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Did I Stutter (Stanley - The Office)
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"Did I Stutter?" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Stanley from the American television series The Office. The line and a screenshot of Stanley saying the line has been used as a reaction image macro to express frustration toward having to repeat one's self.
Origin
On May 1st, 2008, NBC aired the episode of The Office entitled "Did I Stutter?"[1] In the episode, Michael Scott repeatedly annoys his employee Stanley (played by Steve Carrell and Leslie David Baker, respectively) to participate in a group activity. After declining several times, Stanley snaps at Michael, "Did I stutter?"
The earliest avaialbe usage of clip as a meme was posted to GIPHY [2] on February 1st, 2014 (shown below). However, the page notes that Tumblr is the source.
![Did I Stutter GIF](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/643/329/30f.gif)
Spread
Over the next few years, the phrase became associated with memes about Stanley, as well as a reaction image. For example, on August 29th, 2017, Redditor [3] consciouslyoblivious shared a variation of the He Protec But He Also Attac meme. The poist received more than 775 points (87% upvoted) in less than three years (shown below, left).
On November 2nd, 2018. Redditor[4] 70hamsters shared a meme by @litcatholicmemes. The post received more than 45,000 points (94% upvoted) and 525 comments in less than two years (shown below, center).
On August 18th, 2019, Instagram [5] user @hummusmem3s shared a meme about hummus. The post received more than 2,000 likes in less than four months (shown below, right).
![He order pretzel with peanut butter consciously oblivious HE'LL ORDER A PRETZEL WITH PEANUT BUTTER HE MUTTER. but most importantly.. DID HE STUTTER!? Global](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/643/353/87f.jpg)
![love one another God: "Love one another" Us: "Okay but what if they-" God: @litcatholicmemes Did I stutter?!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/643/373/eda.jpg)
![i'll have the large hummus platter Me: I'll have the large hummus platter Waiter: Sir, that's for 6 people Me: HummusMem3s [shouting] DID I STUTTER?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/643/376/ef5.png)
Various Examples
![Did I stutter gif 2](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/643/346/777.gif)
![/r/dambgifs](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/643/379/d6d.gif)
![*at Pancheros* Me: “Can I get queso on that?” “That’ll be extra, is that okay?” Me: Wisam Najdawi @WNajdawi *at Pancheros* Me: "Can I get queso on that?" "That'll be extra, is that okay?" Me: DID I STUTTER? GIF 6:13 PM Jun 2, 2018 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/643/378/2cf.png)
![I love everything about you Me: "I love everything about you" My gf: "Really? But what about my-" Me: DID I STUTTER?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/643/377/a78.png)
![Ya need to drop what you're doing + #AskAlexa to follow Panic! At The Disco on @AmazonMusic . Panic! At The Disco ncke @PanicAtThe Disco Ya need to drop what you're doing + #AskAlexa to follow Panic! At The Disco on @Amazon Music. Not much for talking? You can also hit that follow button right over here amzn.to/2PSarYA GIF 11:01 AM Nov 13, 2018 Twitter Web Client](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/643/381/7cb.png)
![Did I stutter image DIDISTUTTER? Suchquickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/643/351/bd6.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Wikipedia – Did I Stutter
[2] GIPHY – Did I Stutter GIF
[3] Reddit – /r/DunderMifflin
[4] Reddit – /r/dankchristianmemes
[5] Instagram – @HummusMem3s
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