LOLWUT is one of the internet's most enduring symbols of pure confusion and surrealism, featuring the 'Biting Pear of Salamanca' sculpture originally created by artist Ursula Vernon. It first gained massive traction on imageboards like 4chan in the mid-2000s, where users paired the distorted, wide-mouthed pear with the phrase 'LOLWUT' to respond to bizarre or nonsensical posts. The term itself is a deliberate misspelling of 'laughing out loud, what?', perfectly capturing the mix of amusement and bewilderment. As a pillar of early web culture, the meme represents the 'weird' side of the internet and continues to be used today to highlight moments of utter incomprehensibility.