The 'She Was X, You Sick Fuck' meme originates from a pivotal and gritty scene in the first season of the HBO series True Detective. In the scene, Detective Marty Hart (played by Woody Harrelson) confronts the antagonist Reggie Ledoux. After Ledoux makes a disturbing comment about a victim's age, Hart snaps in a fit of rage, delivering the line with visceral emotion. On the internet, the template is used to highlight instances of someone behaving inappropriately or to ironically defend something that clearly isn't what it's being claimed to be. It has evolved from a dark dramatic moment into a versatile reaction image used across Twitter, Reddit, and 4chan to call out 'sick' behavior or simply to subvert the original context for comedic effect.