This Viral Debate Over Young Al Pacino And Robert De Niro's Hotness Has Caused Me To Rethink Everything

If you ’re on Twitter , you may have see it ; if you ’re not , prepare for the most important public debate of your life .

On Sunday evening, Twitter user@offbeatorbitposted what turned out to be averycontroversial poll: “Who was hotter?” Young Al Pacino or Young Robert De Niro? This is probably the most important debate to be had, ever.

At a hymeneals and having a big debate rn . Please vote . Who was hotter ?

Of course, people were quick to hop in the thread with scholarly nuance:

Evidence:

And I am happy to provide further photographic evidence for each party. Here is young De Niro:

…I am listening:

De Niro is inarguablyveryhandsome.

But the idea that it shouldn’t beclose??

it should n’t even be this close , permit alone robert losing ? ? you girls have formally lose your minds.https://t.co/PvkbYdUD4L

…De Niro’s mustache is persuasive…

But not all of us were so quick to choose!

EASILY ?

May I present Exhibit B, Pacino?

I mean, come on…

the sucker in the al pacino hoodie moving-picture show is just the cherry tree on top . voting for him was a no brainerpic.twitter.com/HZam5fldu0

ok but hoodie pacinopic.twitter.com/GVChSuH8Ws

Hear me out. (I am definitely not biased.)

If you haven’t seenDog Day Afternoon, you should.

But I think we all know the real evidence is inThe Godfather.

The tweet spurred some cute observations:

if you vote for pacino you are vote for the masses ’s princess think about thathttps://t.co/JJUc0T11FJ

As well as some sobering ones:

more people voted in this poll than in the 2020 election in wyominghttps://t.co/Zk05c1Rdup

It was a difficult election, folks.

Me while trying to choosehttps://t.co/czSQxEET43pic.twitter.com/DFswcNxaep

…But finally, I present to you what is ultimately the only relevant piece of evidence (…for me):

this is insane but i ’m afraid i ’ve votedpic.twitter.com/ryIWMmQHWXhttps://t.co/Aoc2XFfa5B

And after all that — nearly 40M views and over 277,000 votes — the poll was split 50/50.

At the end of the day, wecouldjust say, “Why not both?” But, c’mon, choosing just one is way more fun. And you know what they say:

Screenshot of a Twitter poll

Young Deniro in a very, very handsome paparazzi photo outside the Roxy Theatre

Another paparazzi photo of handsome De Niro; he is looking away from the camera

Closeup of young Robert De Niro

Screenshot from "The Godfather"

Al Pacino shakes his head in 'The Godfather'.

Robert De Niro addresses the camera and says "If you care about your future, vote for it."

On Sunday evening, Twitter user@offbeatorbitposted what turned out to be averycontroversial poll: “Who was hotter?” Young Al Pacino or Young Robert De Niro? This is probably the most important debate to be had, ever.#

Of course, people were quick to hop in the thread with scholarly nuance:#

Evidence:#

And I am happy to provide further photographic evidence for each party. Here is young De Niro:#

…I am listening:#

De Niro is inarguablyveryhandsome.#

But the idea that it shouldn’t beclose??#

…De Niro’s mustache is persuasive…#

But not all of us were so quick to choose!#

May I present Exhibit B, Pacino?#

I mean, come on…#

Hear me out. (I am definitely not biased.)#

If you haven’t seenDog Day Afternoon, you should.#

But I think we all know the real evidence is inThe Godfather.#

The tweet spurred some cute observations:#

As well as some sobering ones:#

It was a difficult election, folks.#

…But finally, I present to you what is ultimately the only relevant piece of evidence (…for me):#

And after all that — nearly 40M views and over 277,000 votes — the poll was split 50/50.#

At the end of the day, wecouldjust say, “Why not both?” But, c’mon, choosing just one is way more fun. And you know what they say:#