Exciting news: @POTUS will be joined by @LeoDiCaprio for a conversation on combating climate change at #SXSL: https://t.co/eMPiKavm8y pic.twitter.com/o7Gp0cNhBV
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) September 25, 2016
South by Southwest, Austin, Texas’ annual celebration of all things tech and music, is an exhausting week-long ordeal where you spend more time waiting in line than seeing your favorite band. Then again, breakfast tacos. But if mankind’s greatest (and most delicious) invention isn’t your thing, well, you’re a monster, but also, South by South Lawn might be more your speed.
On October 3, President Obama is inviting everyone to his pad for a “festival of ideas, art, and action,” including performances from the Lumineers and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, a student film festival presented by the kids from Stranger Things, and a talk with Leonardo DiCaprio. The Oscar winner and Obama will discuss “the importance of protecting the one planet we’ve got for future generations” (Uranus?) with climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe. DiCaprio’s climate documentary, Before the Flood, will also screen.
It’s nice that DiCaprio wants to save the world, or whatever, but based on a photo on the White House’s official website, Leo and Obama are both going to be That Guy At That Party who traps everyone in a conversation. “I get it, the polar bears are dying — now can you please play some Young Thug?”
The internet has some other ideas about what they were discussing.
OBAMA: But there was enough room for you and Rose
DICAPRIO: Mr. President, I don’t
O: Were you more focused on getting revenge on the bear? pic.twitter.com/ypndyzm0Dz— Daniel Lin (@danwlin) September 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/780224843056832513
"So, what's the rest of the Pussy Posse up to these days?" pic.twitter.com/tJUCvOm5rb
— Maggie Serota (@maggieserota) September 26, 2016
Obama: Is there any way we could make inception a reality?
Leo:….. pic.twitter.com/7EVMgBd5Rs— John Alvarado (@johncalvarado) September 26, 2016
OBAMA: Remember how Titanic was so long that it was split onto 2 videotapes? You had to hold them like this
LEO:Yeah pic.twitter.com/3MokqZ93JQ— pat tobin (@tastefactory) September 26, 2016
OBAMA: listen leo there are very specific reasons why u cant play me in a bio pic
LEO: [alredy studying his body language] pic.twitter.com/vqMTRJ6EbI— jonny sun (@jonnysun) September 26, 2016
"In my final act as president, I'm naming you Secretary of Vaping." pic.twitter.com/fqeNDk7vNc
— Josh Kurp (@JoshKurp) September 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/FG_Nadav/status/780408447225491456
"Okay but for real why didn't she move over and let you hang onto the door too?"
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) September 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/HannaFlint/status/780233724860338176
https://twitter.com/darth/status/780222134958247936
And thus, Leobama was born.
(Via White House)