@@eyalgreen8285 Actually, it wasn’t. The joke was that the roommates were the roommate stereotype and weird people. Sorry they *did* spoon feed it to you
"Temporarily blind Joe Biden addresses dangers of staring directly at solar eclipses." Probably my favorite line. It's like Onion's Foretelling Machine was only half working.
This! This makes so much sense! ... if... *IF* we assume, they would have all voted the same, had they voted at all; like some hivemind, agreeing on literally everything. Ah! You were so close to having a point! Anyway... Who had the keys again?
We had one of those blackboard walls you can write on with chalk and one morning I woke up and “that” roommate wrote an entire, scrawling message to us from ceiling to floor.
John Field Show those are the kinds you photograph for safekeeping! To be fair in my case i was justified, i had to scrape bugs from the goddamn wall, unidentifiable stuff from the base of the fridge, sludge from the ranges surface and vent, and surfaces that had never been cleaned. I left after half a week XD i basically payed 400€ to clean their house XD ( and various pieces of the kitchen came right off, aparently the people living there made so that the next poor soul would get the blame for breaking stuff) (sorry, aparently ims till pissed about that XD)
When I was a boy, I thought that the onion was real news. Then I became a teenager and realized that it wasn’t real but just satire. Now I am a man, and I have come to see that satire is the only real news, and real news is the only satire; and therefore the onion is real news. Perhaps one day I will forget what I have learned, and be happy again.
I kept everything in my room. I had a little fridge, a toaster oven, a large trashcan. One of my roommates told me, "You hsve your own eco-system up there."
Funnily enough, ballot watchers in some states were prevented from getting in/kept a large distance away/having their view obstructed by cardboard. But, obviously I'm just talking about Russian disinformation which is why Time put out that piece about "fortifying" the election.
@@ryanhocstetler I believe there was one court case where they ruled on election day that the observers could move a little closer. Overall, that line of protest was bs, like all the other Trump claims of fraud.
@@KingoftheJuice18 omegalul. The fact that you need a court to rule for a 'slightly closer' to fair election tells me all I need to know, and you thinking that Trump was the one behind *all* the court cases verifies
It's necessary though, otherwise New York and California would decide every election. I _wish_ we had it in Canada, up here fucking Ontario and Quebec decide every election.
@@backwaterbounty New York and California dominating the elections would be terrible for the entire country for a wide number of reasons. Why should two states have the electoral power to make federal decisions that affect all other 48 states? It's asinine. The electoral college is doing it's job.
I had a Zane, he was pretty bad too lol. Not really he was just a huge slacker and kept to himself 98% of the time except when he randomly invited me to breakfast for supper at the cafeteria w his friends. He always slept thru his alarm until like noon even though he went to bed around midnight and the girls seemed to like him
"Temporarily blind Joe Biden addresses dangers of staring directly at solar eclipses" Seriously, the writers were literally predicting the future with these sketches.
I realize this is two years old now, but this really raises too many pressing questions. Is it just he final preparation or does he cut, soak, and do the first fry on his bed as well? Does he have a fry-daddy on his bed? Or is it an air-fryer? Do you really mean just near his bed? How many times has he burned his face off/ the house down?
@@andrewsherman8574 From what I know: he skins and cuts the potato from his bed, the fry daddy is on his desk, and the desk is next to his bed. So he does most of the process while sitting on his bed or at his desk. Small incidentttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttts happened. Sorry some keys on my keyboard are a bit sticky.
@@xl000 1. I'm genuinely surprised there was a response after 2 years 2. Holy crap that's an amazing story; I was expecting an air fryer or toaster heating up pre-made fries
@@oriontigley5089 It’s much worse now. It’s always been messed up, but the literal cult that has formed around the Republican Party and current events of “I WON!” makes this even crazier.
