{"slug":"soyjak-pointing","name":"Soyjak Pointing","url":"/templates/soyjak-pointing.png","w":750,"h":593,"top":"THING THEY SAW","bottom":"","description":"Make your own Soyjak Pointing meme. Two open-mouthed, extremely excited figures point at the same thing in perfect unison. For whenever two different people have the exact same embarrassing reaction to something.","keywords":"soyjak pointing meme, soy boy pointing, two guys pointing meme, excited pointing meme, soyjak meme","year":2018,"format":"template","origin":"The Soyjak (derived from \"Wojak\" and \"soy\") first appeared around 2017-2018 as a caricature of excited, open-mouthed enthusiasm. The pointing variant shows two Soyjaks gesturing at something with identical expressions of exaggerated excitement. used to mock overenthusiastic reactions, but also genuinely to represent two different groups noticing the same thing and losing their minds about it. For blank-faced conformity, see NPC Wojak. For the full Wojak family, see Wojak and Doomer Wojak.","textBoxes":[{"label":"What They See","x":0,"y":0,"w":100,"h":25,"placeholder":"The thing they're pointing at","fontFamily":"Arial Black","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":38},{"label":"The Reaction","x":0,"y":75,"w":100,"h":25,"placeholder":"Who's pointing / what this is","fontFamily":"Arial Black","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":38}],"howToMake":["The Soyjak Pointing template is loaded with 2 text fields: one above the figures for what they're seeing, and one below for context on who they are or what the moment means","The classic usage: top text names what they're excited about, bottom text reveals the two different types of people who have the identical reaction to it","Alternatively: top text sets up the stimulus, bottom text is the punchline. the absurd thing that has these two losing their minds","Black Arial Black sits cleanly against the white background. Keep the text short; the image already tells the story, the text just identifies the trigger","Download the pointing PNG or Copy it to drop into any conversation where two very different parties just discovered the same thing"],"exampleCaptions":["A new notification on their phone","Any two people alive"],"exampleAltText":"Soyjak Pointing meme about any two people alive both losing their minds over a new phone notification","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-03-04","seo":{"aliases":["Two Guys Pointing","Pointing Soyjak","Soy Pointing Meme","Excited Pointing Meme","Two Soyjaks"],"description":"Two cartoon figures with wide-open mouths and enormous eyes point frantically at something off-screen. Their expressions are identical: pure, uncontainable excitement. The joke is in the symmetry. two completely different parties caught having the exact same unhinged reaction to the same thing, or two people who couldn't be more different pointing at the one thing they share.","definition":"Two very excited, open-mouthed figures point at whatever is labeled above them. The format works for shared obsessions, identical reactions from different demographics, or anything that produces the same frenzied response in everyone who encounters it.","useCases":[{"category":"Unlikely Shared Reactions","examples":["A notification saying someone liked their post / Every person who has ever posted anything","A new episode dropped / Every person who said they'd go to sleep early tonight","'It's on sale' / Frugal people. Also: impulsive people. Also: everyone else.","The DJ plays a song everyone pretends not to know all the words to / The entire room","A dog across the street / Every adult who becomes a child around dogs","Free food in the office / Remote workers. Also: in-office workers."]},{"category":"Internet & Meme Culture","examples":["The same meme they've seen 45 times this week appearing on a new platform / Them again","A headline that confirms what they already believed / Both sides of every argument","Someone on the internet being wrong / Everyone who is also on the internet","A discount code for something they were going to buy anyway / The email list they almost unsubscribed from","A 10-second video of an animal doing something mildly unusual / The entire internet"]},{"category":"Food & Eating","examples":["'Free samples' / Every person at every Costco on every Saturday","The appetizers arriving / The person who said they weren't that hungry","'The fries that came with someone else's order' / You. Also: everyone at the table.","The dessert menu appearing after everyone said they were full / The table","A menu item they ate once in 2018 and have been waiting to see again / Their entire personality since"]},{"category":"Work & Office","examples":["'The meeting got canceled' / The calendar notification. Also: everyone who was in it.","An email subject line that says 'Quick question' / Dread. Also: the one person the email is not for.","'Free food in the break room' / Every person in the building regardless of dietary preferences","Friday at 4:55pm / The clock. Also: everyone looking at the clock.","An all-hands that turns out to not be about layoffs / Relief. Also: mild disappointment at the lack of drama."]},{"category":"Gaming","examples":["A sequel announcement for a game everyone forgot to finish / The Steam library. Also: hope.","The item they've been farming for 40 hours finally dropping / The RNG. Also: them.","An open world game with no objective markers / Players who hate being told what to do. Also: those same players 30 minutes later.","'New patch notes' / Everyone who mains the character that definitely got nerfed","A limited-time event returning / The in-game calendar. Also: the players who missed it the first time."]},{"category":"Nostalgia & Recognition","examples":["A song from 2007 playing somewhere unexpected / Everyone who was in middle school in 2007","A movie they watched on TV a hundred times as a kid but haven't thought about in years / Immediate recognition","The exact toy, game, or snack from childhood someone posts a photo of / The specific year of your birth","An old screenshot from an early internet era / People who were there. Also: people who wish they were.","A phrase or reference that only makes sense to a very specific group / That group, all at once"]}]}}