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[–]iadtyjwu 210 points211 points ago

Anyone else notice the red dot on his chest. Erie.

[–]snorch 197 points198 points ago

Two e's on the front. Eerie. Erie is in Pennsylvania.

[–]blackkevinDUNK 267 points268 points ago

oh my god my city was mentioned on reddit

ama

[–]embolalia 10 points11 points ago

Ah, yes. Erie, PA. I know it best as "that obnoxious place where the speed limit drops on the way to Ohio".

[–]ItsTheFeds 7 points8 points ago

Go home flat lander! Go home.

[–]yodamaster103 19 points20 points ago

actually he was talking about the lake, sorry bro

[–]RattsWoman 12 points13 points ago

Erie is also a Great Lake.

[–]jacobtaylor1987 11 points12 points ago

And Eerie is in Indiana.

[–]NorwegianPearl 2 points3 points ago

Ours is cooler

[–]formidable_opponent 26 points27 points ago

Snipers are watching out over him, or someone with a laser pointer has a death wish.

[–]M5Phalanx 55 points56 points ago

Snipers don't actually use laser pointers.

[–]heymrk 56 points57 points ago

The stupid ones do.

[–]The_Painted_Man 7 points8 points ago

TIL: Ralph Wiggam is a sniper.

[–]TheMieberlake 4 points5 points ago

I can dress myself!

[–]executex 2 points3 points ago

but but but movies!

[–]qwerter 6 points7 points ago

Not if they've equipped the Huntsman.

[–]TheE3Guy 26 points27 points ago

Its the reflection off his tie clip.

[–]Knov 5 points6 points ago

Does anyone know if snipers would still have a red dot on someone like that?

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

Snipers have never and will never use lasers outside of movies.

[–]darkevilemu 8 points9 points ago

Oh my God, we elected a cyborg.

[–]fdisk2053 33 points34 points ago

I felt like OP's photo was missing something

[–]mechabeast 125 points126 points ago

Am I the only only who hears POTUSpenser here!

[–]DJAshian 62 points63 points ago

Pootis.

[–]HolographicMetapod 27 points28 points ago

I don't know that reference, but my cat's name is Pootis.

[–]MoMan501 13 points14 points ago

Since I've been in your position before, i.e. "Not getting a reference on reddit and nobody explains it after asking," I'll tell you. It's from one of the greatest games of all time, Team Fortress 2.

[–]Lay-Z-Bones 5 points6 points ago

Pootis is referencing heavy weapons from team fortress two. When heavy weapons uses the voice command put dispenser here it comes out more of a pootispencer here! Some servers allow infinite spamming so the heavy will repeat only the pootis for much merriment as he chases other players or peacefully dines on the sandwich

Pooyis poot pootis

[–]Menospan 9 points10 points ago

[–]dirice87 2 points3 points ago

same voice actor too?

[–]Menospan 4 points5 points ago

Yes. Gary Schwartz.

Also does the voice for Demoman, Pugna, Shadow Shaman, and Sniper (dota2)

[–]qizarate 12 points13 points ago

For some reason, I always read POTUS as "POTATO IN MY ANUS"

Sorry Obama.

[–]Ree81 0 points1 point ago

[–]dance_ninja 75 points76 points ago

Directed by J.J. Abrams.

[–]NZAllBlacks 21 points22 points ago

I just realized i would watch the crap out of a movie called "The president of the United States" with will smith as president Obama.

[–]abskee 11 points12 points ago

When asked who should play him if they made a movie about his life Obama said 'Will Smith, he's got the ears'

[–]Eudaemons 21 points22 points ago

Produced by Michael Bay.

[–]dance_ninja 25 points26 points ago

That would require a minimum of at lest 5 more explosions, not counting the helicopter.

[–]GimpWheelchair 24 points25 points ago

This picture was taken .0003 seconds before the entire background went up in an absurd amount of flames. Obama didn't flinch.

