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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours 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 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours 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 2 hours 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"