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Obama Vacationing

Obama Vacationing

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Updated Feb 08, 2017 at 04:13PM EST by Adam.

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About

Obama Vacationing refers to jokes made about photographs of former President Barack Obama kitesurfing with Virgin CEO Richard Branson two weeks after his term as president ended.

Precursor

About a week before Obama was seen kitesurfing with Richard Branson, Obama was seen vacationing wearing a backwards baseball cap, which sparked enough jokes for a Twitter Moment.[2]


Jennifer Epstein @jeneps Follow Post-presidency Obama (and Richard Branson)

Origin

On February 7th, 2017, Virgin[1] posted an article written by their CEO Richard Branson detailing his and former president Barack Obama's trip to the British Virgin Islands. They engaged in a friendly competition to see if Barack Obama could learn how to kitesurf before Branson could learn how to foilboard. They posted a video of the day, as well as pictures of the two of them in the water.



Spread

After the pictures were posted, Twitter users immediately began remarking upon how happy Obama looked after a tough presidency and making jokes about the photos. A popular type of joke was to compare the Obama pictures to a picture one might post after a breakup to show how well he/she was doing. One of the most popular of these jokes, with over 23,000 retweets and 69,000 likes, was posted by @luckyturner[3] (shown below).


Encyclopedia Black @luckyturner et Follow 、 Obama just posed for the "I'm GREAT!" pic you'd petty post after a breakup.

Others lampooned the Biden/Obama friendship that had provided memes during their administration and made jokes about how much they missed Obama under the presidency of Donald Trump. The popularity of the jokes made Twitter Moments[4] that day and was covered by The Daily Dot on the 8th.[5]

Various Examples


Dana Schwartz DanaSchwartzzz Follow this picture is the equivalent of obama texting "new phone who dis" to america Alex Bedder Ξ¦ @itgetsbedder + Follow Nothing can compare to your first true love/ so I hope this reminds you babe/ when it's real it's forever so don't forget about POT-us jomny sun Ξ¦ @jonnysun + Follow when u realize ur best friend is better friends with someone else 2 when you finally leave your stressful job and people tell you you're glowing Elizabeth Pears @BizPears et Follow 、 Lil Daddy @FireinFreetown Follow When nobody at work appreciated you, you leave and now the building is on fire Lauren Duca @laurenduca Follow New country, who dis?

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External References

[1] Virgin – Richard vs Barack – kiteboard and foilboard challenge

[2] Twitter Moments – Obama is vacationing with his hat on backwards

[3] Twitter – @luckyturner

[4] Twitter Moments – Obama could not look happier kitesurfing with Richard Branson

[5] The Daily Dot – Barack Obama is having a blast vacationing without you--and it's a huge meme

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