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Time’s 100 Most Influential People poll shows Penny Arcade topping Obama

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Time Magazine’s asked readers to vote once again on the 100 Most Influential People in the World, and guess what?

Penny Arcade’s Gabe and Tycho are above President Barack Obama on the list.

Sad thing about this list, is anyone can vote. Robert Pattinson and Adam Lambert’s placements on the list prove this.

So far, here’s the top 19. We refuse to type the 20th listing, lest we summon the demoness:

  1. Conan O’Brien
  2. Yu-Na Kim
  3. Lady Gaga
  4. Rain (Korean pop sensation)
  5. Dana White
  6. Robert Pattinson
  7. Neil Patrick Harris
  8. Adam Lambert
  9. Sachin Tendulkar
  10. Chelsea Handler
  11. Shah Rukh Khan
  12. Ron Paul
  13. Penny Arcade guys
  14. Barack Obama
  15. Beyoncé
  16. Jon Stewart
  17. Stephen Colbert
  18. Manny Pacquiao
  19. Hillary Clinton

Via Kotaku.

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16 comments

#1

Jedi Mind Tricks
02/04/10, 9:35 pm

Damn you curiosity!! Even reading that name makes me feel dirty… I heard that if you stare into the mirror and say that name three times she will suddenly appear in a helicopter and shoot your ass!

#2

YoungZer0
02/04/10, 9:37 pm

Never cared for Penny Arcade. At all. What do they do besides boring, unfunny comics?

#3

Stephany Nunneley
02/04/10, 9:38 pm

@1 lol! I could kiss you for that! :-D

#4

Gekidami
02/04/10, 9:45 pm

And yet they couldnt influence people into buying their games to warrent a third episode…

#5

sam_spade
02/04/10, 9:46 pm

YoungZer0, the setup the PAX conventions and run the Child’s Play charity?

Cheryl Cole (31) above Steve Jobs (40) above Simon Cowell (80)?

Who on earth is voting?

#6

one million
02/04/10, 9:59 pm

You know you’re not a pop sensation when your name needs an explanation.

#7

Stephany Nunneley
02/04/10, 10:03 pm

@6 I added that, actually, just in case no one was hip to him. Like me. I had no idea who the hell he was.

#8

AHA-Lambda
02/04/10, 10:04 pm

I’m not sure what that says about obama but:

Lady Gaga
Rain (Korean pop sensation)
Robert Pattinson
Penny Arcade guys

when all of them are rated above you something is wrong O_o

#9

Freek
02/04/10, 10:14 pm

It doesn’t say anything about anybody on the list, but it does say a hell of a lott about the people voting…

#10

Neolucifer
03/04/10, 12:43 am

OK did time magazine transmuted into seventeen magazine or Msn.com while i was asleep ?

#11

TheWulf
03/04/10, 2:13 am

@8

That’s just popular taste for you.

Sigh.

If I ever have the misfortune of meeting someone who’d rank Lady Gaga (or most of those) in a Top 100 of the most influential people, I’d probably end up in the shower for hours, terrified that I might have caught whatever they have.

Fortunately, thus far, I am clean.

#12

TheWulf
03/04/10, 2:17 am

To wit, that Nelson Mandela isn’t on there is a fucking travesty.

#13

sam_spade
03/04/10, 7:59 am

To be fair, it’s been a while since he put out a single.

#14

The_Deleted
03/04/10, 9:12 am

:D

#15

NiceFellow
03/04/10, 11:02 am

Interesting to know so many Twilight fans read Time. As well as a fair few other youth groups, too. Who’d have thought it.

#16

Neolucifer
03/04/10, 12:20 pm

but do they even really read it ? Or did they just came in to specifically vote , since apparently anyone can do it .

I’m leaning toward the later .

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