GM Frens.
Happy Sunday.
You're looking at Apu Apustaja. A frenly, retarded little frog guy. Not Pepe. Go google pepe and see how different they look. This is Apu. He's actually the one you see in most of the memes. I could write a whole history and thesis out but just trust me, or ask Grok.
There's such a thing as the optimum aesthetic. The Greeks have their golden rectangle, the Romans their marble statues. In meme culture you're looking at it right now.