Origin
Baskin Robbin a 8chan based meme used commonly in a YLYL thread or just a random picture for good use. Commonly known on 8chan and 4chan it has also made appearances as well on tumblr and twitter. The edgy nature of this meme caused mass spread on the internet as well used by trolls and just common edgy people.
Meaning
Deriving from the ice cream franchise the purpose of this meme is to tease about the death of Robin Williams a common way to be edgy on most of the internet. Although not commonly used in text or statements the picture has mass meaning and hysteria to those who like edgy things find this a complete overhaul on easy based edgy memes.
Spread
On February 2nd, 2015 the first known sighting of this meme was on 8chan and cause mass spread all over threads and the website in general, finding its way on tumblr and 4chan. Although most people who don’t go onto 8chan and 4chan probably won’t know this picture the little that do will exactly confirm its hilarity.
