![Stares Motherfuckerly Stares Motherfuckerly meme depicting Samuel L Jackson in Pul Fiction.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/036/874/starescover.jpg)
Stares Motherfuckerly
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About
Stares Motherfuckerly is a photoshopped subtitle used to describe the expression on Samuel L. Jackson's face in a screenshot of the actor dumbfoundedly staring forward from the 1994 film Pulp Fiction. In 2016, the image started to see use as a reaction and in image macros, often used to express disbelief or doubt over something.
Origin
On April 20th, 2016, an anonymous Imgur[1] user uploaded an image titled "Mother fuckerly" consisting of a screenshot of actor Samuel L. Jackson as Jules in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction staring forward intensely with a photoshopped subtitle reading, "[STARES MOTHAFUCKALY]," writing in the description, "Is this thing? If not, can we make this a thing?" (shown below). The image gained over 40 points and 690 views in five years.
![STARES MOTHAFUCKALY [STARES MOTHAFUCKALY]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/058/925/06c.jpg)
On June 9th, Imgur[2] user GleamingTurd uploaded a remade version of the image using a new screenshot of Jackson staring in Pulp Fiction and a subtitled reading "[STARES MOTHERFUCKERLY]" (shown below). This became the most common variation of the image going forward.
![MRW I see stupidity Stares Motherfuckerly](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/058/926/931.jpg)
Spread
The image started seeing use as a reaction to content on Twitter[3][4] in 2016, commonly used to express disbelief about something. The image also started to see use in image macros around this time, leading into 2017.
For example, on February 17th, 2017, Twitter[5] user @TheElectrikLion posted an image macro featuring the still in a post showing off memes from the #HurtBae prompt, garnering over 4,300 likes and 3,500 retweets in five years (shown below, left). On August 23rd, Facebook[6] page Gym Memes used the still in an image macro, garnering over 2,500 reactions and 320 shares in a comparable span of time (shown below, right).
![#HurtBae #HurtBae: "One time I went to his room...he had someone else in there and told me to leave." Me: Stares Motherfuckerly](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/058/934/3f3.jpg)
![😠😠😠 Me: "Hey, how many sets do you have left?" Person on bench: "just one left" (Person on bench proceeds to sit there, sends out five texts, takes three selfies, and talks to two people that walk by for ten minutes) Me: Stares Motherfuckerly](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/058/937/ffa.jpg)
On October 22nd, 2020, Facebook[7] page 8Memes posted a photoshopped version of the image in an image macro referencing the "COVID-19 pandemic,": garnering over 6,100 reactions and 1,800 shares in six months (shown below). On the same day, Instagram[8] page @memelord posted the same image macro, garnering over 70,000 likes in the same span of time.
![Glasses and COVID karens: a mAsk iS too hArd tO bReaTh iN me who has glasses: [stares motherfuckerly]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/058/970/7ac.png)
Various Examples
![Come On Man When you offer a homeless person a BLT sandwich and the decline because they are vegetarian (stares motherfuckerly]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/058/949/6fa.jpg)
![#Mexigirl420 me, when someone tells me, that they didn't expect me to like metal, because I am a girl: [stares motherfuckerly]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/058/956/9e4.jpg)
![how? Me when I see a 9yo with a phone worth 3x more than my monthly income [stares motherfuckerly]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/058/972/7c0.jpg)
![You Curse Too Much You curse too much. Мe: (stares motherfuckerly]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/058/973/b81.jpg)
![Impossible When my girlfriend says she's not attractive (stares motherfuckerly)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/058/974/6fc.jpg)
![¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The Earth is flat so if we just flip it over it will be like the cool side of the pillow and boom no more global warming. I 2.3K 88 God reading this [stares motherfuckerly]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/058/976/424.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Imgur – Mother fuckerly
[2] Imgur – MRW I see stupidity
[3] Twitter – @DJHonestAve
[4] Twitter – @peta@serenawilliams
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