America's Roommates Launch 'One Vote Doesn't Matter' Campaign

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  • Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2024

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  • @strangeavocado9279
    @strangeavocado9279 4 года назад +3009

    I figured the joke would be “millions assemble to say that their vote doesn’t matter”.

    • @mikelCold
      @mikelCold 4 года назад +273

      Onion doesn't need to be direct, you got it on your own

    • @totalweirdo8538
      @totalweirdo8538 4 года назад +200

      That is the joke. It just wouldn't have worked as well if they actually said it.

    • @Illidanek
      @Illidanek 4 года назад +18

      That joke would only make sense if all those millions didn't vote the same way the rest of the millions vote already.

    • @eyalgreen8285
      @eyalgreen8285 3 года назад +6

      That is the joke, sorry they didn't spoon feed it to you :P

    • @strangeavocado9279
      @strangeavocado9279 3 года назад +9

      @@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

  • @Mito383
    @Mito383 4 года назад +3001

    “The roommate who’s only friend seems to be his younger brother.”
    I feel attacked.

    • @Mangaki86
      @Mangaki86 4 года назад +19

      I’m dead lol ☠️ ☠️ 💀 💀 ☠️ ☠️

    • @jacksonwojnowski2050
      @jacksonwojnowski2050 4 года назад +35

      I'm the younger brother who's only friend seems to be the roommate

    • @user-yk9sz9mh1t
      @user-yk9sz9mh1t 4 года назад +17

      Even my brothers don't want to be my friend anymore

    • @DragonKnight_
      @DragonKnight_ 4 года назад

      @Don Shrek if El attacked and your murdered I'm literally thrown into a volcano with fucking sharks

    • @davidbritt5020
      @davidbritt5020 4 года назад +16

      Yeah, that hit a little close to home. Ever since my last few years of college, my brother is really my only close friend.

  • @Raletia
    @Raletia 12 лет назад +2422

    lol, the caption -
    "Roommates Also Wondering When Your Sister Is Visiting Again"

    • @Hardrada_1066
      @Hardrada_1066 4 года назад +40

      Had to press like 7 years later just so that it would hit the fitting 69 likes

    • @Raletia
      @Raletia 4 года назад +16

      @@Hardrada_1066 it's 71 now x.x

    • @Hardrada_1066
      @Hardrada_1066 4 года назад +16

      @@Raletia bummer. Will have to remove the like.
      I'm sure a businessman of your format will understand.

    • @Hardrada_1066
      @Hardrada_1066 4 года назад +21

      @authorization batman wish u a nice day nonetheless, it's all good.

    • @Neatherback
      @Neatherback 4 года назад +11

      That escalation tho

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 4 года назад +609

    The problem with the hot air balloon voting place is all the hot air balloon traffic.

    • @OLBastholm
      @OLBastholm 4 года назад +44

      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.

    • @khomu604
      @khomu604 4 года назад +12

      @@OLBastholm sorry about that

  • @ScarredBert
    @ScarredBert 5 лет назад +610

    Roommate also wondering when your sister is gonna stop by again

  • @ezradlionel711
    @ezradlionel711 10 лет назад +2502

    The Onion is so accurate, so poignant.. prophetic even.. It's disturbing how relevant every piece is.

    • @notoriousbig3k
      @notoriousbig3k 4 года назад +9

      ... ofc politicians dont care except Western and Northrend Europe

    • @cattocs
      @cattocs 4 года назад +1

      Wow... 6 years ago.
      This problem exists by design of democracy, so it's been there since democracy established.

    • @Tricia_K
      @Tricia_K 3 года назад

      ...and only becomes more relevant with every DC "rally"!

    • @gart8224
      @gart8224 3 года назад +1

      @@cattocs 0:45 destroy the electoral college

    • @alfie3586
      @alfie3586 3 года назад

      @@cattocs Almost as if it was meant to be this way

  • @reygalaxee6128
    @reygalaxee6128 3 года назад +886

    "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.

    • @Max-is4qu
      @Max-is4qu 2 года назад +91

      Trump did that shit for real though

    • @luisandrade2254
      @luisandrade2254 2 года назад +2

      @@Max-is4qu no he didn’t lol joe Biden did

    • @Max-is4qu
      @Max-is4qu 2 года назад +94

      @@luisandrade2254 Its on video that he did???

