
RIP Harambe
Our sweet prince. From the moment a 17-year-old gorilla was shot at the Cincinnati Zoo on May 28, 2016, Harambe became the unofficial mascot of Pardon My Take. The boys rode the Harambe wave with tie-dye t-shirts, conspiracy theories, existential debates about life in Cincinnati, and the eternal question: could a gorilla play fullback?
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Harambe is happier dead than living in Cincinnati
Do you think that Harambe is, like, happier now that he's dead than living in some, like, terrible enclosure in Cincinnati?
Gorillas are more valuable than humans because they are the patriarch of human invention
Technically humans, all those things that are invented by humans, humans are invented by gorillas, right? Like evolution. So wouldn't you say that gorillas are more valuable than humans? They're the patriarch of all those things. They're basically God.
Harambe the gorilla committed suicide by zookeeper to escape living in Cincinnati
Did Harambe like plan this whole thing out? When the kid fell in, do you think Harambe was like, this is my chance to finally get out of this fucking place... Like suicide by zookeeper is pretty much what I'm getting at here.
Harambe the gorilla had no intentions of hurting the child in the enclosure
He wasn't going to hurt the child. Exactly. He had no intentions of hurting the child at all... He was playing with the child. He was helping the child out of the moat. Exactly. His intentions were not to hurt the child. That I can feel clear.
The word 'Boomer' has jumped the shark
Boomer just the word Boomer has invaded like meme and American culture to a point where like I'm sick of it. It's kind of jumped the shark a little bit. But now it's at one of those things where it's like so mainstream it's like harambee after like two months where I was funny in the beginning.
Without Harambe getting shot, Pardon My Take might not exist
Without that fucking gorilla getting shot, I don't know if I'd be sitting next to you right now, Big Cat. One of the seminal moments of Pardon My Take — getting sued by ESPN, Adam Morrison's bunker, and then the summer of Harambe.
The ironic resurgence of Harambe is due for a comeback
I think we actually are getting close to having it [Harambe] be funny again. The resurgence. Because it was very funny for that summer. Then it was like very lame. But now enough time has passed where if you just drop a Harambe, it's like, oh, that's actually kind of funny. The ironic resurgence of Harambe is due.
Harambe is officially back as a cultural force due to the Bengals' Super Bowl run
My who's back of the week is our sweet prince Heran bay. We obviously were very early on it in 2016... with the Bengals making this run, then being from Cincinnati it's of naturally happened... it went Facebook, super nuclear viral... it's back.
Five years is the official amount of time for a meme to become funny again
It's the perfect time for it to come full circle. Cause we've, we've predicted, we've had this conversation off air many times. Like when do you think Harambe jokes are going to be funny again? I think five years is now officially the amount of time when something can become fun again.
Philadelphia is the number one sports town in America
Philadelphia might be my number one sports town. It's like the rules surrounding Harambe's cage: Do not approach. Do not try to pet. If you do, bad things will happen. So you should know that the second you enter the Philadelphia city limits.
Harambe would record at least seven sacks a game in the NFL
You gotta take Harambe, right? I mean the strength to weight ratio is just way higher than humans. That's, I mean that's a easy seven sacks a game I'm sure.