This year has been something else, especially if you're down with #HarambeHive. Last I checked, some bogus news source tried to pull a fast one on the world saying that a baby gorilla in China was going to be named "Harambe McHarambeface." Since then, people have found ways to honor the gorilla who got killed at the Cincinnati Zoo by getting his name emblazoned on custom NFL jerseys, as well as watching Harambe take on the Capcom universe. Now we're getting word that at Ryerson University in Toronto, a candlelight vigil was held in Harambe's honor late last week.
The Ryersonian reported on these students getting their "wicks out" for Harambe (which might be the only clever thing about this entire ordeal). From the photos and footage, which was posted to YouTube over the weekend, students can be seen congregating at Lake Devo to pay their respect to Harambe and his memory. Or just to get some viral love off one of the year's biggest memes. Someone even had a fucking dildo out in Harambe's memory.
Yes. That is a dildo at the #Harambe vigil. Dildos out for Harambe? pic.twitter.com/UdAB2NWIqc
Some genius even threw on Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There" while students properly mourned the god.
Shouts out to this guy, though. Event coordinator Mustafa Malick flipped the Lord's prayer to include being delivered from "stupid Americans," giving us this day "our daily banana," and more. It got cut off before he could finish, but you get the jist.
As one attendee told the Ryersonian, "I see this as a joke that we can all enjoy but also that we could remember that animal rights are just as important as human rights." Great intentions, especially given the real life issues people have with Harambe getting taken out the way he did, but that was four months ago. How many more students will be holding half-serious vigils filled with beer and dildos?
Can't front, though; these Harambe t-shirts are kind of fresh.