    • @luisandrade2254
      @luisandrade2254 2 года назад

      @@Max-is4qu Biden not trump

    • @jadeamulet2339
      @jadeamulet2339 2 года назад +72

      @@luisandrade2254 bruh

  • @RickFoxChicken
    @RickFoxChicken 4 года назад +212

    "Pretty much minored" lmfao dude the pride in his delivery

    • @Jdoylee811
      @Jdoylee811 4 года назад +18

      Lmao not quite minored but pretty much

  • @theoneonly8472
    @theoneonly8472 4 года назад +1353

    The irony of a ‘One vote doesn’t matter’ rally drawing thousands of people is absolutely fantastic.

    • @Ekvitarius
      @Ekvitarius 3 года назад +55

      That’s the joke.

    • @theoneonly8472
      @theoneonly8472 3 года назад +25

      @@Ekvitarius it is.

    • @doughboywhine
      @doughboywhine 3 года назад +8

      united we stand, divided we fall

    • @PyrrhoVonHyperborea
      @PyrrhoVonHyperborea 3 года назад +10

      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?

    • @antwandadon2341
      @antwandadon2341 Год назад +2

      Still not going to vote.

  • @ToddHowar.d
    @ToddHowar.d 4 года назад +316

    Guy Who Is Subletting: People Who Vote Are “Bunch Of Sheep.”
    Gets me every time.

    • @noahwatt1269
      @noahwatt1269 4 года назад +6

      Hey, Todd when do you make Skyrim Calculator edition?

  • @mortymingledon
    @mortymingledon 12 лет назад +375

    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.

    • @KingoftheJuice18
      @KingoftheJuice18 3 года назад +1

      Paul Ryan would have called that a waste.

    • @bezllama3325
      @bezllama3325 Год назад +4

      I try to do both at once and it fails miserably

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP Месяц назад +1

      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.

  • @rexmundi3108
    @rexmundi3108 4 года назад +91

    I was once the roommate with the air mattress. Looking for the roommate who posted the passive-aggressive manifesto on the refrigerator.

    • @Apostate_ofmind
      @Apostate_ofmind 4 года назад +2

      rex mundi oh no, im the one with the manifesto on the fridge...

    • @AmericasComic
      @AmericasComic 4 года назад +6

      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.

    • @Apostate_ofmind
      @Apostate_ofmind 4 года назад +4

      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)

  • @backflipsaresweet
    @backflipsaresweet 4 года назад +178

    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

    • @lazyhomebody1356
      @lazyhomebody1356 4 года назад +13

      If only more people were as sensible as you two!

    • @azlanadil3646
      @azlanadil3646 2 месяца назад +3

      If you both vote it also won't matter.

    • @dramotarker1352
      @dramotarker1352 Месяц назад +4

      The consequences of a 2 party system lol

    • @turplexx233
      @turplexx233 27 дней назад

      @@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.

    • @dramotarker1352
      @dramotarker1352 27 дней назад

      @@turplexx233 I don't think I quite understand what you said 😅

  • @HanzSygnal
    @HanzSygnal 7 лет назад +66

    "dude are we still talking about this?"

  • @ARMTOAST
    @ARMTOAST 12 лет назад +201

    "I pretty much minored in poli sci, so...I think I get this stuff."
    THE AMOUNT OF FUCKING TIMES I'VE HEARD THIS

    • @agnidas5816
      @agnidas5816 3 года назад +4

      usually talking to some one who took zero poli-sci also and those people with zero poli-sci think they know better. :P

    • @lennypayne4241
      @lennypayne4241 3 года назад +3

      The guy who said that. We all know one.

    • @dominicgunderson
      @dominicgunderson Месяц назад +3

      ​@@agnidas5816Took one fucking intro class lmao

  • @bigflamarang
    @bigflamarang 9 лет назад +656

    I must embarrassingly admit that several of the roommates described in the video sound just like me.

    • @andrew12yao
      @andrew12yao 7 лет назад +43

      I keep about 1/2 of my groceries in my room. Only the non-perishables.

