Is calling things “soy” replacing “normie” as the new way of disregarding opinions?

[Bentley Bennett]

Is calling things “soy” replacing “normie” as the new way of disregarding opinions?

[Dominic Hughes]

fuck off soyboy

[Liam Powell]

found the butthurt soy drinker

[Colton Fisher]

“Soyboy” is a term co-opted for use as a meaningless pejorative in order to vaguely call someone else’s authenticity into question and, by extension, claim authenticity for yourself.

It serves no conversational function and imparts no information, save for indicating the opinions and preferences of the speaker.

Meanwhile, a market myth has sprung up around the term, as well as a cultural bogeyman consisting of elusive white 20-somethings who wear certain clothes (but no one will agree on what), listen to certain music (no one can agree on this either), and act a certain way (you’ve probably sensed the pattern on your own).

You can’t define what “that kind of behavior or fashion or lifestyle” actually is, nor will you ever be able to. That’s because you don’t use “soyboy” to describe an actual group of people, but to describe a fictional stereotype that is an outlet for literally anything that annoys you.

The twist, of course, is that if it weren’t for your own insecurities, nothing that a “soyboy” could do or wear would ever affect you emotionally. But you are insecure about your own authenticity - “Do I wear what I wear because I want to? Do I listen to my music because I truly like it? I’m certainly not like those filthy soyboys!” - so you project those feelings.

Suffice it to say, no one self-identifies as a soyboy; the term is always applied to an Other, to separate the authentic Us from the inauthentic, “ironic” Them.

tl;dr: if you believe soyboys exist, you are a plebeian.

[Chase Turner]

tfw you're afraid of a fucking bean

[Jason White]

no, it's replacing numale
also this

[Henry Adams]

enjoy your man tits and burgeoning trap career

[Daniel Harris]

We need to change this boards banner to this.

[Benjamin Miller]

>t.

[Nathaniel Mitchell]

its just the new way to le epic reddit troll