There's a difference between wanting to be taken seriously and being serious.
Authoritative sources such as scientists, the media, government officials, and healthcare officials (in particular anyone making a fortune off medical supplies), want people to take vaccine and mask mandates seriously, but that doesn't make them serious people.
When Madame Vivianne gets very angry
STOP GETTING UP DURING CLASS. SERIOUSLY?
When a french teacher gets really angry, and starts yelling, they punctuate their sentence with this word.
Mme RANDOMNAME; STOP GETTING OUT OF YOUR SEATS IN MY CLASS. SERIOUSLY?
You say 'seriously' when you are surprised by what someone has said, as a way of asking them if they really mean it.
I tried to chat him up at the general store. He laughed. “Seriously?”
A person with an expression of perpetual cynicism.
I asked if I could bring an outside drink into the theater and the usher gave me the "seriously face".
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