Wojak
| Wojak | |
|---|---|
| 首次登场 | Vichan imageboard, 2009 |
| 角色设定信息 | |
| 昵称 | Feels Guy |
| 外部图片链接 | |
|---|---|
 Wojak在Know Your Meme |
Wojak（/ˈwoʊdʒæk/；WOH-jak，波兰语：wojak [vɔjak]，松散的士兵或战士），又叫Feels Guy, 是一个互联网迷因，其原始形式是一个简单黑色轮廓卡通画，描绘了一个带着渴望表达抑郁的孤独表情秃头男人。插图来源未知。[1]首次可能出现于2009年vichan的波兰图像板上，后来2010年被一张名为wojak的海报转发到德国图像板krautchan。
该迷因随后在4chan爆红，与短语例如“我知道那种感觉，兄弟（英语：I know that feel, bro）”、“那种感觉（英语：that feel）”、“那种感觉当（英语：that feel when）”相关联。
历史
最一开始“wojak”是一位波兰用户在德国图像网站在英文版的用户名称，这位用户在2010年左右开始上传这张图片，并经常伴随着有关单身，没有女朋友的哀叹，跟据这位用户的说法，这图像原先来自波兰的vinchan 图像网站，以“ciepla twarz.jpg”(波兰语:温暖的脸)为档案名被上传到vinchan的，纽约时报的布莱恩·费尔德曼（Brian Feldman）对这wojak迷因的描述是“虽然痛苦，但还是要试着面对。”
目前已知的最早的“Wojak”是一位波兰用户在已关闭的德国图像讨论版Krautchan的英语讨论区/int/上的用户名称，他在2010年左右开始张贴该图像，通常伴随着对于没有女朋友的哀叹。[2] 据他所说，该图像最初来自波兰的图像讨论版vichan，当时的文件名称为“ciepła twarz.jpg”（波兰语中的“温暖的脸”）。[3] Brian Feldman of Intelligencer describes the meme Wojak's expression as "pained but dealing with it".[4]
该图像亦传播至其他图像讨论版，如4chan等。在2011年时，一张标题为“I know that feel bro”，两个Wojak人物互相拥抱的图像使得此迷因流行了起来。[2]
Wojak亦经常与模板短语“that feel”或“that feel when”（简称为“tfw”）结合使用。[2][3]
一些迷因创作将其与佩佩蛙结合在一起（口号为“feels good man/feels bad man”），费尔德曼称之为“memescape内的柏拉图式浪漫”。[3]
Variants
NPC
In October 2018, a Wojak with a gray face, pointy nose and blank, emotionless facial expression, dubbed "NPC Wojak", became a popular visual representation for people who supposedly cannot think for themselves or make their own decisions, comparing them to non-player characters – computer-automated characters within a video game. NPC Wojak has gained online notoriety.[5][6] The meme gained media attention, initially in Kotaku and The New York Times, due to its usage in parodying the supposed herd mentality of American liberals.[5][7] This usage of the meme has been attributed to Donald Trump rivals.[8] About 1,500 Twitter accounts falsely posing as liberal activists with the NPC meme as a profile picture were suspended for allegedly spreading misinformation about the 2018 United States elections.[7] [8] On January 13, 2019, a conservative art collective known as "The Faction" hijacked a billboard for Real Time with Bill Maher, replacing Maher's image with that of the NPC Wojak.[9]
Coomer
In November 2019, the "Coomer" Wojak picked up in popularity with the "No Nut November" trend. The Coomer depicts a smiling Wojak edit with unkempt hair, red rimmed eyes, and an untidy beard. This Wojak is sometimes depicted with a skinny frame, and a large, muscular right arm resulting from excessive masturbation. It is generally understood to represent someone with a pornography addiction.[10] Much of this meme's popularity can be attributed to the "Coomer Pledge", a viral internet trend which dared people to abstain from masturbation for all of November, and change their profile picture to an image of the Coomer if they were to fail.[11]
Doomer
The doomer is an image macro and character archetype that first appeared on 4chan. The image typically depicts Wojak wearing a black beanie and a black hoodie, with dark circles under its eyes, while smoking a cigarette. The archetype often embodies nihilism, clinical depression, hopelessness, and despair, with a belief in the incipient end of the world to causes ranging from climate apocalypse, to peak oil, to alcoholism, to (more locally) opioid addiction.[12][13][14] The meme first appeared on 4chan's /r9k/ board in September 2018.[15]
A related meme format, "doomer girl", began appearing on 4chan in January 2020, and it soon moved to other online communities, including Reddit and Tumblr, often by women claiming it from its 4chan origins.[15] This format is described by The Atlantic as "a quickly sketched cartoon woman with black hair, black clothes, and sad eyes ringed with red makeup". The doomer girl character is often associated with the e-girl and alternative subcultures. The character often appears in image macros interacting with the original doomer character.[15][16] The format is often compared to rage comics.[17]
Soyjak
Soyjak, a portmanteau of "soy" and "wojak", is a variation of Wojak that combines Wojak-style illustrations with features of a soy boy or "nu-male".[18][19] It is typically used in online discourse, such as on 4chan and various other sites and imageboards, to mock an opponent's position by quoting them alongside a Soyjak image.[20] The first example of Soyjak appeared in December 2017 on 4chan's /int/ board. It quickly gained notoriety on the site, spawning many edits and variants, commonly mocking interests associated with "soy boys", including use of sites such as Reddit or 9gag, playing Nintendo Switch, or cuckoldry, among other things. Soyjaks usually have large open mouths. Aside from the original Soyjak variant, a Wojak edit with glasses and a scraggly beard, it became popular to trace real-life people perceived to fit the "soy boy" stereotype.[21]
另见
参考
- ^ Wojak. Know Your Meme. [2022-03-20]. （原始内容存档于2022-07-07）.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brown, Elizabeth Nolan. That Feeling When.... Bustle. [2018-10-19]. （原始内容存档于2018-10-19） （英语）.
- ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Feldman, Brian. What 4chan Memes Will Go Mainstream in 2017?. Intelligencer. [2019-02-09]. （原始内容存档于2018-10-19）.
- ^ Feldman, Brian. People Are Arguing About the Size of Their Brains Using MS-Paint Illustrations. Intelligencer. 13 February 2017 [1 August 2021]. （原始内容存档于1 August 2021） （美国英语）.
- ^ 5.0 5.1 Alexander, Julia. The NPC meme went viral when the media gave it oxygen. The Verge. October 23, 2018 [23 December 2018]. （原始内容存档于23 October 2018）.
- ^ Sommerlad, Joe. What is an NPC? The liberal-bashing meme sweeping social media ahead of the US midterms. The Independent. [2018-10-23]. （原始内容存档于2018-10-24） （美国英语）.
- ^ 7.0 7.1 Why has Twitter banned 1500 accounts and what are NPCs?. BBC News. 17 October 2018 [2018-10-19]. （原始内容存档于2018-10-17）.
- ^ 8.0 8.1 What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet's New Favorite Insult?. The New York Times. [2018-10-19]. （原始内容存档于2018-10-16）.
- ^ Bond, Paul. Bill Maher Labeled "NPC" by Conservative Street Artists. The Hollywood Reporter. January 13, 2019 [January 15, 2019]. （原始内容存档于January 14, 2019）.
- ^ Dickson, E. J. How a New Meme Exposes the Far-Right Roots of #NoNutNovember. Rolling Stone. 2019-11-08 [2019-12-30]. （原始内容存档于2019-11-08） （美国英语）.
- ^ Iskiev, Max. Breaking Down the 'Coomer Pledge' Taking Over No Nut November 2019. StayHipp. 2019-11-11 [2019-12-30]. （原始内容存档于2020-09-28） （美国英语）.
- ^ Read, Max. Is Andrew Yang the Doomer Candidate?. Intelligencer. 2019-08-01 [2019-10-17]. （原始内容存档于2019-08-01） （美国英语）.
- ^ Keating, Shannon. Against Nihilism. BuzzFeed News. 11 September 2019 [27 April 2020]. （原始内容存档于4 June 2020） （英语）.
- ^ Knibbs, Kate. The Hottest New Literary Genre Is 'Doomer Lit'. Wired. 17 February 2020 [27 April 2020]. （原始内容存档于4 June 2020） （英语）.
- ^ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Tiffany, Kaitlyn. The Misogynistic Joke That Became a Goth-Meme Fairy Tale. The Atlantic. 3 February 2020 [27 April 2020]. （原始内容存档于4 June 2020）.
- ^ Martinez, Ignacio. Meet 'Doomer Girl,' the new voice of a classic meme. The Daily Dot. 7 January 2020 [28 April 2020]. （原始内容存档于4 June 2020）.
- ^ Meet 'Doomer Girl,' the new voice of a classic meme. The Daily Dot. 2020-01-07 [2021-01-15]. （原始内容存档于2020-06-04） （美国英语）.
- ^ Abascal, Luis. Basado, charocracia, chad o pesetas y cunetas: así habla el Team Facha. Elplural. 4 July 2021 [22 Sep 2021]. （原始内容存档于19 September 2021） （西班牙语）.
- ^ West, Ed. Why the Left can't meme. Unherd. 14 Aug 2021 [22 Sep 2021]. （原始内容存档于24 September 2021）.
- ^ Rawnsley, Adam. Afghanistan's Shitposting Taliban Stan Finds Right-Wing Fame. The Daily Beast. 11 Sep 2021 [22 Sep 2021]. （原始内容存档于13 September 2021）.
- ^ Klee, Miles. 'Soy Face' Is Real, and It's Annoying — It Just Needs a Better Name. Mel Magazine. 2020 [22 Sep 2021]. （原始内容存档于1 October 2021）.
外部链接
- Wojak / Feels Guy——解释各种网络迷因和火红现象的网站Know Your Meme
- Soy Boy Face / Soyjak——解释各种网络迷因和火红现象的网站Know Your Meme
- 互联网档案馆中的wojak收藏