The 'What The Fuck Is Oatmeal' meme features a distorted, wide-eyed bird-like figure that radiates a sense of profound confusion and existential crisis. Originating from the surreal meme community and often associated with deep-fried aesthetics, the image went viral on platforms like Tumblr and Reddit in the late 2010s. The humor stems from the absurdity of reacting with intense shock to something as mundane as oatmeal. It is widely used to represent moments of sudden, nonsensical realization or to mock the feeling of being overwhelmed by trivial information during late-night spirals of thought.