@@tendercrispbacon I used to be an air mattress guy and used to keep groceries in my room as well. Pretty sure that's just what should be done when you have Roommate That Eats Your Food and you're also trying to be thrifty. Just because something describes you doesn't mean it's bad. If they said "Roommate Who Brushes His Teeth Before Sleeping" would you shamefully admit that you were part of the problem?
if voting made a difference, they would use gerrymandering and voter suppression tactics. they would spend millions on ads to convince people to vote for politicians who lower taxes on the rich. they do these things. voting makes a difference. twain was wrong
Yeah thats what people who are confortable with the way things are think. "Oh yeah some people are being treated like shit but we cant do anything about it, blah blah blah" just to avoid feeling guilty for not even trying to change whats happening
@@smitty1647 I'm not into American politics, but that's a fallacy right there. They may be doing all that because it makes a difference _for them,_ which still doesn't mean it will make a difference _for you._
That quote has made the rounds a few times, but both Snopes and Fact Check found that it was misattributed. Robert Hirst, the curator of the Mark Twain Papers at the University of California Berkeley, said the attribution to Twain is "absolutely not" accurate. Twain supported voting and civic engagement. In a 1905 interview, he called the ballot box "the finest asset we've got."
@@coreyeverett5500 True, i cross my fingers that they dont do this, it wouldnt be their craziest idea though, considering they're already trying to lowkey supress voter turnout in other ways, but i kinda doubt they would be this blatant about it. But a few famous people here and there saying voting issnt cool could probably stop a good amount of progressive votes lol
@@GAPIntoTheGame Mabye if they only did it in republican areas it could work for democrats as well, but i think this campaign woud probably disincentivize more younger people than old people, and because younger people tend to vote more democratic, i think they would lose more dem votes than republican votes...
That would mean no candidate would achieve 270 to win, which would send the issue to the house of representatives and the Senate, who would have to choose the president and vice pres, but if they can't agree on who should be in those positions, the presidency goes to the current speaker of the house
@@theGiver3 Actually, since nobody voting would mean that the House of Representatives doesn’t exist, it would just be the President Pro Tempore of the Senate who would take over.
@@evannibbe9375 the states would just pick. Heck the states could go against the states popular vote in general. Popular vote is a suggestion but doing this would be political suicide, unless you think there's fraud and the laser of the states popular vote actually won.
Okay, but seriously first past the post is weird and we don't talk about it enough. And then when we do talk about it, it turns out that no one really understands the issue anyway? Like, most people blindly support STV without realizing that it's only slightly better than FPTP? Even my government teachers dont understand this issue fully, and they're government teachers. They both thought that the two party system was a result of having a single seat for president, but that's not really the case.
You have to wonder how many of these roommates slipped into MAGA and got energized enough to post their insight to Facebook. Let's hope the voting booth's location remains a mystery to them.
Okay but if you're poor you gotta keep you're groceries in your room, otherwise your broke ass roommate is going to get high and eat every fucking thing in the fridge
1:27 311! The onion always managed to Come Original with their jokes, looking back at these videos always Feels So Good, so I think I’ll Be Here A While, probably till like 8:16am till I get All Mixed Up between fantasy and reality and start to Freak Out like some sort of Prisoner, but once I find out Who’s Got The Herb I’ll definitely calm down, build up my Self Esteem and come back From Chaos
There's something chilling about the confident sarcasm of the young men. The pride before the fall. It's an allegory for the youth that so many of us lived.
With your alternative to be sit and do nothing. Oh no, that will totally work, especially when millions will STILL go and vote. Yes, politicians will be so worried.
Well said. Unfortunately, there are also those who know nothing about the candidates' views, but vote anyway because of excessive guilt trips and the like. In my opinion, a decision not to vote because of lack of information is a much better option than that.
I figured the joke would be “millions assemble to say that their vote doesn’t matter”.
Onion doesn't need to be direct, you got it on your own
That is the joke. It just wouldn't have worked as well if they actually said it.
That joke would only make sense if all those millions didn't vote the same way the rest of the millions vote already.
That is the joke, sorry they didn't spoon feed it to you :P
@@eyalgreen8285 Actually, it wasn’t. The joke was that the roommates were the roommate stereotype and weird people. Sorry they *did* spoon feed it to you
“The roommate who’s only friend seems to be his younger brother.”
I feel attacked.
I’m dead lol ☠️ ☠️ 💀 💀 ☠️ ☠️
I'm the younger brother who's only friend seems to be the roommate
Even my brothers don't want to be my friend anymore
@Don Shrek if El attacked and your murdered I'm literally thrown into a volcano with fucking sharks
Yeah, that hit a little close to home. Ever since my last few years of college, my brother is really my only close friend.
lol, the caption -
"Roommates Also Wondering When Your Sister Is Visiting Again"
Had to press like 7 years later just so that it would hit the fitting 69 likes
@@Hardrada_1066 it's 71 now x.x
@@Raletia bummer. Will have to remove the like.
