Two Soyjaks Pointing | Know Your Meme

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Two Soyjaks Pointing refers to an exploitable image of two Soyjaks, with one pointing at an object behind them. Originating from a photograph of two men standing in front of Beyond Fried Chicken sign, the format gained notable popularity in October 2020.

Origin

On February 23rd, 2020, animal protection advocate John Oberg (@JohnOberg) tweeted a photograph of himself and another men standing in front of Beyond Fried Chicken sign at a KFC restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina (photograph and tweet shown below). In the photograph, Oberg is holding a serving of Beyond Fried Chicken nuggets, while the other men points at the sign behind him. In the photograph, both men are doing what is often referred to as Soyboy Face. The tweet received over 450 retweets and 2,100 likes in eight months.

Spread

On February 25th, 2020, Facebook group Occupy Democrats Logic used the photograph as an illustration for a post, with the post gaining over 3,500 reactions and 1,900 shares in eight months.

The image did not see spread in memes until on May 1st, 2020, an anonymous 4chan user posted a Reddit Moment meme using an exploitable based on the photograph in a /qa/ thread (post shown below).

Through May 2020, the original meme found active spread on 4chan, being reposted in threads on /an/, /co/, /int/ and other boards.

Starting in late August 2020, the exploitable discovered further spread on 4chan. For example, on August 22nd, 2020, an anonymous /v/ user posted an image mocking a Soyjak post made by another user. On September 4th, 2020, an anonymous /tv/ user posted another meme based on the exploitable.

On October 20th, 2020, John Olberg reposted the photograph on Twitter, later deleting his tweet. The reupload prompted reactions from a number of Twitter accounts which likened the faces of the men in the photo to the Soy Boy Face expression. For example, an October 21st tweet by user @herelisthighs containing both the image and the exploitable received over 100 retweets and 700 likes. Following the viral reactions on Twitter, more memes based on the exploitable were posted online in late October 2020.

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