It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Twitter user in possession of a relatively calm phone must be in want of some Discourse (ideally, horny, furious, Godfather-related discourse).
At least, that’s what I reckon must be behind this deliciously divisive Tweet:
At a wedding and having a big debate rn. Please vote. Who was hotter?
— Ashley Reese (@offbeatorbit) May 14, 2023
With 277,372 votes and a whopping 38.2 million views, it seems writer Ashley Reese’s controversial content has struck a serious chord with retroactively randy Twitter users.
As Vulture writer Rebecca Alter says, “We are a nation divided, fractured, horny”.
While I don’t know if I support the scarcity mindset this viral hit seems to have encouraged (why not both! I want both!), I did enjoy some of the Tweet’s responses.
Let’s start with team Young De Niro:
Pacino was prettier but De Niro was hotter. https://t.co/mMVcc1BwXapic.twitter.com/uw65ew536k
— Anna Bogutskaya (@annabdemented) May 14, 2023
The responses to this poll are DELUSIONAL. The only correct answer is Robert DeNiro https://t.co/vgR0pPBUKcpic.twitter.com/k5ljV1V0DU
— Olayemi Olurin (@msolurin) May 14, 2023
THERE WAS A FIRE IN MILWAUKEE THAT DESTROYED THOUSANDS OF DE NIRO VOTES!!!!!!!!!!! WE MUST ADDRESS THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/ugbpbCePRh
— Miss Honey (@onemintjulep) May 15, 2023
And now, for the Tweet author’s fave, Young Pacino:
the only correct answer is pacino. i can’t even believe this is up for debate.. like have y’all not seen his 1961 mugshot photo? or the letter he wrote to diane keaton??? al pacino is for the girls <3 https://t.co/FIp9Cy5nYNpic.twitter.com/VfZrrW1WM3
— top gun tay (@taytertotbitch) May 14, 2023
one question: does robert de niro have a fancam set to west coast by lana del rey that i watch obsessively? pic.twitter.com/Ht0sKZJZ5vhttps://t.co/qxKbSEPxd8
— n (@nesplease) May 14, 2023
the results saying de niro was hotter when these hoodie photos exist. are you ppl out of your minds https://t.co/X7K1sjZ0uZpic.twitter.com/5nLAUwVpi0
— laura 🦠 (@ecto_fun) May 14, 2023
no more stupid fucking questions please. https://t.co/W3YDru2NMapic.twitter.com/N78Gr9hzd7
— bludhaund (@pixikiIler) May 16, 2023
Then, there were the more level-headedly lubricious:
why pit two successful women against each other https://t.co/hmpBlMc7dhpic.twitter.com/Bdo0JQR1Es
— vampire workday (@imbobswaget) May 14, 2023
Why turn them against eachother when you could just have a threesome https://t.co/U1B4Fnf6qGpic.twitter.com/ny1VGx2RjB
— cunty michael collins 🇮🇪 (@fenianhag) May 14, 2023
impossible to choose tbh https://t.co/jBxIU9zt4qpic.twitter.com/xJmGOKpLBI
— keek (@AryaSpeedwagon) May 14, 2023
Centrism can sometimes come across as staid and un-sexy, but for what it’s worth, I’m a die-hard moderate on the De Niro/Pacino debate. After all, this philosopher of philandering makes a great point:
Pacino is folk, De Niro is punk. This argument will last forever pic.twitter.com/Hj7LdNKM1e
— Sam Donovan (@imamsamm) May 14, 2023
No wonder the results worked out to be a bang-on 50/50 split, right?
That said, though, I mean – that Pacino fancam was pretty convincing…