I'm sure a businessman of your format will understand.
@authorization batman wish u a nice day nonetheless, it's all good.
That escalation tho
The problem with the hot air balloon voting place is all the hot air balloon traffic.
Easy for you rich people to say. We only have one hot air balloon for our apartment and Nate has class all day and is taking it with him.
@@OLBastholm sorry about that
Roommate also wondering when your sister is gonna stop by again
She's pretty cute.
The Onion is so accurate, so poignant.. prophetic even.. It's disturbing how relevant every piece is.
... ofc politicians dont care except Western and Northrend Europe
Wow... 6 years ago.
This problem exists by design of democracy, so it's been there since democracy established.
...and only becomes more relevant with every DC "rally"!
@@cattocs 0:45 destroy the electoral college
@@cattocs Almost as if it was meant to be this way
"Temporarily blind Joe Biden addresses dangers of staring directly at solar eclipses." Probably my favorite line. It's like Onion's Foretelling Machine was only half working.
Trump did that shit for real though
@@Max-is4qu no he didn’t lol joe Biden did
@@luisandrade2254 Its on video that he did???
@@Max-is4qu Biden not trump
@@luisandrade2254 bruh
"Pretty much minored" lmfao dude the pride in his delivery
Lmao not quite minored but pretty much
The irony of a ‘One vote doesn’t matter’ rally drawing thousands of people is absolutely fantastic.
That’s the joke.
@@Ekvitarius it is.
united we stand, divided we fall
This!
This makes so much sense!
... if...
*IF* we assume, they would have all voted the same, had they voted at all; like some hivemind, agreeing on literally everything.
Ah! You were so close to having a point!
Anyway... Who had the keys again?
Still not going to vote.
Guy Who Is Subletting: People Who Vote Are “Bunch Of Sheep.”
Gets me every time.
Hey, Todd when do you make Skyrim Calculator edition?
I always watch Onion videos twice: once for the main story, and once for all the ticker tape news at the bottom. That stuff is gold.
Paul Ryan would have called that a waste.
I try to do both at once and it fails miserably
And then a third time eleven years later to see if it is still relevant and more true than even, which it almost always is.
I was once the roommate with the air mattress. Looking for the roommate who posted the passive-aggressive manifesto on the refrigerator.
rex mundi oh no, im the one with the manifesto on the fridge...
We had one of those blackboard walls you can write on with chalk and one morning I woke up and “that” roommate wrote an entire, scrawling message to us from ceiling to floor.
John Field Show those are the kinds you photograph for safekeeping!
To be fair in my case i was justified, i had to scrape bugs from the goddamn wall, unidentifiable stuff from the base of the fridge, sludge from the ranges surface and vent, and surfaces that had never been cleaned. I left after half a week XD i basically payed 400€ to clean their house XD ( and various pieces of the kitchen came right off, aparently the people living there made so that the next poor soul would get the blame for breaking stuff) (sorry, aparently ims till pissed about that XD)
As a roommate with a different political opinion than my roommate we decided that if we both didn't vote then it really wouldn't matter
If only more people were as sensible as you two!
If you both vote it also won't matter.
The consequences of a 2 party system lol
@@dramotarker1352 ''nahh its all about giving all the people 1 vote'' about. I can just vote for your directly anti party, because it is funny.
@@turplexx233 I don't think I quite understand what you said 😅
"dude are we still talking about this?"
"I pretty much minored in poli sci, so...I think I get this stuff."
THE AMOUNT OF FUCKING TIMES I'VE HEARD THIS
usually talking to some one who took zero poli-sci also and those people with zero poli-sci think they know better. :P
The guy who said that. We all know one.
@@agnidas5816Took one fucking intro class lmao
I must embarrassingly admit that several of the roommates described in the video sound just like me.
I keep about 1/2 of my groceries in my room. Only the non-perishables.
@@andrew12yao I keep my garbage at my room until it needs to go.
I am that roommate!
Oh no, I hope it's gotten better in the 5 years since you posted this, lol!
@@yytyytg What's your definition of when it "needs to go"? XD!
12 years later, still applies as much as ever.
"Have you ever seen anybody actually look at your vote?"
