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May 28 2026 Harambe 10 Year Anniversary Joke Meme

The meme displays a calendar entry for Thursday, May 28, which is noted as both the 10 Year Anniversary of Harambe's death and International Masturbation Day. Beneath the calendar section is a faded, iconic portrait of Harambe the gorilla, with the famous long-running Harambe meme slogan 'Dicks out for Harambe' overlaid at the bottom. The joke relies on the double entendre of the 'dicks out' phrase, linking the classic Harambe tribute meme to the coinciding International Masturbation Day observance on the same date.
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The meme displays a calendar entry for Thursday, May 28, which is noted as both the 10 Year Anniversary of Harambe's death and International Masturbation Day. Beneath the calendar section is a faded, iconic portrait of Harambe the gorilla, with the famous long-running Harambe meme slogan 'Dicks out for Harambe' overlaid at the bottom. The joke relies on the double entendre of the 'dicks out' phrase, linking the classic Harambe tribute meme to the coinciding International Masturbation Day observance on the same date.

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This meme originates from Reddit's meme community, as indicated by the provided RSS source metadata. It references the enduring viral internet meme surrounding Harambe, a western lowland gorilla killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in May 2016. The 10 year anniversary of his death falls on May 28, 2026, which aligns with the annual International Masturbation Day observance, prompting this humorous mashup of the two events using the iconic 'dicks out for Harambe' meme slogan that emerged shortly after Harambe's death as an absurdist tribute phrase.

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