The wojak seems to be maturing, gaining traction across broader political demographics, inserting itself in increasingly vital conversations. By linking ideas a cartoon (but no less anthropomorphic) form, perhaps ideas are bound more firmly to their subjectivity, to the bodies that contain them, sustain their existence and inevitably propose that their perspective is objectively true. The flimsiness of the cartoon might gesture toward how transient political values have become, assemblages of checkboxes to tick off in order to access a character, not unlike a video game. In one sense, I think this trend leans toward inspiring further compassion for different positionalities and why they come about, in a time where they are starkly polarised - a point driven so hard it will quickly bore. The counterpoint to stratified, self-serious politics post-2016 might indeed be the political cosplay offered by a meme structure like wojaks, an experimental space that recognises play and humour as essential components of political practice. Speculatively, I wonder what role memes will have in the 2024 election, given they have already rose in mainstream prominence since 2016. How will this format, and associated characters like wojak, affect our long-term political expression? On the one hand, it seems absurd to write with such faith in the importance of what to many seems a joke. Yet we are living in darkly humorous where absurdity and normalcy often seem interchangeable. The wojak and associated may hark a new age in political performativity, a flexibility and leanness of ideology perfect for constant emergency continually upending all established narratives.