The IAS Debate
There has been a raging debate on what is considered IAS and what is considered NAS, almost from the beginning of Soyhistory. Many will argue their points back and forth, shitting up and derailing threads about new variants for they are perceived NAS (often rightfully so), however there has never been a fully accepted definition of IAS, and it's used rather nebulously. This lack of a concrete definition has been used by leftist idealogues, soypuritans, newADMINTHREMBOES, oldADMINSIXES and 'cordcoalers[1] to their own ends, usually to achieve some sort of end goal in shilling their ideology, 'cord, or driving off offsite invaders. Countless of the greatest minds of our generation have contributed to the question of what truly Is A Soyjak and what isn't, however, as evidenced by the existence of this wiki page, there is still no answer on a full definition of IAS.[2]
Proposed solutions
The soypuritan answer
Many soypuritans will argue that Soyjaks are to fulfill a "technical" and "spiritual" requirement; that is, that the 'jak in question has to both look like, and feel like a Soyjak. This perspective likely comes from years and years of being subjected to rulescucking on 4cuck, which has left a psychological impact on most oldCHADS, leaving them to adopt a need for rules and regulations, leaving them to be very selective of what to consider IAS, and what to consider NAS. It is also noted that many undertake this Soypuritanism due to being sick of new, rather brimmy 'jaks being unleashed, which look completely different to the 'jaks we all love and know.
The technical element
Most commonly, they will argue that a Soyjak HAS to have (in no particular order):
- Glasses;
- A stubble;
- Gaping mouth;
- Forehead wrinkles;
- The "Wojak" style (see: Soyjak, Guinness World Record Soyjak);
- A generally weak, non-masculine look;
- A lack of hair, a.k.a baldness;
- Some sort of excited expression on their face;
- Black and white coloration (see: Requirement 5);
- Traced off of a real life soyboy, or inspired by one.
The spiritual element
This is where it gets tricky, as this is EXTREMELY broad, and is often abused to put down new 'jaks, however full of potential they are. The main arguments here are that it must make fun of someone, or else it's Spiritually NAS, this is often used to call variants not directly traced off of real life soyboys, but instead other forms of media transformed into 'jaks as NAS, despite filling out the technical element and being extremely popular with the Soypulation at large. However, many argue that they can "feel" when a 'jak is spiritually IAS or not; over years, most soypuritans and oldDEITIES have refined this gut instinct to be rather accurate.[3]
Controversies with this argument
Many will argue that this is too rulescucked and restricts freedom, to which many soypuritans will point out that a lack of proper guidelines on what true "IAS" is leads to offsiters and other deplorables making new 'riants which are utterly soulless, le heckin' incomprehensible, or otherwise unpalatable to the Soy community. One "counter-argument" to this is that it makes us no better than the 4cuck jannies we so despise; I myself do not eat hotpockets, thusly I place myself above them.
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