Twitter Comes Together to Thank President Obama for His 8 Years in Office

After eight years in office, President Barack Obama will finish his second term and return to being a private citizen on Friday — something the world is understandably pretty emotional about. So, in order to show how grateful millions of people are for his service over the years, Twitter began the hashtag #ThankYouObama late Thursday night, and it was quickly flooded with people expressing their gratitude and admiration for our 44th president.

Here's just some of what people had to say.

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[twitter align='center' id='822282877115269120' username='samwhiteout']https://twitter.com/samwhiteout/status/822282877115269120[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822282833905545220' username='_sexualgrande']https://twitter.com/_sexualgrande/status/822282833905545220[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822284087109054464' username='alyssaaconyerss']https://twitter.com/alyssaaconyerss/status/822284087109054464[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822302644488310784' username='summerbrennan']https://twitter.com/summerbrennan/status/822302644488310784[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822306524777168899' username='fanprobIem']https://twitter.com/fanprobIem/status/822306524777168899[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822311439918452736' username='PPIAction']https://twitter.com/PPIAction/status/822311439918452736[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822290549633851392' username='catharsispilots']https://twitter.com/catharsispilots/status/822290549633851392[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822293211364331522' username='AndreaArizaga']https://twitter.com/AndreaArizaga/status/822293211364331522[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822293920952553472' username='dulizzle']https://twitter.com/dulizzle/status/822293920952553472[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822308399211683840' username='brosandprose']https://twitter.com/brosandprose/status/822308399211683840[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822294647221395456' username='makaila_santos']https://twitter.com/makaila_santos/status/822294647221395456[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822293801737879558' username='SarahSarahada']https://twitter.com/SarahSarahada/status/822293801737879558[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822296254990282752' username='mark432']https://twitter.com/mark432/status/822296254990282752[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822285735889768448' username='JarrellBrown']https://twitter.com/JarrellBrown/status/822285735889768448[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822279609735516161' username='CubanitaLaura91']https://twitter.com/CubanitaLaura91/status/822279609735516161[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822279593251966976' username='daizegabbs']https://twitter.com/daizegabbs/status/822279593251966976[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822274981254070272' username='abbey_mf']https://twitter.com/abbey_mf/status/822274981254070272[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822271999280087041' username='CamiCamid71']https://twitter.com/CamiCamid71/status/822271999280087041[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822272867631034368' username='selfcritics']https://twitter.com/selfcritics/status/822272867631034368[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822236840635887617' username='CataclysmicKae']https://twitter.com/CataclysmicKae/status/822236840635887617[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822236119077109760' username='jclovelife14']https://twitter.com/jclovelife14/status/822236119077109760[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822234043441938432' username='CyraSimone']https://twitter.com/CyraSimone/status/822234043441938432[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822233129440178176' username='J_fire38']https://twitter.com/J_fire38/status/822233129440178176[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822220014300393474' username='DougKievit']https://twitter.com/DougKievit/status/822220014300393474[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822164325083320320' username='gIowshawty']https://twitter.com/gIowshawty/status/822164325083320320[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822287228114235392' username='thatsamelia']https://twitter.com/thatsamelia/status/822287228114235392[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822289030884818945' username='DanielleMuscato']https://twitter.com/DanielleMuscato/status/822289030884818945[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822264941847736320' username='RVAwonk']https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/822264941847736320[/twitter]

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[twitter align='center' id='822260215810641920' username='BadASSSery']https://twitter.com/BadASSSery/status/822260215810641920[/twitter]

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