    • @yytyytg
      @yytyytg 5 лет назад +16

      @@andrew12yao I keep my garbage at my room until it needs to go.

    • @lazyhomebody1356
      @lazyhomebody1356 4 года назад +2

      I am that roommate!

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 4 года назад +3

      Oh no, I hope it's gotten better in the 5 years since you posted this, lol!

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 4 года назад +2

      @@yytyytg What's your definition of when it "needs to go"? XD!

  • @shaggybreeks
    @shaggybreeks 19 дней назад +5

    12 years later, still applies as much as ever.

  • @chance9512
    @chance9512 4 года назад +46

    "Have you ever seen anybody actually look at your vote?"
    *BOI DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU*

  • @kevinrosales3650
    @kevinrosales3650 4 года назад +70

    As a Kevin with roommates, I am the only one with his keys.

  • @zwickflixproductions4379
    @zwickflixproductions4379 4 года назад +506

    I’m gonna have to agree with the roommates that the electoral college is pretty weird.

    • @nikolairostov3326
      @nikolairostov3326 4 года назад +7

      It works though.

    • @ZeroTwo-gd5nq
      @ZeroTwo-gd5nq 4 года назад +77

      @@nikolairostov3326 I disagree

    • @FirstNameLastName-tx6td
      @FirstNameLastName-tx6td 4 года назад +64

      @@nikolairostov3326 no it doesn't it's rife with gerrymandering. The US has the worst election system of any developed country

    • @nikolairostov3326
      @nikolairostov3326 4 года назад +4

      @@FirstNameLastName-tx6td half of Europe is worse.

    • @dairebeare7839
      @dairebeare7839 4 года назад +44

      @@nikolairostov3326 what European countries are worse? America would work a lot better with ranked choice voting and a multi party system.

  • @bigbrownhouse6999
    @bigbrownhouse6999 3 года назад +143

    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.

    • @bezllama3325
      @bezllama3325 Год назад +7

      What an adventure

    • @yutahkotomi1195
      @yutahkotomi1195 Год назад +8

      I wish you happiness

    • @gabeh7923
      @gabeh7923 25 дней назад +1

      I already forgot what you said. I hope you're happy now.

  • @Nol.
    @Nol. 4 года назад +36

    0:14 they had the opportunity to say “political inaction campaign” and that’s what disappointments me most about this video

    • @mark9294
      @mark9294 3 года назад +1

      Too obvious.

  • @codyf3419
    @codyf3419 4 года назад +16

    "Roommates also wondering when your sister is visiting again" 😅

  • @AmericasComic
    @AmericasComic 4 года назад +8

    I’ve had every single one of these type of roommates

  • @lazyhomebody1356
    @lazyhomebody1356 4 года назад +25

    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."

    • @dudaccount-t4v
      @dudaccount-t4v 5 месяцев назад +1

      You're smart. If we lived together we would have gotten along and spoken only 4 times in 6 years. God bless you.

  • @sajateacher
    @sajateacher 4 года назад +26

    That’s my pizza in the fridge. Don’t eat it.

    • @RepresentWV
      @RepresentWV 4 года назад +2

      Oo was it yours 😬

    • @Tricia_K
      @Tricia_K 3 года назад

      @Ryan Blais Identifying it as pizza was a rookie mistake, my friend...

  • @maximeprometheas
    @maximeprometheas 12 лет назад +188

    "Are the poor being disenfranchised by voting places only accessible by hot air balloons?" LOL. Andrea for President!

  • @BizzeeB
    @BizzeeB 4 года назад +195

    "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.

    • @OLBastholm
      @OLBastholm 4 года назад +21

      The Onion is always several years ahead of reality.

    • @ryanhocstetler
      @ryanhocstetler 3 года назад +6

      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.

    • @j0ndav1s
      @j0ndav1s 3 года назад +10

      @@OLBastholm I better start investing in hot air balloons, then!

    • @KingoftheJuice18
      @KingoftheJuice18 3 года назад +12

      @@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.

    • @ryanhocstetler
      @ryanhocstetler 3 года назад

      @@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

  • @1ND1V1DUAL1ST
    @1ND1V1DUAL1ST 4 года назад +12

    Watching this again in 2020. Damn 8 years goes by so fast.

