The Internet Is for Gluing Captions on Things

Via John Lynch, Fark brings us LOLPresidents:

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There's some good stuff, along with the usual rubbish. I also liked this motivational poster:

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I'm easily amused, and it's been a really long week.

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I had a hard time reading that thread at work and not laughing. Then again, I'm a fark regular so I got some of the more obscure inside jokes. The one with Lincoln saying "Boom! Head shot!" made me spit out a little coffee.

The Kennedy one is a redux of a motivational poster that's been going around for years now - except instead of John F. Kennedy, it's James T. Kirk.

(I prefer that version.)

The best [de]motivational posters I have ever found are at Despair Inc. Quite a laugh.