*BOI DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU*
As a Kevin with roommates, I am the only one with his keys.
I’m gonna have to agree with the roommates that the electoral college is pretty weird.
It works though.
@@nikolairostov3326 I disagree
@@nikolairostov3326 no it doesn't it's rife with gerrymandering. The US has the worst election system of any developed country
@@FirstNameLastName-tx6td half of Europe is worse.
@@nikolairostov3326 what European countries are worse? America would work a lot better with ranked choice voting and a multi party system.
When I was a boy, I thought that the onion was real news. Then I became a teenager and realized that it wasn’t real but just satire. Now I am a man, and I have come to see that satire is the only real news, and real news is the only satire; and therefore the onion is real news. Perhaps one day I will forget what I have learned, and be happy again.
What an adventure
I wish you happiness
I already forgot what you said. I hope you're happy now.
0:14 they had the opportunity to say “political inaction campaign” and that’s what disappointments me most about this video
Too obvious.
"Roommates also wondering when your sister is visiting again" 😅
I’ve had every single one of these type of roommates
I kept everything in my room. I had a little fridge, a toaster oven, a large trashcan. One of my roommates told me, "You hsve your own eco-system up there."
You're smart. If we lived together we would have gotten along and spoken only 4 times in 6 years. God bless you.
That’s my pizza in the fridge. Don’t eat it.
Oo was it yours 😬
@Ryan Blais Identifying it as pizza was a rookie mistake, my friend...
"Are the poor being disenfranchised by voting places only accessible by hot air balloons?" LOL. Andrea for President!
"Have you ever seen anybody look at your vote?" I think that was the Trump team's legal argument in several of the states where they filed claims.
The Onion is always several years ahead of reality.
Funnily enough, ballot watchers in some states were prevented from getting in/kept a large distance away/having their view obstructed by cardboard. But, obviously I'm just talking about Russian disinformation which is why Time put out that piece about "fortifying" the election.
@@OLBastholm I better start investing in hot air balloons, then!
@@ryanhocstetler I believe there was one court case where they ruled on election day that the observers could move a little closer. Overall, that line of protest was bs, like all the other Trump claims of fraud.
@@KingoftheJuice18 omegalul. The fact that you need a court to rule for a 'slightly closer' to fair election tells me all I need to know, and you thinking that Trump was the one behind *all* the court cases verifies
Watching this again in 2020. Damn 8 years goes by so fast.
"The electoral college is weird"
The Onion spitting hot truths here.
It's necessary though, otherwise New York and California would decide every election. I _wish_ we had it in Canada, up here fucking Ontario and Quebec decide every election.
@@URProductions French…
@@URProductions lol no it's not necessary
@@backwaterbounty New York and California dominating the elections would be terrible for the entire country for a wide number of reasons.
Why should two states have the electoral power to make federal decisions that affect all other 48 states? It's asinine.
The electoral college is doing it's job.
@@URProductions so instead smaller interests should have much larger shares than they should??
Hahaha I love this, I have a homie that took a political science class and he talks like that like hes now the king of politics or something.
President* of politics :p
@@yourmackdaddy9395 Chair of the board of directors of politics tbh
I think we’ve all known a Zeke, my college dorm had like 3 Zeke’s the were just always around the apartment smoking weed
I had a Zane, he was pretty bad too lol. Not really he was just a huge slacker and kept to himself 98% of the time except when he randomly invited me to breakfast for supper at the cafeteria w his friends. He always slept thru his alarm until like noon even though he went to bed around midnight and the girls seemed to like him
"Temporarily blind Joe Biden addresses dangers of staring directly at solar eclipses"
Seriously, the writers were literally predicting the future with these sketches.
Hilarious, but also a scarily accurate representation of some younger voters.
They are not really young voter, technically.
One vote doesn't matter
"The roomates make some interesting points, the electoral colleges... It is weird."
Watching this in the 2020 election this hits hard, damn
As a former "Roommate who keeps his groceries in his room", that's just a smart thing to do.
Why does this still make sense in 2024?
that guy in the commercial nailed it...
Oh. When they started talking about Romney and Obama I realized the video is from 2012.
I am here in 2020
Nothing about it, just felt lonely in the sea of 5 year old comments
Same
What up
Ayy
Lonely no more
Fr
I love the fake out at 2:04. We all know what he was about to say.