  • @KingBobXVI
    @KingBobXVI 4 года назад +157

    "The electoral college is weird"
    The Onion spitting hot truths here.

    • @URProductions
      @URProductions 3 года назад

      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.

    • @rowanbcapr
      @rowanbcapr 2 года назад

      @@URProductions French…

    • @backwaterbounty
      @backwaterbounty 2 года назад +12

      @@URProductions lol no it's not necessary

    • @URProductions
      @URProductions 2 года назад

      @@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.

    • @jadeamulet2339
      @jadeamulet2339 2 года назад +10

      @@URProductions so instead smaller interests should have much larger shares than they should??

  • @slowjoe789
    @slowjoe789 12 лет назад +226

    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.

    • @yourmackdaddy9395
      @yourmackdaddy9395 4 года назад +14

      President* of politics :p

    • @Fopenplop
      @Fopenplop 4 года назад +10

      @@yourmackdaddy9395 Chair of the board of directors of politics tbh

  • @almostunliketea
    @almostunliketea 4 года назад +22

    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

    • @RepresentWV
      @RepresentWV 4 года назад +2

      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

  • @perotekku
    @perotekku 21 день назад +5

    "Temporarily blind Joe Biden addresses dangers of staring directly at solar eclipses"
    Seriously, the writers were literally predicting the future with these sketches.

  • @LoganLaitylogzen
    @LoganLaitylogzen 4 года назад +36

    Hilarious, but also a scarily accurate representation of some younger voters.

  • @Sarubadooru
    @Sarubadooru Год назад +5

    "The roomates make some interesting points, the electoral colleges... It is weird."

  • @swagpeach9850
    @swagpeach9850 4 года назад +16

    Watching this in the 2020 election this hits hard, damn

  • @dudaccount-t4v
    @dudaccount-t4v 5 месяцев назад +4

    As a former "Roommate who keeps his groceries in his room", that's just a smart thing to do.

  • @monopolygame6428
    @monopolygame6428 14 дней назад +4

    Why does this still make sense in 2024?

  • @Brett733
    @Brett733 5 лет назад +2

    that guy in the commercial nailed it...

  • @fynnsternis6432
    @fynnsternis6432 4 года назад +13

    Oh. When they started talking about Romney and Obama I realized the video is from 2012.

  • @Grgrqr
    @Grgrqr 4 года назад +202

    I am here in 2020
    Nothing about it, just felt lonely in the sea of 5 year old comments

  • @justrandomthings319
    @justrandomthings319 4 года назад +6

    I love the fake out at 2:04. We all know what he was about to say.

  • @FizzleFX
    @FizzleFX 4 года назад +4

    This aged well.
    It truly did.

  • @JanSapper
    @JanSapper 12 лет назад +22

    "the electoral college is weird." awesome

  • @ftroop8462
    @ftroop8462 Месяц назад +2

    I live alone and somehow still a roommate.

  • @ethan-loves
    @ethan-loves 12 лет назад +6

    That One Vote Doesn't Matter commercial was brilliant.

  • @absoluteterror9098
    @absoluteterror9098 Год назад +6

    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

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther 11 месяцев назад

      hi absoluteterror, have you become a flat earther yet?

    • @thomashewitt8899
      @thomashewitt8899 2 месяца назад +1

      Really saddening to hear honestly. Thankfully I wasn't one of those people.

  • @thomaswhite3059
    @thomaswhite3059 4 года назад +4

    I feel incredibly seen.

  • @xl000
    @xl000 6 лет назад +40

    My roommate makes French fries on his bed...

    • @rock3tcatU233
      @rock3tcatU233 5 лет назад +6

      We call them freedom fries now.

    • @yellowblanka6058
      @yellowblanka6058 4 года назад +2

      Could be worse, could be meth.

    • @andrewsherman8574
      @andrewsherman8574 4 года назад +1

      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?

    • @xl000
      @xl000 4 года назад +3

      @@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.

    • @andrewsherman8574
      @andrewsherman8574 4 года назад +2

      @@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

  • @be-jib
    @be-jib 4 года назад +2

    the Netflix password scene scared the shit out of me

  • @Mcissel
    @Mcissel 12 лет назад +12

    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.

