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Cool dad Obama wore a backwards hat on vacation, and the internet lost it

In dark times, even a backwards hat can bring the world joy.

Brian Koerber

on February 1, 2017

Seeing former President Barack Obama out of office in street clothes is like seeing your elementary school teacher at the grocery store. You know they're just normal people, but sometimes, you forget.

Obama is taking a much-deserved post-presidency vacation with his family on Richard Branson's Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. He's is finally allowed to let loose after serving as president for eight years, and let loose he did.

Pictures and video emerged on Wednesday of very cool dad Barack Obama wearing a backwards hat whilst heading to the beach, decked out in all black, wearing short shorts and flip flops.

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There's just something about seeing the former leader of the free world in a backwards hat and flip flops that brought joy to the void that is the internet recently.