Crying Soyjak vs. Mewing Jaw

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About

Crying Soyjak vs. Mewing Jaw is a series of memes in which one subject is labeled with an image of a crying Soyjak and another is labeled with an image of a mewing diagram depicting a jaw practicing proper mewing technique. The format is similar to the idea of Virgin vs. Chad memes, with the mewing diagram representing the Chad or a looksmaxxer. The meme was popularized on TikTok in January 2024.

Origin

On January 13th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @crystell posted a video of a calm cat lying in a bed with an angry caracal with an image of a mewing diagram and the caption "the cat started mewing" assigned to the cat and a crying Soyjak assigned to the caracal, garnering over 50,000 views in a month (shown below). It is unclear if this is the first instance of the meme, but is the earliest known.

@crystell Mewing cat #meme #foryoupage #tiktok #cat #mewing ♬ looksmaxxing – ayko

Spread

The meme spread over the following weeks. On January 15th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @alex.tdx posted a version of the meme using a video of streamer iShowSpeed and an orangutan, garnering over 2.1 million views in a month (shown below, left). On January 17th, TikToker^[3] @real__literalmenteeu posted a version of the meme using a clip of Ricky Berwick talking to a cat, garnering over 1.7 million views in the same span of time (shown below, right).

@alex.tdx Shh#fyp #meme #ishowspeed #monkey #mewing #elbruso ♬ som original – eu?

@real__literalmenteeu 🤫🧏🏻‍♂️ . . . . #lookmaxing #mewing #cats #meme ♬ original sound – ldfreal

On January 18th, TikToker^[4] @random_contentfortheboys posted a version of the meme that gained over 1.5 million views in the same rough span of time (shown below). On February 20th, X^[5] user @PunchingCat reposted the Ricky Berwick version of the meme, garnering over 55,000 likes in a day.

@random_contentfortheboys (bros him 🧏‍♂️🧏‍♂️) #avengersinfinitywar #thor #ebonymaw #marvel #mew #mewing #mog #comics #avengers ♬ som original – eu?

Various Examples

@koleedits Bye bye 🤫🧏 #raiden #raidenshogun #raidenei #raidenshogunedit #raidenshogungenshinimpact #genshinimpact #genshin #hoyocreators ♬ som original – eu?

@rosangliberalposting "🤫🧏‍♀️" – Leni Robredo . . . #fyp #foryourpage #fypage #mogging #mogged #mewing #looksmaxxing #looksmax #leni #lenirobredo #lenikiko2022 #vpleni #robredo #vicepresident #angatbuhaylahat #marcos #bbm #bbmsarah2022 #bbmfor2022president🇵🇭 #uniteam #halalan2022 #election #elections #debates ♬ som original – eu?