Obama Awards Obama a Medal

Obama Awards Obama a Medal originated when Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 21 individuals on November 22nd, 2016. A satirical website published a photoshopped version on January 11th, 2017, depicting Obama awarding himself the medal. The image quickly spread to Reddit and Twitter where it was used as a reaction format for jokes about self-congratulation, self-promotion, and unearned awards. A 2019 Reddit surge saw posts accumulate over 65,000 upvotes, cementing the image as a go-to format for ironic self-patting-on-the-back jokes.

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