude of idiotic youth.
三种青年都有各自的拥趸者。普通青年是正常、低调的代名词，文艺青年偏向浪漫情怀，而二逼青年往往直白坦荡、特立独行，或者说是喜欢"犯二".
The three types of youth have their own fans. "Pu" fans enjoy a low profile, ordinary life; "wen" fans prefer a more romantic outlook, while "er" fans love to be frank, unique or idiotic, as the mood takes them.
这种新的分类当然激发了网友们的奇思妙想。天津网友"兔子抽"感慨道："自从有了这个活动，看什么都自动分类的有木有！"
The new classification has certainly caught the imagination of Internet users. A netizen called "Tuzichou" from Tianjin wrote: "Since pu-wen-er was invented, I couldn't help classifying everything I can see into three types."
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