Wojak originated on 4chan in the 2010s as a simple reaction image before being associated alongside pepe as a foil, the pepe was often a self insert and the wojak was a strawman. However the memes changed and eventually wojak outgrew pepe in popularity and memes started to focus exclusively on wojak. Wojak as a character is not cool, is not a self insert, and is often used to mock a group of people by portraying them as cringe. Wojak is the perfect strawman to internet fascists because it's emotionless, it's white, and it's weak. Marginalized groups like gays and vegans and leftists are often portrayed as wojak because the fascists need to make strawmen because if there isn't an enemy the whole ideology falls apart. That's not to say the left hasn't been using wojak in a constructive manner, but it's merely appropriation. Wojak had always been reactionary while pepe was only adopted by the right, wojak was born by it. Now I'm asking you to read a rage comic, or several. Compare how much racism and sexism and reactionary politics you find those outdated memes then look at some wojaks. The best way you can learn how bad wojak as a meme is by looking at it from a critical lens. also literal nazis made a cartoon series with wojaks