'Jakking Fatigue

Jakking Fatigue Syndrome (JFS) is an illness affecting Oldtroons that results in the desire to no longer jak. The main cause of JFS is jakking for prolonged periods of time like a schizophrenic.

History

JFS was first discovered by Dr. Soyberg in 1978. While studying an unknown illness afflicting soyteens, Dr. Soyberg discovered a correlation between a drop in desire to jak and time spent consecutively jakking. Since its discovery, an estimated 85% of all soyteens who leave the Sharty are afflicted with some form of JFS. In another 2023 paper by Dr. Soyberg, it was discovered that soyteens who partake in effort posting and creating efforteralds are even more susceptible to this illness. JFS is currently terminal.

JFS

While JFS manifests in a consistent manner, there are 4 major subtypes outlined by Dr. Soybergs 2023 research paper on JFS.

Classifications

Subtypes

Main JFS Subtypes	Cause	Symptoms	Life Expectancy
Classical JFS	Jakking for too long/Aging	Lose of desire to jak	2-3 years
Oldtroon JFS	Producing too many IAS gems	Lose of desire to jak/Migrating	0.5 - 1 years
Brainrot JFS	Engaging in Sharty culture without break	Only able to lurk and repost gems.	Never leaving the site
NewGod JFS	Getting filtered	Lose of desire to jak/Posting NAScoal	0-1 months

Symptoms

While the main symptom of JFS is the loss of one's desire to jak, there are several other notable symptoms. The ability to engage in Sharty culture is also gradually lost, as patients with JFS stop quoting, stop using soyspeak, self-insert, blog post and stop dueling. Due to the sunk cost fallacy, many 'teens are unwilling to hastily abandon the Sharty and instead choose to relocate. A large percentage of soyteens on the Shlog, wiki, and booru are soyteens who have contracted JFS and use the change of environment as a coping mechanism for their gradual loss of jakking ability. In extreme cases, it has been documented that some soyteens even relocate to degenerate SoySplinters, in which case all hope for their recovery is lost.

Causes

JFS is mainly the result of using /soy/ or /qa/ for extended periods of time. Many of the oldest oldtroons from the kway itself have been soyteens for half a decade and their advanced age has been linked to JFS manifesting. Over exposure to nonsense posting and brainrot are another common cause of JFS. There have been no genetic links to JFS found.

Cure

As of 2024, there are no cures for JFS and it is terminal. The Soyteen Scientist Agency (SSA), headed by Dr. Soyberg have received grants from the Root administration to expedite a cure for JFS.

Operation: Soyjak Freedom

Operation Soyjak Freedom is a Shlog based operation with the desired goal of increasing the PPD on non-jakking boards (boards besides /soy/, /qa/, and /nate/). While still in in infancy, current research by the SSA suggests that creating non-jakking spaces on the Sharty could increase the life expectancy of patients with JFS and perhaps even cure them. The operation is still in its infancy and has yet to receive backing from either the SSA or the Root administration.

End-of-life care

Despite their decrepit and coaly state, oldtroons with JFS are still worthy of respect. In their twilight years, it is important to extract all knowledge of Sharty culture from them, so that you can cherry pick which parts are gemmy and blackhole the rest. Patients with JFS may be unable to keep up with the FOTM memes, making them irritable and scared. While usually a pointless endeavor, do your best to calmly explain the joke to them.