If you see someone talking to an empty chair today, don't worry -- they're probably just "Eastwooding."
Clint Eastwood spoke at the Republican National Convention in Florida last night, with a significant portion of his speech revolving around a conversation with... a chair.
Are you ready for this? In said chair was an invisible President Barack Obama. And where there's an invisible Obama, there must be an Internet sensation. And that Internet sensation? "Eastwooding," or pointing to an empty chair with a disgruntled expression.
BuzzFeed has some perfect examples of how to perform this act, if you're so inclined.
According to Mashable, some of the "biggest headlines" to come out of the Republican National Convention may in fact come from Eastwood's ten-minute chair speech (seen here). Whether that's depressing news to you or not, with one scan through social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr you'll notice Eastwood certainly made an impact.
By the end of Eastwood's speech, the "invisible Obama" who sat in the wooden chair had its own Twitter parody account. The account had 40,000 followers by Friday morning.
Check out some of @InvisibleObama's tweets below:
When Mitt Romney says "Mr. Chairman", do you think he's referring to me?
— Invisible Obama (@InvisibleObama) August 31, 2012
Hey everyone. Share a picture of me when you get to work this morning. I'm IN YOUR CHAIR.
— Invisible Obama (@InvisibleObama) August 31, 2012#eastwooding
The "Invisible" account was momentary suspended around 9:30am this morning, with a post later stating that Twitter "took the invisible thing a little too literally." At the time of publication, @InvisibleObama was back up and running.
But the real President Obama (or at least his Twitter account) soon jumped into the internet activity. He responded to Eastwood's speech with the tweet below:
This seat's taken. OFA.BO/c2gbfi, twitter.com/BarackObama/st…
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 31, 2012
So go ahead, make Eastwood's day and tweet your own chair pictures to us at [@HuffPostTech]. Then check out what Ann Romney had to say about Eastwood's speech, and tell us how you feel about this new meme in the comments section.

@BarackObama
<a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/241392153148915712/photo/1/large" target="_hplink">@BarackObama</a>: This seat's taken.
@colindickey
<a href="https://twitter.com/colindickey" target="_hplink">@colindickey:</a> Our dog, #eastwooding.
@delrayser
<a href="https://twitter.com/delrayser" target="_hplink">@delrayser</a>: Metro #Eastwooding
@marilolis
<a href="https://twitter.com/marilolis" target="_hplink">@marilolis</a>: #eastwooding Seen on <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/eastwooding" target="_hplink">Buzzfeed</a>
@elf35173
<a href="http://instagram.com/p/O-mcLiJ7_R/" target="_hplink">@elf35173</a>: #eastwooding with beer, which maybe is what happened in the original #easwooding Seen on <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/eastwooding" target="_hplink">Buzzfeed</a>
@stefsby
<a href="https://twitter.com/stefsby" target="_hplink">@stefsby</a>: #eastwooding
@RoryAlbanese
<a href="https://twitter.com/RoryAlbanese" target="_hplink">@RoryAlbanese</a>: I'm having trouble falling asleep in this #Tampa hotel room with the President staring at me... #eastwooding
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Eastwood
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Parrot Eastwooding
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Meeting Invisible Obama!
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Late night chat with Invisible Obama
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My exclusive interview with President Obama
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Eastwooding
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Rustic Eastwooding
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Clint Eastwood Stole my Bar Stool
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Anne_Carrion_Toale"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://s.huffpost.com/images/profile/user_placeholder.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Anne_Carrion_Toale">Anne Carrion Toale</a>:<br />Seriously, this is my kitchen.
Me and my co host this morning President Barack Obama
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#Eastwooding
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Seamus Inspired Eastwooding
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This guy!
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Kai Michael...3 yrs old tomorrow.
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Invisible Obama, chillin in my law office.
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Eric_Schupper"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/729425573/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Eric_Schupper">Eric Schupper</a>:<br />Honored to have Invisible Obama in my office this morning. Love your tie, sir. Is that a Ermenegildo Zegna?
Eastwooding at Work
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Our new Eastwooding Chair
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Melissa #eastwooding
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#eastwooding in the practice room
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Eastwooding Dj
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Ben Franklin Eastwooding
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Invisible Obama Seen In California
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Just... #Eastwooding
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Me Eastwooding
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Eastwooding
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Got wood?
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Eastwooding
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Eastwooding!!!
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EASTBOWING
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Commander Riker asks "What would you do?"
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Hanging with President Obama!
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Michael_Godley"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/1250925388/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Michael_Godley">Michael Godley</a>:<br />We shared a laugh during dinner at the disaster the GOP Convention was this week. Then President Obama cracked open 2 beers from the fridge while I made a donation to his campaign. What a great night.
A mid-day conversation
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Galileo_Humpkins"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/100001912974262/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Galileo_Humpkins">Galileo Humpkins</a>:<br />"While the logistics of doing that are intriguing, Mr. President, I don't think it's possible...no matter how 'bendy' I look."
Eastwooding the student chair
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Eastwooding ... The President is listening.
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Clint Eastwood KILLING at YukYuks Comedy club
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Bobbie and Betty Eastwooding
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Finn arguing with an imaginary Clint Eastwood
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Alex_Bauer"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://s.huffpost.com/images/profile/user_placeholder.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Alex_Bauer">Alex Bauer</a>:<br />
My lovely chat with POTUS #eastwooding #invisibleobama
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Meghann_Moore_Sullivan"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/567888104/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Meghann_Moore_Sullivan">Meghann Moore Sullivan</a>:<br />It was my honor and privilege to meet and chat with the leader of the free world.
Someone had to do it.
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#Eastwooding at the University
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