Depicted As A Soyjak

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Depicted As A Soyjak is a catchphrase meme where one arguer claims victory by drawing the other as a Soyjak and themselves as a Chad3. The full line "I've already depicted you as the Soyjak and me as the Chad" spread on Twitter through 2020, often used ironically by the person actually losing the argument3.

Overview

Depicted As A Soyjak is a catchphrase built on the Soyjak vs. Chad image format, where one party in an internet argument claims to have already ended the debate by illustrating their opponent as a slack-jawed Soyjak and themselves as a stoic Chad3. The joke leans on the absurdity of treating a rough MS Paint drawing as an actual rhetorical weapon.

The line usually appears in full as "I've already depicted you as the Soyjak and me as the Chad," though shortened variants circulate widely3. Part of the humor is that the meme is often used by whoever is actually losing the argument, who tries to salvage a win by declaring themselves the Chad after the fact3.

How It Spread

The intermediate step came from Twitter user @spicedoevsky (account since suspended), who posted a Modern Seinfeld gag in 2020 featuring George Costanza upset that his argument had been turned into a Soy Wojak4. That version hooked the format to a specific insult rather than a generic sad face.

The switch to the Soyjak spelling landed on November 25, 2020, when Twitter user @giganticbuddha posted a version drawn with Tomoko from the anime WataMote, showing the character flipping through Soyjak faces to pick the right one for her opponent2. From there the phrase mutated into remixes across Twitter and 4chan's Soyjak-focused boards, and the line became a reliable closer in political, gaming, and anime arguments online3.

How to Use This Meme

A typical version pairs two hand-drawn figures side by side, with the opponent labeled and drawn as a Soyjak (open mouth, glassy eyes, patchy beard) and the poster rendered as a smirking Chad. The caption commonly includes the "I've already depicted you as the Soyjak and me as the Chad" line, often replied under someone else's post to declare the argument over3.

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