Surgery on a grape meme goes viral
There's a viral meme involving a grape that has taken the internet by storm.
Introducing the meme displaying someone doing surgery on a grape.
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The clip was shared to social media, and it wasn't long before the grape became an internet sensation.
Then Instagram meme account SimpleDorito posted a screenshot from a Facebook video, and the rest is history.
If you're confused about why this is a thing, you're not alone. Here at 9Honey Kitchen, we're all about viral food porn, but this one had us scratching our heads.
Lets breakdown how we got here.
The meme stemmed from a YouTube video from 2010 in which surgeons at Edward Hospital in Naperville can be seen practising with surgical equipment on the small fruit. The video shows the skin of the grape being removed by a robotic tool called the Da Vinci Surgical System.
Flash forward to 2018 where grape surgery is considered internet gold and people can't look away. Not only has the meme inspired new Twitter accounts dedicated to posting about grape surgery, but it's also spawned horoscope predictions and heated Reddit threads.
Now, lets cut to some of the memorable Twitter reactions to the grape.