  • @sananaryon4061
    @sananaryon4061 3 года назад +4

    "The most important election of our lives"
    Well that aged well.

  • @skekkaus7599
    @skekkaus7599 4 года назад +3

    Holy timing on the recommendation RUclips

  • @zhan768
    @zhan768 4 года назад +15

    This hits different in 2020

    • @oriontigley5089
      @oriontigley5089 4 года назад +3

      No it doesn't. American politics have been just as absurd for the last multiple years.

    • @zhan768
      @zhan768 4 года назад +8

      @@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.

    • @kramer1254
      @kramer1254 4 года назад +6

      @@zhan768 Not to mention the insane dictator wannabe who refuses to concede after having lost the election.

  • @tendercrispbacon
    @tendercrispbacon 11 лет назад +52

    I'm the roommate that keeps his groceries in his room... and the air mattress guy.

    • @StandardGoose
      @StandardGoose 4 года назад +2

      Oh hey, how are you doing? I haven't seen you in years, since we last lived together.

    • @tendercrispbacon
      @tendercrispbacon 4 года назад +2

      @@StandardGoose pretty good got my own place now!

    • @far2ez539
      @far2ez539 4 года назад +1

      @@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?

  • @WorshipInTruth
    @WorshipInTruth 12 лет назад +32

    Haha, these roommates remind me of myself.

  • @zackglickert4495
    @zackglickert4495 3 года назад +117

    “If voting made a difference, they wouldn’t let us do it” -Mark Twain

    • @smitty1647
      @smitty1647 3 года назад +68

      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

    • @tomnyskull
      @tomnyskull 3 года назад +11

      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

    • @miloradowicz
      @miloradowicz 2 года назад +7

      @@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._

    • @mattrogers5188
      @mattrogers5188 2 года назад +19

      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."

    • @zackglickert4495
      @zackglickert4495 2 года назад +1

      @@mattrogers5188 dang that sucks. i thought he was cool

  • @kylenoe2234
    @kylenoe2234 4 года назад +5

    I live the opening joke... not included in the title but makes it all worth the click.

  • @ouishi9447
    @ouishi9447 4 года назад +119

    This could actually be a feasable strategy for republicans

    • @coreyeverett5500
      @coreyeverett5500 4 года назад +8

      LOL... don't give them ideas!

    • @ouishi9447
      @ouishi9447 4 года назад +1

      @@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

    • @ouishi9447
      @ouishi9447 4 года назад +5

      @Carlos Basado i have no idea what ur trying to say with this comment to be honest

    • @GAPIntoTheGame
      @GAPIntoTheGame 4 года назад +5

      This could actually be a feasible strategy for democrats

    • @ouishi9447
      @ouishi9447 4 года назад +5

      ​@@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...

  • @johnsuarez1404
    @johnsuarez1404 Месяц назад +2

    The only reason I vote is because I know that billionaires don't want me to

  • @jknifgijdfui
    @jknifgijdfui 4 года назад +52

    actually i am extremely intrested as to what happens if literally nobody votes

    • @eneco3965
      @eneco3965 4 года назад +12

      Same thing as if literally everyone votes

    • @theGiver3
      @theGiver3 4 года назад +18

      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

    • @evannibbe9375
      @evannibbe9375 4 года назад +4

      @@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.

    • @peters2717
      @peters2717 4 года назад +3

      @@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.

    • @jakepullman4914
      @jakepullman4914 4 года назад

      @@peters2717 Thiugh if NOBODY voted, it would be pretty rich to complain about the state choosing for you.

  • @Cincy32
    @Cincy32 4 года назад +2

    The Onion was eight years early on this news.

  • @JohnSmith-ef2rn
    @JohnSmith-ef2rn Год назад +2

    Oh I miss the early 2010s Onion. It was so good.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther 11 месяцев назад

      hi johnsmithe, have you become a flat earther yet?

    • @ElectricBlueElectrum
      @ElectricBlueElectrum 5 месяцев назад

      @@flat-earther Oh my god I found a flat earther

  • @aapex5459
    @aapex5459 4 года назад +4

    I love the specificity of the Onion in giving us the most accurate type of person that would believe these types of things. “roommates”😂

  • @ryanholder7728
    @ryanholder7728 4 года назад +2

    My god, it’s prophetic!

