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.
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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.
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"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."
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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."
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The post quickly gained traction, and off to the tattoo parlor Lux went.
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Some are mocking her new body art.
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But others support her wholeheartedly.
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And it looks like she's not the only one with a Harambe tattoo.
