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[–] strlcpy@programming.dev 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Soyjaks

Which is another harmful stereotype around the manly meat-eater vs. weak 'soyboy' tropes (which also has a history in anti-Asian racism)

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Is this a bit where you play a caricature of a 2010 Tumblr user? Soyjak is the name of the meme character.

[–] strlcpy@programming.dev 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Which is the soyboy trope:

Soyjaks are a group of internet memes that are black and white drawings depicting the soy boy stereotype,

-- Wikipedia

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

And like the chad guy, we're using it to make fun of people who use it in earnest. We're not calling people soyboys and do not need to avoid the word "soyjak"