![What The Fuck Am I Reading? Ronald McDonald reading from a female anatomy book](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/square/000/002/250/what_the_fuck_am_I_reading.png)
What The Fuck Am I Reading?
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About
"What the Fuck Am I Reading?" is a series of reaction images featuring people and characters who appear disturbed or perplexed by the contents of a book.
Origin
The original illustration of crazy Ronald McDonald reading the Death Note (ですのーと) was drawn by Japanese amateur illustrator Masao (Japanese: マサオ), which was uploaded to his website[1] and the Japanese parody illustration hub site Asame Graph[2] in August 2006. The remark in a speech balloon, "Achopu Mau Mau" (アチョプマウマウ), is the characteristic groan of Gonzui, the protagonist in a Japanese manga Kaijin Gonzui (海人ゴンズイ, lit."Ocean Human Gonzui") written by George Akiyama.[3], used to convey a feeling of madness.
![1274726613677.png ですの.. アチ(T1プ マウマウ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/053/578/1274726613677.png)
Spread
In 2009, 4chan users began to utilize this illustration as a reaction face by changing the remark and the book title. On February 12th, a post was submitted featuring a book labeled "Female Anatomy" along with the speech bubble "What the Fuck Am I Reading" (shown below).
![111.jpg Anonymous 02/12/09 (Thu)19:09 No.27138491 File 1234483749 png-(26 KB, 400x400, 1233780226885.png) 227136773 WHAT THE F--- AM AEADING Has anyone really been far even as decded to use even go want to do lock more like?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/759/971/111.jpg)
On March 4th, 2012, a Facebook page titled "What the Fuck am I Reading"[6] was created. On November 5th, 2013, the Russian Wikipedia site Lurkmore[5] added an entry for "What the Fuck am I Reading." As of October 2014, DeviantArt[7] has over 5,000 submissions tagged with the phrase.
Notable Examples
![c86.jpg Bhat the f--- am Ing](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/852/331/c86.jpg)
![9f9.jpg WHATTHE F--- AMI READING?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/852/334/9f9.jpg)
![0d4.jpg WHAT THE FUCKAM I READINGA](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/852/335/0d4.jpg)
Samuel Johnson's Reaction
On March 17th, 2012, FunnyJunk[4] user mugglemasher uploaded a picture of a 1775 painting of English writer Samuel Johnson reading with a confused look on his face, along with the caption "Dafuq did I just read?" (shown below).
![9ac.jpg DAFUQ DID I JUST READ?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/852/286/9ac.jpg)
Many other edited variations of the painting have circulated online, typically used as reaction images to express disgust or bewilderment (shown below).
![Animated Samuel Johnson "What The F--- Am I Reading"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/770/871/1a9.gif)
![Samuel Johnson - modern ver.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/204/425/dee.jpg)
![c22.png](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/574/293/c22.png)
On September 18th, 2017, Google released an animated Google Doodle in honor of Johnson's 308th birthday, featuring the iconic painting of Johnson reading a book (shown below).
![September 18th, 2017 Google Doodle for Samuel Johnson's 308th Birthday GOO G L E](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/295/954/7cd.gif)
Search Interest
External References
[1] 少年のうた (Internet Archive, Japanese)
[2] Asame Graph – i'm lovin' it! / Posted on 08-24-2006 (Japanese)
[3] Wikipedia – George Akiyama
[4] FunnyJunk – Samuel Johnson Reaction
[5] Lurkmore – What_the_fuck_am_I_reading
[6] Facebook- What the fuck am I reading
[7] DeviantArt- Search results for What the fuck am I reading
Top Comments
Read The Mango
Oct 23, 2014 at 11:32AM EDT
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