>According to the lore, Soyjak is a redraw of the Wojak based on a 2017 4chan trend obsessing over the “nu-male mouth” or smile. This expression consists of a mouth opened in excitement either with a small smile or none at all with eyes that express little at all, considered “dead” or joyless.
I like her description of the original soyjak, unfortunately lost on many, including myself
>As the years went by, people began to appropriate the imagery to reject the idea that he’s cringe, unattractive, or in any way a negative portrayal of a person.
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>Especially in variations that show him hyped about nerdy stuff, such as the pointing meme, the Soyjak has come to represent a genuine and endearing enthusiasm. Perhaps it’s okay to like things like certain video games or cool bugs or anything, really.
This however sucks, and it even applies to people both within and without the soysphere! The horror, nusoicacas…
