Clowns yell “RIP HARAMBE” at PGA Championship (Video)
By Hunter Cooke
It’s the Harambe meme and a major golf championship, what more do you want?
The PGA Championship fired up this week, and at the time of this writing, Jimmy Walker is in the lead. If you’re unfamiliar with golf, it’s mostly a silent sport, with spectators generally waiting until after the golfer swings to say anything at all.
It’s a gentlemen’s game, which is why this video is so hilarious.
Harambe, the big, beautiful gorilla taken before his time, has been something of an internet joke for the past couple of months. We’ve had all sorts of signs and hashtags pertaining to Harambe that have gotten on television from the RNC to the Patriots training camp.
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Because of the context of golf, this is easily the funniest. It didn’t interrupt Jordan Speith’s shot at all, it was just some people being goofy and spouting internet memes at a golf tournament, which is the last place you’d expect to hear them.
Harambe is one of the last internet jokes that hasn’t been ruined by branding. “Delete your account” died a terrible death at the hands of Hillary Clinton’s Twitter account, and every sports team in the world that advertised Pokemon Go at their stadium killed the fun almost immediately.
If you want me to go to your stadium or place of business, you better show me a rare Pokemon, not a Pidgey. Regardless, this was just some kids having some fun at a golf tournament, at a time when it wouldn’t mess anyone up at all.
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