3 Ways In Which Harambe’s Death Is Still Impacting Americans Two Years Later

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Monday marked the official two-year anniversary of the tragic death of America’s favorite post-mortem gorilla, Harambe; Lord knows I haven’t gotten a good night’s sleep since the incident. One thing that stands out to me is that the world certainly looks a bit different these days than Harambe might remember it, for better or for worse. Because of this, it’s easy to make a case that the Harambe death was really the first domino that kicked off many important events that have gone down in recent years. Here are just a handful of ways that Harambe’s departure has impacted the world.

The Rise Of Donald Trump

Following the death of Harambe is really when Donald Trump began to pick up steam on his presidential campaign. Once heralded as the ongoing joke of the Republican party, Trump secured their nomination shortly following the death of Harambe and continued on this path all the way to the White House. It’s pretty obvious what happened here: Americans were so rattled by the tragedy of Harambe that they couldn’t tell the difference between a “primate” and a “primary,” which led to them nominating a celebrity as the Republican candidate for president.

The Epidemic Of Celebrity Deaths In 2016

The death of Harambe was obviously too much for the faint of heart (which in some cases was due to years of cocaine abuse), and the coming months saw some of our favorite celebrities pass away as they were unable to overcome the heartbreaking loss of their favorite primate they’d just learned existed. This list includes Arnold Palmer, Alan Thicke, and Carrie Fisher.

North Korea

The best thing to come out of Harambe’s death has been the increased talks of peace between North Korea and, well, the rest of the world. It was nice to see that the two Korean leaders were finally able to shake hands and put some of their nuclear-sized differences aside. Obviously these two men — through the death of Harambe — realized that life really is too god damn short, and that there’s just not enough time to fight over who’s got the bigger wiener..

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