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Usually I'm all for uncanny ugly stuff

But there is something so genuinely annoying about how they look that makes me cringe so hard its actually a visceral reaction. I don't know if it's because 90% of them make eye contact at the veiwer (my autism hates eye contact), or that most of them are such mean-spirited characatures (the anti-trans ones in particular) that it immediately disgusts me or what.

It's like I can smell the intent to manipulate with stereotypes and it immediately rage baits me.

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[–] Fayne@hexbear.net 2 points 1 hour ago

I personally really enjoy wojaks, but wojak community is generally filled with far-right content. The best example of it is the soyjak wiki. Not to mention the fact that one of the most popular wojak, the soy wojak has originated from 4chan

TL:DR:

[–] shath@hexbear.net 3 points 7 hours ago
[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Which wojaks would you fight and which send you aflight?

[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I could take the soy-pointing wojaks, easy.

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 1 points 5 hours ago

I could take the soy pointing wojaks, hard panting

[–] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 8 hours ago

Its because theyre meant to dehumanise large groups of people and somehow became mainstream

[–] Super_Lumalo@hexbear.net 15 points 11 hours ago (4 children)
[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 4 points 7 hours ago

One must imagine wojak happy

[–] Letztertod@hexbear.net 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't even know wojaks could be used like this. I love it

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

It’s corny as fuck but you do have to look past the bullshit sometimes

Somewhere out there somebody is doing a little art or something with feeling, a little zest, and they’ll be lost forever in the margins but they are there if you look, and it feels nice to find them.

[–] Letztertod@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago

That's true, I honestly feel like crying sometimes and crying like a kid for parents, everything is just about dicks, sex, and everything a nazi would be interested. Like I have heard cuck one too many times.

[–] Super_Lumalo@hexbear.net 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's not corny. It's authentic.

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I don't think corny and authenticity are mutually exclusive, it can be both. Corny to me means 'sincere, a bit cliche' more than 'cringe'

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 8 points 11 hours ago

Much better

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 14 points 12 hours ago
[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 13 points 11 hours ago

bring back :troll:

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 9 points 11 hours ago

I like the context hat guy, he accurately captures my emotional state when I require context

[–] Tiocfaidhcaisarla@hexbear.net 8 points 11 hours ago

I agree, even if they're not being utilized for something racist or transphobic they give the air the feeling of something racist or transphobic

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We need to bring back old timey image macros

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

usually i have to go to a carnival to hear that kind of slang

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 1 points 9 hours ago

People sometimes tell me that my manner of speech can be hard to understand because I frequently channel the ghosts of dead flim-flam men from the early 20th century

[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I like them, they are all my boyfriend.

red-soul soypoint-1 red-soul

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 11 hours ago

STOP SMOOCHING THE WOJAKS

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 7 points 11 hours ago

I think it's a combination of them both being unpleasant to look at and the the picture usually making them look like they're getting all up in your face, they're meant to recreate the vibe of an unpleasant person with no respect for your personal space.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 11 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Like infinitely worse rage comics. Even when put to ostensibly leftist used they still evoke it.

Also the eye contact thing is a recent phenomenon imo, this time a decade ago when wojaks were mostly "feels guy" rather than even-lower-effort Ben Garrisson strips, they were usually looking out of frame. Hmm...

[–] Letztertod@hexbear.net 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That's why I hate most leftist communities, they're filled with chad-cuck, wojak, npc, and other 4chan style memes.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Absolutely too many leftist spaces online are waaaay too comfortable with 4ch shit, yeah...

[–] Letztertod@hexbear.net 3 points 8 hours ago

There's a reason so many are happy to outsource their thinking to a machine after all

I remember in 2016 I was saying that there's no reason that Pepe had a resurgence and wojak didn't. Like you should invest in wojak stocks because he's at least as versatile a meme as Pepe. I was right.

So this is to say that Pepe will have a new renaissance in the near future, my guess is a 2028 election. But also I miss when wojak was the feels guy. Like they'd put him in a RHCP music video with the caption "I don't ever want to feel that feel I felt that day"

maybe because a lot of them are rotoscope of actual pictures

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Wojaks make me happy. They stimulate my lil black heart wojak-nooo

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 5 points 11 hours ago

Ok but at least give him ears tho

[–] vanDerVaartBlackenedRanch@hexbear.net 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That one is fine actually. It's usually the ones that stare at you with their mouths open that gross me out the most.

The worst is the one that has hung itself. If you know, you know. If you don't, good.

[–] vanDerVaartBlackenedRanch@hexbear.net 16 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 3 points 8 hours ago

I unironically love this idiotic meme and always enjoy variants of two wojakified characters pointing at the thing and soyfacing

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

STOP POINTING AT ME IM SHY

[–] kittenzrulz123@hexbear.net 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

(I drew this wojack myself :3)

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 3 points 10 hours ago

they disgust me. well done.

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 2 points 9 hours ago

There's a bit of bodyshaming (sparse facial hair, baldness, double chins, wrinkles) that gives me the ick, now

smuglord is fine for me it's like, abstract and cartoonish enough, probably sketched without reference

soypoint-2 is literally a line drawing of an actual person with features stripped away to make them look more awkward which makes it feel more real/mean spirited

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Do you feel the same way about rage faces (Genuine question)? I mostly see wojaks as a type of rage face that people keep on insisting are not rage faces and get really bad if you point out that they're just rage faces.

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 9 hours ago

Not really, maybe only a little with the Troll Face