when Harambe was shot?
today, May 28th, marks the 5 year anniversary of Harambe's death. I would venture it is safe to say most users here were too young to experience 9/11, but all of us lived through this.
me personally, I was in a hotel room because we were traveling for my uncle's birthday, and I happened to catch it on the morning news. I did not have a strong opinion of it at the time and it was a little surprising to see how much of a big meme it became. I transferred to a university later that year and Hillary Clinton was coming to our school to campaign, and someone defaced the flyer by writing "Hillary did Harambe". We also had a memorial set up and had students acting as street preachers talking about how Harambe died for us. I was never sure if I found this meme extremely ironically clever or just tiring.
One thing that I would like to see is an interview with the kid who fell in. He would be about 8 years old now, so maybe a few more years. I'm curious to see how he processed the situation and how he sees the whole thing.
feel free to share your experiences of this incident and the weird cultural impact it had and other thoughts and comments below.
today, May 28th, marks the 5 year anniversary of Harambe's death. I would venture it is safe to say most users here were too young to experience 9/11, but all of us lived through this.
me personally, I was in a hotel room because we were traveling for my uncle's birthday, and I happened to catch it on the morning news. I did not have a strong opinion of it at the time and it was a little surprising to see how much of a big meme it became. I transferred to a university later that year and Hillary Clinton was coming to our school to campaign, and someone defaced the flyer by writing "Hillary did Harambe". We also had a memorial set up and had students acting as street preachers talking about how Harambe died for us. I was never sure if I found this meme extremely ironically clever or just tiring.
One thing that I would like to see is an interview with the kid who fell in. He would be about 8 years old now, so maybe a few more years. I'm curious to see how he processed the situation and how he sees the whole thing.
feel free to share your experiences of this incident and the weird cultural impact it had and other thoughts and comments below.
