Yes Chad

In 2019, an artist on Reddit drew a muscular, bearded man in stark Nordic Comic style—square jaw, flowing blonde hair, and an expression of complete, unbothered confidence. Asked any question, his answer was simply: "Yes."

The format exploded as the ultimate power move response. "Don't you think that's hypocritical?" Yes. "Isn't that contradictory?" Yes. "You're just going to admit that openly?" Yes. The joke is the refusal to be defensive, to engage with criticism, to feel any shame whatsoever.

Yes Chad became the visual shorthand for based takes, controversial opinions stated without apology, and the confidence that comes from simply not caring what anyone thinks. He's the final evolution of internet argumentation: why defend yourself when you can simply agree and move on?

Five years later, Yes Chad remains the nuclear option in any debate. When words fail, when logic doesn't matter, when you just want to end a conversation with overwhelming dominance—Yes Chad is there. Always has been.