[–]voter790 14 points15 points ago

He lacks enough hair to rustle in the wind of the shock wave, but he makes up for it every time he speaks to the hearts and minds of the middle class.

[–]RelaxingThought 3 points4 points ago

also, he's wearing sunglasses.

[–]Arioch47 1 point2 points ago

... with Linkin Park in the background.

[–]collinkrum 1 point2 points ago

Lens flare porn

[–]Turd_Bucket 0 points1 point ago

Cool guys don't run from head lights.

[–]EchoesOfRape 64 points65 points ago

Non-American here..can someone please stand up and tell me what POTUS means?

[–]alannaek 149 points150 points ago

President of the United States = POTUS

First Lady of the United States = FLOTUS

Supreme Court of the United States = SCOTUS

Etc etc.

[Edit: Formatting]

[–]weasel-like 361 points362 points ago

My Balls = SCROTUS

Edit: Of course this is my highest ranked comment. Of course it is.

[–]JustaNiceRegularDude 138 points139 points ago

My neighbor = OTIS

[–]Russki75 125 points126 points ago

The best secret order = White Lotus

[–]Bill_Clintons_Choad 67 points68 points ago

Related to the turtle = tortise

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[–]CodyModo 64 points65 points ago

Didn't pay rent= evitction notice.

[–]Fridaypenis 23 points24 points ago

Like a dolphin = porpoise

[–]PartyBusGaming 22 points23 points ago

Our pen pals = wrote us

[–]ukrussian 20 points21 points ago

At a strip club= yell show us

[–]D4rkr4in 11 points12 points ago

Drowning = Boat us.

[–]baxmanz 8 points9 points ago

The best opium den = Blue Lotus

[–]HoagieBun 11 points12 points ago

E tu Scrotus?

[–]unimonkey 2 points3 points ago

Peeping Tom = She didn't notice

[–]amolad 4 points5 points ago

The plural of "scrotum" is "scrota" for all you non-Latin scholars.

[–]word_nerd_mcgoo 11 points12 points ago

First Dog = FDOTUS

[–]DeathToPennies 2 points3 points ago

VEEP fan, by any chance?

[–]Spectacularity 13 points14 points ago

President Of The United States.

[–]daversa 15 points16 points ago

It's a character on The West Wing.

[–]DIonized 17 points18 points ago

Tell your friend Potus he's got a funny name.

[–]formidable_opponent 2 points3 points ago

It's not his name it's his title, and he's not my friend he's my boss.

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[–]popnlochnessmonster 4 points5 points ago

American here... why are we prefacing our questions with our nationality?

[–]JustaNiceRegularDude 16 points17 points ago

As an American, why is there a laser sight on his chest????

[–]Arandmoor 5 points6 points ago

Reflection off of his tie clip most likely.

...reflection of the FLAMING ARMAGEDDON he was walking towards as his epic aura caused all the tea partiers and libertarians in the immediate vicinity to SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST where they stood.

You see, he was on his way to the third debate when the photo was taken.

...and yes, I'm making all this up.

[–]finn_the_humann 12 points13 points ago

lens flare

[–]fuck_brave_redditors 5 points6 points ago

You could have used less words to google "POTUS" on the internet. Stop being brave.

[–]IDontHaveTimeForThis 2 points3 points ago

your username & comment speak of bravery in some hipster way I am unaware of. please explain this.

i know, i could have typed it into google, but i wanted to be brave.

[–]Namika 3 points4 points ago

It's a Secret Service term to refer to the current president when it comes to designing security. As in "Agent Johnson your job is to follow POTUS at all times". They say POTUS instead of Obama because if Obama dies at 10:00am, then at 10:01am VicePresident Biden becomes POTUS. So everyone who is tasked with protecting the President now protects him. POTUS is used to designate the office, not the person.

But really now, I don't know why everyday people (such as the OP) are using it in everyday speech when they can just say "Obama". It's just something people say to try and sound cool or something.

[–]MVPyouknowme 8 points9 points ago

It's a good thing that they make this clear to Secret Service agents, otherwise they would just go home after Obama died.

