Harambe Meaning?
7.8BRAINROT SCOREHarambe A gorilla shot dead at the Cincinnati Zoo after a child fell into his enclosure, whose death became an enduring, absurdist internet in-joke and meme rather than remaining purely a topic of genuine mourning or debate.
Origin:The incident occurred May 28, 2016. The ironic meme treatment (as opposed to the initial genuine public mourning and zoo-safety debate) emerged months later via the "Dicks Out for Harambe" movement started by comedian Brandon Wardell, which is what actually drove the meme's mass virality.
First Seen:2016-05
Peak Era:summer-fall 2016 (named a top meme of 2016 by Google)
Aura Impact:+2 Aura (correctly explaining the Dicks Out for Harambe timeline) / -3 Aura (still doing the bit unironically in the current year)
EXAMPLE USAGE
"People were still doing Harambe jokes in the group chat well into 2017."
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