This aged well.
It truly did.
"the electoral college is weird." awesome
I live alone and somehow still a roommate.
That One Vote Doesn't Matter commercial was brilliant.
It's truly impressive that the American Roommates campaign picked up so much support they were able to have a massive impact on the next election
hi absoluteterror, have you become a flat earther yet?
Really saddening to hear honestly. Thankfully I wasn't one of those people.
I feel incredibly seen.
My roommate makes French fries on his bed...
We call them freedom fries now.
Could be worse, could be meth.
I realize this is two years old now, but this really raises too many pressing questions. Is it just he final preparation or does he cut, soak, and do the first fry on his bed as well? Does he have a fry-daddy on his bed? Or is it an air-fryer? Do you really mean just near his bed? How many times has he burned his face off/ the house down?
@@andrewsherman8574 From what I know: he skins and cuts the potato from his bed, the fry daddy is on his desk, and the desk is next to his bed. So he does most of the process while sitting on his bed or at his desk. Small incidentttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttts happened. Sorry some keys on my keyboard are a bit sticky.
@@xl000 1. I'm genuinely surprised there was a response after 2 years
2. Holy crap that's an amazing story; I was expecting an air fryer or toaster heating up pre-made fries
the Netflix password scene scared the shit out of me
I'm actually a roommate who keeps their groceries in their room. Because my roommates just eat all my food without saying a single word.
"The most important election of our lives"
Well that aged well.
Holy timing on the recommendation RUclips
This hits different in 2020
No it doesn't. American politics have been just as absurd for the last multiple years.
@@oriontigley5089 It’s much worse now. It’s always been messed up, but the literal cult that has formed around the Republican Party and current events of “I WON!” makes this even crazier.
@@zhan768 Not to mention the insane dictator wannabe who refuses to concede after having lost the election.
I'm the roommate that keeps his groceries in his room... and the air mattress guy.
Oh hey, how are you doing? I haven't seen you in years, since we last lived together.
@@StandardGoose pretty good got my own place now!
@@tendercrispbacon I used to be an air mattress guy and used to keep groceries in my room as well. Pretty sure that's just what should be done when you have Roommate That Eats Your Food and you're also trying to be thrifty.
Just because something describes you doesn't mean it's bad. If they said "Roommate Who Brushes His Teeth Before Sleeping" would you shamefully admit that you were part of the problem?
Haha, these roommates remind me of myself.
“If voting made a difference, they wouldn’t let us do it” -Mark Twain
if voting made a difference, they would use gerrymandering and voter suppression tactics. they would spend millions on ads to convince people to vote for politicians who lower taxes on the rich. they do these things. voting makes a difference. twain was wrong
Yeah thats what people who are confortable with the way things are think. "Oh yeah some people are being treated like shit but we cant do anything about it, blah blah blah" just to avoid feeling guilty for not even trying to change whats happening
@@smitty1647 I'm not into American politics, but that's a fallacy right there. They may be doing all that because it makes a difference _for them,_ which still doesn't mean it will make a difference _for you._
That quote has made the rounds a few times, but both Snopes and Fact Check found that it was misattributed. Robert Hirst, the curator of the Mark Twain Papers at the University of California Berkeley, said the attribution to Twain is "absolutely not" accurate. Twain supported voting and civic engagement. In a 1905 interview, he called the ballot box "the finest asset we've got."
@@mattrogers5188 dang that sucks. i thought he was cool
I live the opening joke... not included in the title but makes it all worth the click.
This could actually be a feasable strategy for republicans
LOL... don't give them ideas!
@@coreyeverett5500 True, i cross my fingers that they dont do this, it wouldnt be their craziest idea though, considering they're already trying to lowkey supress voter turnout in other ways, but i kinda doubt they would be this blatant about it. But a few famous people here and there saying voting issnt cool could probably stop a good amount of progressive votes lol
@Carlos Basado i have no idea what ur trying to say with this comment to be honest
This could actually be a feasible strategy for democrats
@@GAPIntoTheGame Mabye if they only did it in republican areas it could work for democrats as well, but i think this campaign woud probably disincentivize more younger people than old people, and because younger people tend to vote more democratic, i think they would lose more dem votes than republican votes...
