Wojak

Wojak (/ˈwoʊdʒæk/; from Polish wojak [vɔjak], lit. 'soldier'), also known as Feels Guy, is an internet meme. A simple, black-outlined cartoon drawing of a bald and wistful-looking man, it is used in its original form to generically represent emotions such as melancholy, regret, or loneliness. Many variants of the meme exist.

History
"Wojak" was originally the nickname of a Polish user on the English-language "International" board of the defunct German imageboard Krautchan. He started posting the picture that later became known as Wojak sometime around 2010, often accompanying it with the template phrase "That feel when X" along with variants. Both the face and the phrase "that feel when X" originated from a Polish imageboard called vichan. It spread to other international imageboards, including 4chan, where by 2011 an image of two Wojaks hugging each other under the caption "I know that feel bro" gained popularity. Wojak's face was also paired with the phrase "that feel" or "that feel when", often shortened to "tfw".

Later variants often paired Wojak with the originally unrelated character of Pepe the Frog. The relationship between these characters varied significantly depending on the artist, with Pepe sometimes providing Wojak with companionship and other times subjecting him to violent and scatological abuse.

More recently, Wojak has become a common sight on the websites Reddit and Twitter. On some subreddits, such as r/PoliticalCompassMemes, Wojak is used in nearly every post, with especially heavy use of the "Chad" Wojak.