About

Chudjak, also known as Poljak, is another variation of the long-standing character Wojak, also known as "Feels Guy," but actually has its origin from the meme known as Le /pol/ Face or Le Pollack. The parent meme, which originated on 4chan, is meant to depict the cliché appearance of the average 4chan /pol/ user, incels, far-right public shooters and other similar characters. It was modeled to resemble Patrick Crusius, the shooter from the 2019 El Paso Shooting.

Origin

The earliest iterations of this meme originally appeared on 4chan around August 2019 under the name "le pollack" and then "le /pol/ face" without the Wojak reference (shown below, left). One such example was posted by an anonymous 4chan^[1] user to the /pol/ board on December 3rd, 2019 (shown below, right).

The Wojak variation, originally known as Poljak and later as Chudjak, originated on the left-wing imageboard Bunkerchan, around late August 2020. One such example was posted on August 30th, 2020, by an anonymous Bunkerchan^[2] user to the /leftypol/ board (seen below, left). "Le pollack," and subsequently Chudjak, was modelled after the El Paso shooter Patrick Crusius (seen below, right) but is also intended to depict stereotypical /pol/ users, incels and far-right public shooters.

Spread

After its inception, the character circulated among various 4chan boards where users posted the image to specifically mock /pol/ users. One such example was posted by an anonymous 4chan^[3] user on August 8th, 2019, to the /biz/ board (shown below).

4chan Raid

After gaining the attention of /pol/ users, a raid ensued on October 1st, 2020, in which regulars of /pol/ spammed Bunkerchan^[4] with grotesque imagery. This raid lasted approximately three days and slowly faded out due to moderation. This exchange between the two communities spawned numerous iterations of the meme in a short span of time (seen below). During this incident, posters from /pol/ expressed that this depiction did not accurately represent them.

The event saw "leftypol" mentioned more than 80,000 times on /pol/ (shown below) and produced more than a thousand shitposts made by raiding /pol/ posters on Bunkerchan, mostly consisting of spam.

In retaliation for the stereotype depicted in the meme, users of /pol/ attempted to re-appropriate Chudjak to depict a "stereotypical left-winger" instead, although its origin stemmed from the depiction of a real, far-right shooter. The response of Bunkerchan^[5] posters to the attempted re-appropriation was heavily discussed on the site, which also produced additional mocking images, such as a GIF (seen below) posted to /leftypol/ on October 1st, 2020.

Chudjak 2025 Mugshot

On April 25th, 2025, Redditor /u/uncanealguinzaglio shared El Paso shooter Patrick Crusius's Federal mugshot to the subreddit^[6] /r/masskillers, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The image was subsequently taken down.

On April 27th, 2025, X^[7] user @TruueDiscipline tweeted, "This is what chudjak looks like now… feel old yet?" gathering over 1.2 million views and 17,000 likes in two days. The image showd an older Crusius looking into the camera without his glasses, sporting longer curly hair and a scruffy beard.

The user then followed up with a tweet^[8] containing another image of Crusius, writing, "People are saying that the above photo is from 2023. This is a photo from a few days ago." The tweet contained images from an Associated Press^[9] article about Crusius pleading guilty in court in April 2025.

Several Twitter / X users posted memes about Chudjak's supposed "glow-up," including X^[11][12] users @Halsted_19 and @hayasaka_aryan, who gathered over 4,000 and 30,000 likes respectively on memes commenting on Chudjak's new appearance. X user @hayasaka_aryan's tweet compared younger and older images of Crusius alongside the caption, "From chud to indie rock singer."

Some internet users began posting memes and jokes about Chudjak supposedly improving his appearance in prison. On April 28th, 2025, X^[10] user @Marcus_cel posted a cereal guy meme about Patrick Crusius supposedly improving his appearance in prison. The post gathered over 40,000 likes in a day.

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GigaChud

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Various Examples

Search Interest

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