The Juan meme features a low-resolution image of a horse standing inexplicably on a narrow apartment balcony. Originally surfacing on the internet around 2020, the image gained legendary status when it was paired with the single, bottom-aligned name 'Juan.' It represents a peak of absurdist 'Gen Z' humor, where the lack of context and the surreal nature of the visual provide the punchline. While the horse was actually photographed in Malta and likely had a different name, the internet's adoption of 'Juan' turned it into a shitposting icon. It is widely used to express confusion, random existentialism, or simply to participate in the culture of nonsensical digital comedy.