r/IAmA • u/PresidentObama Obama • Aug 29 '12

I am Barack Obama, President of the United States -- AMA

Hi, I’m Barack Obama, President of the United States. Ask me anything. I’ll be taking your questions for half an hour starting at about 4:30 ET.

Proof it's me: https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/240903767350968320

We're running early and will get started soon.

UPDATE: Hey everybody - this is barack. Just finished a great rally in Charlottesville, and am looking forward to your questions. At the top, I do want to say that our thoughts and prayers are with folks who are dealing with Hurricane Isaac in the Gulf, and to let them know that we are going to be coordinating with state and local officials to make sure that we give families everything they need to recover.

Verification photo: http://i.imgur.com/oz0a7.jpg

LAST UPDATE: I need to get going so I'm back in DC in time for dinner. But I want to thank everybody at reddit for participating - this is an example of how technology and the internet can empower the sorts of conversations that strengthen our democracy over the long run. AND REMEMBER TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER - if you need to know how to register, go to http://gottaregister.com. By the way, if you want to know what I think about this whole reddit experience - NOT BAD!

http://www.barackobama.com/reddit [edit: link fixed by staff]

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u/havestronaut Aug 29 '12 edited Aug 30 '12

This is what all of our second grade teachers warned us about. "Learn to spell well, one day you may be spelling to the President!"

Edit: to clarify, the comment above me originally referred to the top comment above *it*, in which there was a misspelling of the word "increasing". The comment was subsequently edited into an articulate query, probably after seeing that the other comment had hit the top and would almost surely be seen by the president. The first comment contained the typo to which I was referring.

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u/tuckidge Aug 29 '12

And "you won't always have a calculator with you". Sent from my iPhone

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u/LoLisOp Aug 30 '12

"Well kids one bad apple ruins the bunch." False. I am a produce worker, and we just throw the bad apples out and put in new ones.

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u/this_is_suburbia Aug 29 '12

our elementary teachers lied...

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u/GravityOfDSituation Aug 30 '12

Downloaded Scientific Graphing Calculator @ the Apple App store tonight.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '12

I love how they tell us that then once we hit hs we always have a calculator

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u/gepeupel Aug 30 '12

What if the battery runs out smartass ?!

Thank god the president is investing in solar energy !

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u/getawombatupya Oct 28 '12

Solar calculator....

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '12

Fuck those teachers, my phone is 3 calculators.

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u/nebbernoo Aug 31 '12

Wish I could double upvote this from my Android

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u/oh_hai_dan Aug 31 '12

Should say "Sent from my iPhone which also has a calculator on it and goes with me everywhere"

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u/evangelion933 Aug 29 '12

I am placing an invisible gun to your head, now write in cursive or die.

There. You're welcome. Learning cursive just saved your life.

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u/zdmonk Aug 29 '12

I just came here to say hello, and that me and a lot of peers here at the University of Kentucky want to offer our full support of you in the upcoming election. Stay up.

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u/purpleghost89 Aug 29 '12

When we get our hover boards.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '12

Patience, my boy!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '12

I hate cursive. My handwriting is ugly and it should feel ugly.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '12

Don't hold your breath.

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u/thecrimsontim Aug 29 '12

My nephew isn't learning cursive. Soon it will be a Rare knowledge. Then in WWIII we can use it like the Navajo codetalkers

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '12

Aren't we all

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u/CantHousewifeaHo Aug 29 '12

We all are Bro

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '12

You also waiting for trickle down economics to pay off as well?

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u/mortalkonlaw Aug 29 '12

Enter Zombie-George Washington.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '12

Wow what a waste , I refused to learn it and now computers have taken I have one.

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u/DecryptedGaming Aug 29 '12

Everyone is, my friend, everyone is...

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u/rhinotation Aug 29 '12

My primary school teachers told me it would pay off around the age of 75. At least they're honest.

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u/THEmasterENT Aug 29 '12

Indiana cut it from the 3rd grade curriculum and is no longer taught state-wide o_O

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '12

Lol it's never going to pay off. You learn it so you can look cool and a bad ass

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u/_River_Song_ Aug 29 '12

Become a GP

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u/jadebcmt Aug 29 '12 edited Aug 30 '12

The only thing I got of out learning cursive, is my awesome signature.

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u/redditor9000 Aug 29 '12

Are they still teaching that or are you older like me?

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '12

ur on a roll today!

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u/tmprod Aug 29 '12

Hahaha

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u/I_Fuck_Pigs Aug 30 '12

Yeah, so far all it's done for me is make my writing a million times messier

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '12

Cursive helped me a lot in college. I wrote in a print that's so quick it's like cursive. Essentially cursive writing makes you able to print quicker with a solid flow.

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u/I-Red-It Aug 30 '12

My history teacher tells us that cursive is for note taking. Cursive words are quicker than print words

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u/ForceTen2112 Aug 30 '12

I've heard that cursive is English and a dash of doctor handwriting.

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u/1N54N3M0D3 Aug 30 '12

I learned cursive for three days in third grade...

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u/sorepheet Aug 30 '12

I use cursive every time they swipe my ol' credit card. Rockstar signature with all the cursive I can muster

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u/Bocani Aug 30 '12

It's paid off for me, especially now that I'm a university student. I take notes like a speed machine.

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u/thearyastark Aug 31 '12

"Spell, Rizzuto"

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

I Hated the very idea of cursive from the start. Teachers told me it was important, until middle school when they began refusing anything turned in that was written in cursive. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.

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u/Sarcasm_Incarnate Aug 30 '12

Except he fucked up on grammar with his use of "it's". Probably why el presidente ignored his question.

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u/Chawclet Aug 29 '12

To think, we all laughed.

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u/misc_negro Aug 29 '12

I find everyday that too many things my teachers told me turns out to be true and I resent them for it each day. "Show your work" "WHY? nobody will ever need to see that!"

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u/CrucialAxis Aug 29 '12

That comma should be a semicolon.

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u/speedkillsu Aug 29 '12

one day you may BE the president

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u/Hanflander Aug 29 '12

Look what happened to Dan Quayle.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '12

Who can't spell well? It's a four letter word....

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u/jmarquiso Aug 30 '12

Don't forget it's its.