Obituary

The raccoon — renamed 'trash panda' by an internet that loves a rebrand — became the mascot of finding value in garbage and eating garbage and being garbage. It died when the dumpster-diving jokes stopped being jokes and started being a lifestyle.

Portrait: Isiwal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born

2014

Died

2019

Cause of death

Ate its way into every caption

Last sighting

A 'me at 2am' post, 2019

Resting place

Section M, Row 2

Category

animal