[–]r0cketx 12 points13 points ago

[–]Odusei 21 points22 points ago

[–]gimmie20dollars 107 points108 points ago

If someone could please photoshop this so there are explosions behind him I think it would be the most badass picture of any President ever.

[–]swissdude 263 points264 points ago

[–]CTRL_ALT_RAPE 85 points86 points ago

COOL GUYS DON'T LOOK AT EXPLOSIONS!

[–]Shellface 37 points38 points ago

THEY TURN AROUND AND JUST WALK AWAY

[–]CommentsOnOccasion 9 points10 points ago

They blow shit up and they walk away

[–]stormstar1 3 points4 points ago

Bad ass! Now with Dakota Fanning!

[–]IAMStrangely 4 points5 points ago

And this is why I came here! Thank you, you are doing the lord's work.

[–]Blanderman 58 points59 points ago

And post it side-by-side with this.

[–]anonymous123421 5 points6 points ago

show him some backbone

[–]D4rkr4in 2 points3 points ago

Except this one was real. That's how badass Putin is.

[–]Slicker1138 72 points73 points ago

Even with explosions it would still lose...

[–]VeryLittle 85 points86 points ago

Hi, I'm Teddy Roosevelt and welcome to Jackass.

[–]mrhhug 9 points10 points ago

I just did a paper post civil was america and focused on the election of 1912 as a pivotal election in american history . Teddy Roosevelt was a major fucking badass. En route to a speech someone tried to murder him. the bullet (I consider it sizeable) pierced his spectacle case, through the 50 page speech he had written, and lodged in his body.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TR_Assissination_Bullet_Damage.jpg

dude was such a badass and avid outdoorsman that he concluded since he was not coughing up blood the bullet had not penetrated his lung and that he demanded to be taken to the place of the speech where he delivered the speech where he indicated he was shot enroute, pointed at the holes in his papers. and his bloody shirt and exclaimed "it takes more than this to kill a bull moose!!!" bull moose was the name of the party he was running under this time.

http://i.imgur.com/755mN.jpg

this election was the highest 3rd party popular vote (27.4%) and the only time an incumbent finished 3rd in an election (Taft)

[–]dksprocket 15 points16 points ago

Might as well use the full resolution picture!

[–]chewymilkybar 79 points80 points ago

[–]kakey 31 points32 points ago

I saw that silhouette and though at first it was W. Bush.

[–]farmerfound 81 points82 points ago

I'm not good enough to do that, but I thought of this the moment I saw it. Coming this November...

[–]godlessatheist 18 points19 points ago

The Dark Knight Rises.

[–]avenx 6 points7 points ago

It's already been posted in /r/photoshopbattles. It's only a matter of time.

[–]Unalive 11 points12 points ago

Make it a movie poster.

"DRONE WARS"

[–]intisun 2 points3 points ago

Late to the party, but here: http://i.imgur.com/8688i.jpg

[–]brunesgoth 1 point2 points ago

And with lots of fire

[–]joshqueens2 9 points10 points ago

instead of coming to the comments only to find shitty puns and unfunny reddit humor, i'd like for once to actually have an explanation of the pic

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[–]Big-Baby-Jesus 7 points8 points ago

The President was walking outside at night, a car was nearby, and someone took a picture.

Happy now?

[–]capncrunch94 3 points4 points ago

HE'S THE POTUS WITH THE MOSTUS!!!!!!

[–]shorty6049 7 points8 points ago

I'll never be this cool...

[–]TheHooDooer 17 points18 points ago

POTUS_IN_MY_ANUS

[–]cumfarts 4 points5 points ago

alright everyone, circle up and jerk

[–]wave538demon 6 points7 points ago

BAMFOTUS!!

[–]POTUS 11 points12 points ago

Yes?

[–]Andypwns 5 points6 points ago

Looks like he's Niko bellic http://i.imgur.com/4Wzit.jpg

[–]topthehill90 2 points3 points ago

POTMFUS*

[–]alexnoaburg 2 points3 points ago

The new 007?

