Psycho Wojak / Le Scary Face
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The Psycho Wojak or Demonic Grin Wojak, also known as "Le Scary Face", is a Wojak variant of Feels Guy with an unnaturally large grin and black, beady eyes. Its first known posting was on 4chan in 2018, and going into the 2020s, the character became closely associated with the NATO Article 5 Memes and others made about the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine posted to subreddits like /r/PoliticalCompassMemes.
Origin
Currently, the Psycho Wojak's first known upload was made to 4chan's[1][2] /v/ board on September 14th, 2018, by an anonymous user who wrote "Have you ever been scared by a game? i havent" (shown below). The post received numerous replies including one that said, "good 'jak, what is it called?"
Spread
On the next day, September 15th, 2018, the Psycho Wojak was posted to 4chan's[3] /tv/ in which the anon wrote ">yeah man, spooky movies dont really spook me at all / be honest, which flick really SPOOKED you?" The post received numerous replies (shown below). The Wojak then spread to multiple 4chan image boards in late 2018 and 2019.[4]
![85KiB, 822x901, sjak_0.jpg View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace Anonymous Sat 15 Sep 2018 [41/3/31] 03:42:20 No.103709652 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>103709696 >>103709992 >>103710033 >>103710036 >>103710059 >>103710076 >>103710099 >>103710140 >>103710370 >>103710640 >>103710703 >>103710852 >>103710854 >>103712985 >yeah man, spooky movies dont really spook me at all be honest, which flick really SPOOKED you?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/525/743/98b.png "Psycho Wojak 4chan")
On January 23rd, 2021, /u/Haver_Of_The_Sex posted an image of the Wojak to /r/PoliticalCompassMeme on Reddit[5][6] with the title "Who is this guy and why is everything he says super fucking based," earning roughly 1,100 upvotes in two years (shown below, left). The post inspired mass usage of the Psycho Wojak in the subreddit going into 2021. For instance, on March 21st, 2021, Redditor /u/posted a meme to /r/PoliticalCompassMemes that used the Wojak, gaining roughly 12,700 upvotes in two years (shown below, right).
Poland Wojak Pushing NATO Article 5 Button
The trend of using the Psycho Wojak in political memes eventually led to its usage in the Poland Wojak Pushing NATO Article 5 Button meme amid the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The first known appearance of the video meme was on March 4th, 2022, when it was posted to Reddit's [7] /r/NonCredibleDefense by Redditor JacketsTapeRecorder, where it gained roughly 6,900 upvotes in one year (shown below).
Various Examples
![85KiB, 822x901, wojak number 7.jpg Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace + Anonymous Wed 16 Dec [10/5/9] 2020 15:02:24 No.143668242 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>143669104 >>143669194 >watching a tv show >say the character's lines out loud to myself to practice how I would say it in that situation](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/525/748/03a.png "Psycho Wojak 4chan Greentext")
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External References
[1] 4chan (via arch.b4k) – /v/
[2] 4chan (via arch.b4k) – /v/
[4] 4chan (via 4plebs) – /pol/
[5] Reddit – /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
[6] Reddit – /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
[7] Reddit – /r/NonCredibleDefense
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![Capace 85KiB, 822x901, wojak-disturbing-face.jpg View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace OPERATION INRAREDPILL Anonymous ID:qYIHd9d1 Sun 31 Jan 2021 22:17:05 No.306046742 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>306047110 >>306047307 >>306048295 >>306050096 >>306050643 [9/2/5] >How to make redpilling even more effective in todays world? >This thread will attract alot of shills and memeflags beaware Its quite simple actually, most ppl nowadays have a strong view of the world and most are involved in activism, that strong view that ppl have on the world is like a shield. shield, we need to have 2 stages, one weapon to shatter the shield and another to "grab the brain". 1st the Blackpill then the Redpill. The majority of the teenage populace is exposed to certain propaganda being it moderately liberal so we cant just say our side is right and yours is wrong since they already have that ideological In certain movies or tv shows the protagonist goes through a stage of despair but then he/she (comes back stronger), by making ppl go through this plastic despair(blackpill) and then giving them the stairs(redpill) to walk back up we will reinforce their views by 100x (not exagerating) We need to make more blackpills attatched to redpills, specifically targeting moderate liberalism. Also remember that NPCS have a difrent way of thinking, to make it EVEN MORE effective you have to make them feel special and UNIQUE all the way, exploit their narcissism dont ever fight with them its a waste of time because of their ideological shield.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/525/751/161.png "Psycho Wojak 4chan Greentext")
![85KiB, 822x901, wojak number 7.jpg Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace + Anonymous Wed 16 Dec [10/5/9] 2020 15:02:24 No.143668242 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>143669104 >>143669194 >watching a tv show >say the character's lines out loud to myself to practice how I would say it in that situation](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/525/748/03a.png "Psycho Wojak 4chan Greentext")
