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:
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:
And now, for the Tweet author’s fave, Young Pacino:
Then, there were the more level-headedly lubricious:
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:
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...