The only reason I vote is because I know that billionaires don't want me to
actually i am extremely intrested as to what happens if literally nobody votes
Same thing as if literally everyone votes
That would mean no candidate would achieve 270 to win, which would send the issue to the house of representatives and the Senate, who would have to choose the president and vice pres, but if they can't agree on who should be in those positions, the presidency goes to the current speaker of the house
@@theGiver3 Actually, since nobody voting would mean that the House of Representatives doesn’t exist, it would just be the President Pro Tempore of the Senate who would take over.
@@evannibbe9375 the states would just pick. Heck the states could go against the states popular vote in general. Popular vote is a suggestion but doing this would be political suicide, unless you think there's fraud and the laser of the states popular vote actually won.
@@peters2717 Thiugh if NOBODY voted, it would be pretty rich to complain about the state choosing for you.
The Onion was eight years early on this news.
Oh I miss the early 2010s Onion. It was so good.
hi johnsmithe, have you become a flat earther yet?
@@flat-earther Oh my god I found a flat earther
I love the specificity of the Onion in giving us the most accurate type of person that would believe these types of things. “roommates”😂
My god, it’s prophetic!
Zeke: "Hey can I use your Netflix password?"
Roommates
Also
Wondering
When
Your
Sister
Is
Visiting
Again
That shit says it all.
Oh my god I have a roommate who was like this leading up to the election and his name is Kevin. When she said Kevin at the end I lost it.
Oh God. This is the video the GOP watched and said, "Yes--this. This is our next platform."
I'll take your "electoral college is weird" and raise you a "FPTP is weird."
Okay, but seriously first past the post is weird and we don't talk about it enough. And then when we do talk about it, it turns out that no one really understands the issue anyway? Like, most people blindly support STV without realizing that it's only slightly better than FPTP? Even my government teachers dont understand this issue fully, and they're government teachers. They both thought that the two party system was a result of having a single seat for president, but that's not really the case.
1:39 "Las Vegas to allow voting via gloryhole"
Now that's truly progressive!! 😂
“This is the most important election of our lifetimes”
Oh you sweet summer child
A friend like Zeke is a friend indeed!
i know this was in 2012, but boy... they hit the nail on the head for 2020
That opening one liner killed me
even 8 years later, this is still relevent
Having their voices heard to try to make people think they can't have their voices heard
If voting really made a difference, they wouldn't let us have it - Mark Twain
this isthe most realistic news program of all
You have to wonder how many of these roommates slipped into MAGA and got energized enough to post their insight to Facebook. Let's hope the voting booth's location remains a mystery to them.
you're watching the onion, the worlds most reliable news source!
The opposite of 2020.
God, that sentence sounds good.
The domain is up for grabs in 2020.
Many persons. Not just one.
Okay but if you're poor you gotta keep you're groceries in your room, otherwise your broke ass roommate is going to get high and eat every fucking thing in the fridge
50 seconds in. This aged well.
@Thomas MacDonald That may be true, but NEARLY every time isn't good enough
Of course it does. Just not directly.
Yea I'm just gonna start watching The Onion for visions of the future this is getting too bizarre
At this point more accurate than the simpsons predictions of the government
1:27 311! The onion always managed to Come Original with their jokes, looking back at these videos always Feels So Good, so I think I’ll Be Here A While, probably till like 8:16am till I get All Mixed Up between fantasy and reality and start to Freak Out like some sort of Prisoner, but once I find out Who’s Got The Herb I’ll definitely calm down, build up my Self Esteem and come back From Chaos
So true in 2016
First 5 seconds got me cracked up!
"And Obama, I mean, you're going to vote for him just because he's..... president" 🤣
There's something chilling about the confident sarcasm of the young men. The pride before the fall. It's an allegory for the youth that so many of us lived.
Yep, this one's about me.
lol @ the roommate that keeps all his groceries in his room... i used to be that guy
With your alternative to be sit and do nothing. Oh no, that will totally work, especially when millions will STILL go and vote. Yes, politicians will be so worried.
How many people all live in one room? Have they not heard of house sharing lol?
“Las Vegas to Allow Voting Via Gloryhole” 😂😂
Didn't recall netflix was that old.
Well said. Unfortunately, there are also those who know nothing about the candidates' views, but vote anyway because of excessive guilt trips and the like. In my opinion, a decision not to vote because of lack of information is a much better option than that.