Gallery: The Best of the Situation Room LOL Pics

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    Thanks to the magic of photo-editing software may we present: the best of the Situation Room LOL pics. We asked Wired.com readers to send us their own remixes of the famous photo that was taken inside the White House situation room during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Some bubbled up from the dark corners of the internet, where the meme is going strong, and others were created fresh. Some were funny, some were surprising. Some — like the one above that plops *Jersey Shore*'s [The Situation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sorrentino) and his bod into the scene — were incredibly clever. "The internet's social news experience is wonderful precisely because we get to see the range of reactions that people have to a major news event," said Wired.com alum [Alexis Madrigal](http://www.theatlantic.com/alexis-madrigal/), who put The Situation in the situation room, in an e-mail. "You get people responding really emotionally to the situation-room photo, and then needing some release from that emotion." The result is a lot of doctored photos featuring other internet memes, *Star Wars* references (naturally), photos from the [recent royal wedding](http://www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/ ) and reality TV stars. "It was just a visual joke that I couldn't pass up once I saw the internet cranking out a bunch of them," said Madrigal, who is now a senior editor at *The Atlantic*. Check out the other top submissions to Wired.com's [situation-room LOL pic photo project](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2011/05/situation-room-lol-pic/) in the gallery above.
  • Situation Room Edit President Obama the Gamer
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    President Obama — the Gamer --------------------------- We all know President Barack Obama is kind of a nerd. [John Hodgman told us so](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW7OPByRGDY). So it was only a matter of time before someone noticed Obama's gamer face and put a PlayStation controller in his hand. Well played, dorks. *Found at Reddit*
  • Situation Room Edit 3D Vision
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    3-D Vision ---------- Presumably the White House situation room boasts the highest of high technology. For some dreamers out there, that simply *must* include 3-D. *Submitted by chris*
  • Situation Room Edit Blue Screen of Death
    Pete Souza
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    Blue Screen of Death -------------------- The general public will probably never see what the national security team saw during the Osama bin Laden raid. One can only hope they never saw the [BSoD](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death). *Submitted by schichtarbeiter*
  • Situation Room Edit Party Down
    Pete Souza
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    Party Down ---------- Nothing says "huge historic moment for the United States" like a party hat on the head of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. *Submitted by Crossmarks*
  • Situation Room Edit Royal Wedding Frowning Flower Girl
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    Royal Wedding Frowning Flower Girl ---------------------------------- Before bin Laden's death was announced, the royal wedding's [frowning flower girl](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/01/royal-wedding-hangover-frowning-flower-girl-becomes-internet-sensation/) was already on her way to becoming an internet phenomenon. This is what happens when memes collide. *Found at Boing Boing*
  • Situation Room Edit Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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    *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* --------------------------------------- Because one good group shot deserves another. Now available on iTunes. Sorta. *Submitted by jon*
  • Situation Room Edit Princess Beatrice's Hat
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    Princess Beatrice's Hat ----------------------- Princess Beatrice's hat was almost too crazy for the royal wedding. Putting it on an entire national security team is just insane. *Image by [twolf1](http://www.dependablerenegade.com/dependable_renegade/2011/05/the-white-house-breaks-out.html)*
  • Situation Room Edit Imma Let You Finish
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    Imma Let You Finish ------------------- Remember all the way back to 2009? Those were simpler times. A time when [Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kanye-interrupts-imma-let-you-finish) at the MTV Video Music Awards was the biggest news of the night. *Submitted by rewsiffer*
  • Situation Room Edit Team Coco
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    Team Coco --------- You know who makes everything funnier? [Conan O'Brien](http://teamcoco.com/). *Submitted by clankATcogfactoryDOTcom*
  • Situation Room Edit The One With Everyone Else
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    The One With Everyone Else -------------------------- Pee-wee! Bob Ross! SpongeBob! This edit looks like what would've happened if everybody *else* who is anybody showed up at the White House. *Submitted by marzz and John Stricker*
  • Situation Room Edit Redrum
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    Redrum ------ Hopefully there are no mirrors in the situation room. *Submitted by Johnny*
  • Situation Room Edit Authentic Lolcat Version
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    Authentic LOLcat Version ------------------------ When in doubt, a little LOL-speak always does the trick. In this case, it works like a charm. *Submitted by lester*
  • Situation Room Edit Wiimote Lady
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    Wiimote Lady ------------ Because it all could've been just one hard-core marathon of *Wii Sports*. (But probably not.) *Submitted by alper ö. esin*
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