![Perhaps I Treated You Too Harshly Thanos with a half burned face and the caption "Perhaps I treated you too harshly"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/035/070/perhaps_i_treated_you_too_harshly.jpg)
Perhaps I Treated You Too Harshly
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About
Perhaps I Treated You Too Harshly is a memorable quote uttered by the character Thanos in the 2019 Marvel superhero film Avengers: Endgame. It is frequently used in image macros and as a reaction image to express regret.
Origin
On April 26th, 2019, the film Avengers: Endgame was released in the United States.[1] In the film, the Avengers confront the character Thanos (portrayed by Josh Brolin) about the powerful Infinity Stones, which could bring back the fallen, whom Thanos killed in Avengers: Infinity War. When Thanos tells the Avengers that he destroyed this stones, his daughter Nebula tells the team that he is not lying. Thanos says, "Thank you, daughter. Perhaps, I judged you too harshly."
Several weeks after the film's release, on June 3rd, Imgur [2] posted the earliest known usage of the image in a post entitled "Infinity stoned" (shown below)
![Infiinity Stoned Perhaps I treated you too harshly T used the stones to destroy the stones](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/915/206/b49.png)
Spread
Several months later, on August 7th, 2019, Redditor insertdefaultdance published a meme in the /r/dankmemes[2] using the image as a reaction to the Vox article "Video games don't cause violent crimes." The post received more than 29,000 points (94% upvoted) and 200 comments in less than two years (shown below, left).
The image continued to spread throughout Reddit. For example, on August 20th, Redditor Myrtle_the_Imp shared a variation in the Star Wars /r/PrequelMemes [3] subreddit. The post received more than 500 points (98% upvoted) in less than two years (shown below, center).
On March 10th, 2020, another variation in the /r/PrequelMemes[4] subreddit spread around Reddit. The meme, which mocks the cancelation and return of the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series, is four-panel reaction image to Disney's decisions. The post received more than 11,500 points (97% upvoted) and 95 comments in less than one year (shown below, right).
![Huzzah! A man of quality! | r/dankmemes Vex FUTURE PERFECT MORE THE GOODS RECODE EXPLAINERS THE HIGHLIGHT POLITICS & POLICY Video games don't cause violent crime Research indicates that, if anything, it's the opposite. Perhaps I treated you too harshly](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/531/518/879.jpg)
![It happened pretty recently and I donβt know what to do now... | r/PrequelMemes WHENYOUTALKABOUTEPISODEIAND THE PERSON YOUREALLY HATESAYS ITSHIS FAVORITE MOVIE Perhaps I treated you too harshly imgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/547/209/f55.jpg)
![I see through the lies of Disney | /r/PrequelMemes When Disney brings back the Clone Wars Perhaps I treated you too harshly When you remember that Disney cancelled Clone Wars in the first place I HATE YOU! imgflip.com imgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/780/272/915.jpg)
Various Examples
![We're sorry please come back | /r/dankmemes Everyone looking back at 2019 Perhaps I treated you too harshly](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/795/072/666.jpg)
![A small price to pay for salvation | /r/MinecraftMemes Me: I can't find dark oak and there's no village w-- Wandering trader: *sells dark oak saplings for 3 emeralds* Also me: uCodename_00F Perhaps I treated you too harshly](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/795/880/067.jpg)
![I remember it from my old days of 1.4 | /r/MinecraftMemes Me talking to my sheep in Minecraft after realizing I can shear them instead of killing them Perhaps I treated you too harshly](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/809/473/ba7.jpg)
![Now all of a sudden they're revered. | /r/PrequelMemes Star Wars fans when the prequels came out: These are the worst things ever made! Star Wars fans ten years later: Perhaps I treated you too harshly](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/815/282/aba.jpg)
![That after hundreds of years | /r/HistoryMemes Venice: *exils Dante* Dante: *writes one of the the most important pieces of italian poetry* Venice: Perhaps I treated you too harshly](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/816/137/f9f.jpg)
![I forgive you | /r/PrequelMemes Star Wars officially confirmed Anakin is The Chosen One 23 Disney+ retweeted Star Wars O @starwars Β· 2h STAR Join us in wishing The Chosen One WARS himself, Hayden Christensen, a happy birthday! mattp_97 Fans Perhaps I treated you too harshly](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/837/003/5b8.jpg)
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External References
[1] IMDB β Avengers: Endgame
[2] Reddit β /r/dankmemes
[3] Reddit β /r/PrequelMemes
[4] Reddit β /r/PrequelMemes
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