Knowing the lifespan of a meme is brief at best, what on earth would possess a person to get a Harambe tattoo?
If you’re DJ Laura Lux, all it takes is a dare from a cheeky friend, and a little love on social media.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJOqd6GjMQ5/
The Los Angeles-based Aussie told BuzzFeed that the tattoo, which went viral after she posted it to Instagram and Twitter on Thursday, was inspired by her obsession with Harambe memes.
“I had been posting Harambe memes nonstop,” she said, “and my friend dared me to get a tattoo of him, so I said if I got 2,000 retweets, I would.”
https://twitter.com/djlauralux/status/764977887833313280
Based on Lux’s own account of the dare turned bet, it sounds like this was a bet she was happy to lose.
“I got my other friends with big accounts to push it too,” said Lux. “It hit the mark pretty quickly… No regrets at all.”
The post quickly gained traction, and off to the tattoo parlor Lux went.
https://twitter.com/jamiek_gooner/status/766050275371151361
Some are mocking her new body art.
https://twitter.com/KasieThompson/status/766093081716387840
But others support her wholeheartedly.
this is amazing 😍🔥
— Coby (@cobyswift13) August 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/Vic3000BaSeD/status/766129454561185792
you are a wonderful human! Well done.
— Lindsay Webb (@LindsWebb) August 18, 2016
And it looks like she’s not the only one with a Harambe tattoo.
@djlauralux friend of a friend got this which is just insane on so many levels pic.twitter.com/r4BFaF0UfK
— PeteXN (@petexnasty) August 19, 2016
Wow. Guess some memes are forever.
H/T Buzzfeed