Obama Awarding Obama Meme Template

This iconic Photoshop edit surfaced in late 2016, shortly after the real event where Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bruce Springsteen. An internet user cleverly swapped Springsteen’s face with another photo of Obama, creating a surreal image of the President awarding himself. In meme culture, it is the definitive visual for self-congratulation, narcissism, fixing your own mistake and acting like a hero, or

• The Awarding Obama: Looking serious and official, representing , The Content Creator, The Developer, or .
• The Receiving Obama: Grinning with immense satisfaction, representing The AI’s Ego, The Successful "Improvement", or The Same Person in Panel A.
• The Medal: Representing The Fake Citation, , The UI Update, or The 10th Amnesia Plot Twist.