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{{Distinguish|[[Soyak|the variant that started it all]]}}{{GemeraldShort|plural=yes|title=Soyjaks}}{{Infobox Concept|name=Soyjaks|image=[[File:Mainvariants.png|300px]]|caption=Some of the first soyjaks to exist. Clockwise from top left: [[Soyak]], [[A24]], [[Feraljak]], [[Tony Soprano Soyjak|Tony Soprano]], [[Markiplier Soyjak]], and [[Gapejak]]|type=Cultural phenomenon|created by=[[The_Swede_(artist)|The Swede]]|native_name=<small>Bald men with glasses</small>|date=December 30th, 2017 - Unknown}}
'''Soyjaks''', also known as '''Soy'''boy Wo'''jaks''' and '''bald men with glasses''', are humorous depictions of effeminate males called [[Soy boy|soy boys]]. Soyjaks and their use has become its own [[Soyical Arts|subculture]], originally on the now-defunct [[Qa/ (4chan)|Question & Answer board]] of the website [[4chan]], and now on [[Soyjak.party]] and other websites known collectively as the [[Soysphere]], where a [[Soy Community|community]] of individuals known as [[Soyteen|soyteens]] have gathered.  Soyjaks are traditionally used to imply that one's opponent is, in fact, a soy boy who looks like these depictions and says whatever is being quoted (usually their own past words). Two soyteens may quote each other back and forth with soyjaks in a competitive event known as a [[Soy Duel|soyduel]].

Although the exact [[Origin of soyjak|origin]] of soyjaks is a contentious topic, with multiple [[Proto-Soyjaks|proto-soyjaks]] being discussed as potential first soyjaks, most agree that the [[Soyak]] image created by the artist known as [[The Swede (artist)|The Swede]] on December 30th, 2017<ref>https://desuarchive.org/int/thread/83655045/#83658861</ref> is the first instance to meet all the known characteristics of a soyjak.

Specific images of soyjaks that are famous enough to have a name are called '''variants'''. A variant is graded as either IAS (Is a Soyjak) or [[NAS]] (Not a Soyjak). In order for a variant to be considered IAS, it must possess certain qualities such as baldness, an open mouth, glasses, forehead wrinkles, and more. Besides that, a variant may be declared a [[gem]] (a good variant) or [[coal]] (a bad variant).

== As an art form ==
Although the concept of 'jakking is frequently dismissed as strawman argumentation by the masses and criticized by [[trannies]], 'jakking and its culture has been acknowledged by some [[Chudjak|spectators]] as a form of subversive commentary on modern human nature, as well as expressionist and sometimes (as the [[CIA]] would put it) surrealist art, especially in regard to its following, wide variety of images, and their literary contexts produced as a result. 

The vast majority of soyjaks are not anti-aliased. This means that they are easy to edit, even with basic software like [[Microsoft Paint]]. As a result, soyjaks can be quickly modified to create personalized attacks on individuals of any [[Jews|race]], [[Islam (Parody)|creed]], [[Nigger|color]], [[ESL|nationality]], or {{Acktext|[[Trannies|gender]]}}. An excess of these soyjaks can be found on the [[SoyBooru]], a website that serves as a repository of them. 

Although originally designed to mock a certain kind of stereotypical, left-leaning, media-consuming male, soyjaks have evolved far beyond their original scope and can now be used to represent any being or object, or even [[Self-insert syndrome|oneself]]. 

== Gallery ==
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File:Soyak original.png|The very first Soyjak
File:Etymology.png|The etymology of the word "Soyjak"
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