[–]pimpofpixels 1 point2 points ago

Habeas Corpus never stood a chance.

[–]Mechanikore 1 point2 points ago

Hello, I'm Barack Obama, and welcome to Unsolved Mysteries.

[–]bornTobyWild 2 points3 points ago

[–]PARBOIL 24 points25 points ago

All the democrats in here having a good fap?

[–]StinsonBarney 48 points49 points ago

I don't see how political affiliation has anything to do with the POTUS. He is the president of the whole nation, not just one party.

[–]Arandmoor 18 points19 points ago

This is what bugs me about the current Republican party.

They don't want their candidate to be President of the United States. They want the president to be President of The Republican Party and Fuck Everyone Else That Just Happens To Live In MY Country.

I'm way off topic. Ignore me.

[–]Natefil 1 point2 points ago

You're bashing Republicans...you're never off topic if you're spouting that perspective.

Out of curiosity? What were the Republicans doing with G.W. Bush that was so different from what Obama has done with the country? With the exception of a couple of social issues?

[–]trashacount12345 4 points5 points ago

I don't seem to recall this sentiment floating around reddit much during 2001-2008. Strange...

[–]Arandmoor 3 points4 points ago

Probably because the dems are still trying to work with republicans.

It was the right that started all this stupid obstructionist bullshit.

[–]Natefil 1 point2 points ago

Yes, it was the dems who were trying to save America back then.

Forget that the dems and republicans agree about the economy and international relations. Forget that the dems and republicans agree about drugs and immigration. Forget that they agree about which big businesses to bail out and which countries need sanctions and which need tariffs. Forget that they agree about currency manipulation in America and reject the same type of currency manipulation in China. Forget that they hate the same countries and want to bomb the same people.

Yes, the dems were definitely the good guys.

[–]DeathToPennies 10 points11 points ago

Shut up. It's a cool picture.

[–]kanjiwatanabe 3 points4 points ago

[–]frostbird -5 points-4 points ago

This picture is absolutely terrible. Why is it up so high in pics?

Oh wait, it's Obama.

YEAH ATHEISM, MARIJUANA, CATS, BOOBIES!!!

Edit: Spelling.

[–]kurtca 7 points8 points ago

This picture is absolutely awesome. Why are you bitching about it? Oh wait, it's Obama. YEAH JEEBUS, ESTABLISHMENT, DOGS, COCKS!!!! Edit: Caps.

[–]theuber1337 52 points53 points ago

Who cares about the politics? It's a cool picture of the guy.

[–]siamesefightingfish 10 points11 points ago

So you think a cool pic of Romney would have gotten the same attention?

[–]gerrylazlo 37 points38 points ago

[–]A_glorious_dawn 18 points19 points ago

No, but largely because Romney is not the president of the the united states.

[–]frostbird 1 point2 points ago

I think you misunderstand. I am saying that I am not impressed at all with the quality of the picture. I am accusing Redditors of falling in love with it simply because it is Obama.

[–]EXV 17 points18 points ago

I don't like Obama, but this pic does make him look like a badass.

[–]ATownStomp 14 points15 points ago

That's the point.

[–]GJCaesar1138 4 points5 points ago

I am genuinely curious; what makes you think this is a bad picture?

[–]Hdsn21 16 points17 points ago

The giant, glaring pair of headlights taking up half the picture. I opened the picture and had no idea why the hell such an amateur photo was seemingly presented as a great one.

[–]N0Ultimatum 13 points14 points ago

That's it? And not all the noise that you can see all over his suit? The glair actually looks cool. Shooting this at 3200+ iso is not.

[–]medtxpack 6 points7 points ago

what makes it so good?

[–]frostbird 0 points1 point ago

The brightness of the photo is very low except for the headlights, which are far too bright. The headlights cover up a decent portion of Obama's body. Obama is the only thing in focus, too. The car's headline is the only other thing distinguishable. If the headlights weren't shining into the camera and Obama had been a bit brighter, I would have liked it more. (I need to start raging less and only provide my opinion more.)

