{"id":"lolwut","name":"LOLWUT","summary":"LOLWUT started as a surrealist digital painting of a laughing pear posted to deviantART in February 2006, then got yanked into 4chan's /b/ later that year with a nonsense caption asking, essentially, what the hell you just said. The pear picture spawned one of the earliest snowclone reaction macros of the pre-Twitter web, cementing 'lolwut' as internet shorthand for baffled confusion.","tags":["lolwut","lolwut meme","lolwut pear","biting pear of salamanca","ursula vernon pear","4chan reaction image","confused meme"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":8,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/lolwut/lolwut-biting-pear-lolwut-icon.webp","caption":"The 'Biting Pear of Salamanca' by Ursula Vernon, the source artwork that inspired the lolwut meme.","width":800,"height":450,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/lolwut/lolwut-biting-pear-salamanca-original.webp","caption":"The original 2006 painting 'The Biting Pear of Salamanca' by artist Ursula Vernon, which became the source image for the lolwut meme.","width":563,"height":750,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/lolwut/lolwut-lol-cell-tech-pear-remix.webp","caption":"A remix of the lolwut pear parodying Cell-Tech supplement advertisements, showing how the meme was adapted to new contexts.","width":563,"height":624,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/lolwut/lolwut-lolwut-shoop-da-whoop-remix.webp","caption":"A crossover mashup combining the lolwut pear with the 'Shoop da Whoop' meme, showcasing meme remix culture of the era.","width":563,"height":750,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/lolwut/lolwut-lol-wut-mr-potato-head.webp","caption":"A playful remix dressing the lolwut pear in Mr. Potato Head parts, one of many creative reinterpretations of the meme.","width":563,"height":626,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/lolwut/lolwut-lol-watt-lightbulb-variant.webp","caption":"A pun-based lolwut variant reimagining the pear as a lightbulb with the caption 'LOL WATT'.","width":533,"height":594,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/lolwut/lolwut-lol-wutermelon-variant.webp","caption":"The 'LOL WUTERMELON' variant swaps the pear for a watermelon while keeping the meme's signature grin.","width":533,"height":594,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/lolwut/lolwut-lol-wut-mate-australian.webp","caption":"The Australian variant 'LOL WUT MATE?' inverts the pear and dresses it in a slouch hat.","width":563,"height":585,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/lolwut/history.md","related":["chris-hansen","its-so-over-were-so-back","peak-fiction","cool-story-bro","feels-good-man","good-luck-im-behind-7-proxies","math-lady-confused-lady","confused-math-lady","ngl-ima-take-a-nap-lmk","confused-mr-krabs-when-you-wake-up-from-a-nap","guy-pointing-at-himself","jackie-chan"],"popularityRank":3036,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}