[–]Deergoose -1 points0 points ago

Teleprompter of the United States

[–]immarried 13 points14 points ago

Except that there wasn't one.......

[–]31337357 8 points9 points ago

Then who was president?

[–]MarleyandtheWhalers 3 points4 points ago

Something about the coloring and contrast of that picture makes it seem like something terrible is about to happen to him. Plus, as /u/iadtyjwu pointed out, there's a dot on his chest.

[–]MikeDitz 3 points4 points ago

Awesome, now we can put this on the front of a videogame cover.

[–]bookishyo 2 points3 points ago

Such a goddamn badass.

[–]Jezebeldaworth 1 point2 points ago

http://qkme.me/3rgr4g What i thought when i saw this picture

[–]riseofazrael 2 points3 points ago

Not going to lie, I had no idea what "POTUS" was until I clicked on this and said, "Why is there a picture of of the President of the US." Then it hit me and I felt incredibly ashamed at myself. Acronyms always kill me.

[–]jdegs 1 point2 points ago

I don't know why but I was expecting something to explode.

[–]Supernaturaltwin 1 point2 points ago

Pot us? yes please

[–]IrateGinger 1 point2 points ago

Anyone else reminded of this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMD808gow0w

[–]BeLegendary 1 point2 points ago

Make that the cover art for his game!

[–]Taki3d 0 points1 point ago

DOBIS PR

[–]rockfordauthor 1 point2 points ago

J.J. Abrams, stop putting your lens flares in other pictures

[–]TheresJustNoWay 1 point2 points ago

FUCK. EVERYBODY RUN

[–]NoobMaster25 0 points1 point ago

I'm still waiting for someone to photoshop him as the BF3 guy.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Don't worry, they'll lighten it up for the time magazine cover.

[–]Danez 1 point2 points ago

Mother fuckers. I'd be better on my god damned own.

[–]IantheV 0 points1 point ago

he's the POTUS with the mostest

[–]Eiganerd 0 points1 point ago

Can only think of O'Jays, 'For The Love of Money' looking at this

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=p1ZuSx6zevQ

[–]Nueuan 0 points1 point ago

PUSA, President of the United States of America.

[–]timebomb011 0 points1 point ago

someone please photoshop in an explosion behind him. OBAMA in The Re-Election Campaign

[–]L2_Confu 1 point2 points ago

[–]fr3nzical 1 point2 points ago

[–]NickelFish 0 points1 point ago

New meme?

[–]Thejurbul 0 points1 point ago

Looks like the Battlefield 3 cover to me.

[–]Terry_McGinnis 0 points1 point ago

Am I supposed to see something?

[–]copperblood 0 points1 point ago

This is a really good photo.

[–]hikemhigh 1 point2 points ago

Quick, photoshop a gun in his hand

[–]asimplescribe 1 point2 points ago

Here comes Omar!

[–]corrino2000 0 points1 point ago

Facebook cover, por favor?

[–]kawikzguy 0 points1 point ago

Take the fucking shot already Elroy!

[–]specter800 0 points1 point ago

Coming soon...

[–]jonr 0 points1 point ago

I hope that the next president will be named Spencer. POTUS Spencer here!

[–]pwmg 0 points1 point ago

Whooo is the president; who would risk his neck for his brother man? OBAMA! (Can you dig it?)

[–]verstand 0 points1 point ago

Look at that high-waisted man, he got feminine hips!

[–]PlatypusOverlord 0 points1 point ago

"When you see it"

[–]meh2280 0 points1 point ago

I can see our POTUS in a war machine suit.

[–]oktovan 0 points1 point ago

Can someone photoshop in an explosion behind him?

[–]michaelmclees 0 points1 point ago

This is all it takes to get Karma now days?

[–]Cockdieselallthetime 0 points1 point ago

Shocking, a picture posted to reddit meant to lionize Obama.