  • @TheMauveStorm3
    @TheMauveStorm3 12 лет назад +8

    Zeke: "Hey can I use your Netflix password?"

  • @andreagodoshiana8953
    @andreagodoshiana8953 4 года назад +4

    Roommates
    Also
    Wondering
    When
    Your
    Sister
    Is
    Visiting
    Again
    That shit says it all.

  • @EchoesAndEuphoria
    @EchoesAndEuphoria 12 лет назад +26

    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.

  • @OGimouse1
    @OGimouse1 3 года назад +4

    Oh God. This is the video the GOP watched and said, "Yes--this. This is our next platform."

  • @digaddog6099
    @digaddog6099 3 года назад +2

    I'll take your "electoral college is weird" and raise you a "FPTP is weird."

    • @digaddog6099
      @digaddog6099 3 года назад

      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.

  • @RomanesEuntDomus.
    @RomanesEuntDomus. 2 месяца назад +2

    1:39 "Las Vegas to allow voting via gloryhole"
    Now that's truly progressive!! 😂

  • @averagefreedomenjoyer8209
    @averagefreedomenjoyer8209 3 года назад +1

    “This is the most important election of our lifetimes”
    Oh you sweet summer child

  • @FREETHINKITOVA
    @FREETHINKITOVA 12 лет назад

    A friend like Zeke is a friend indeed!

  • @bliipity9952
    @bliipity9952 4 года назад +2

    i know this was in 2012, but boy... they hit the nail on the head for 2020

  • @davidhatesspiders8049
    @davidhatesspiders8049 4 года назад +1

    That opening one liner killed me

  • @harrisonthecarguy3734
    @harrisonthecarguy3734 4 года назад +2

    even 8 years later, this is still relevent

  • @matthewbeat
    @matthewbeat 4 года назад +1

    Having their voices heard to try to make people think they can't have their voices heard

  • @ManDryver
    @ManDryver 12 лет назад +1

    If voting really made a difference, they wouldn't let us have it - Mark Twain

  • @ProJanitor
    @ProJanitor 12 лет назад +2

    this isthe most realistic news program of all

  • @Sjalabais
    @Sjalabais 5 дней назад +4

    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.

    • @disputedname
      @disputedname 5 дней назад +2

      you're watching the onion, the worlds most reliable news source!

  • @TsukiNaito1
    @TsukiNaito1 3 года назад +1

    The opposite of 2020.
    God, that sentence sounds good.

  • @volo870
    @volo870 4 года назад

    The domain is up for grabs in 2020.

  • @Tamizushi
    @Tamizushi 12 лет назад

    Many persons. Not just one.

  • @JebBush-bf6tp
    @JebBush-bf6tp 28 дней назад +2

    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

  • @jfast8256
    @jfast8256 3 года назад +1

    50 seconds in. This aged well.

  • @12345alexg
    @12345alexg 11 лет назад +2

    @Thomas MacDonald That may be true, but NEARLY every time isn't good enough

  • @fireworkbutt
    @fireworkbutt 12 лет назад

    Of course it does. Just not directly.

  • @medicwine
    @medicwine 4 года назад +3

    Yea I'm just gonna start watching The Onion for visions of the future this is getting too bizarre

    • @mojojoji5493
      @mojojoji5493 4 года назад

      At this point more accurate than the simpsons predictions of the government

  • @ByddinRhyddidCymru
    @ByddinRhyddidCymru 4 года назад +2

    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

  • @5_qm610
    @5_qm610 4 года назад +3

    So true in 2016

  • @annonymeandfish
    @annonymeandfish 4 года назад +2

    First 5 seconds got me cracked up!

  • @rum-ham
    @rum-ham 2 года назад +2

    "And Obama, I mean, you're going to vote for him just because he's..... president" 🤣

  • @stalkinglikecandy
    @stalkinglikecandy 4 года назад +26

    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.

  • @welcometothemonkeyapezone7797
    @welcometothemonkeyapezone7797 4 года назад +2

    Yep, this one's about me.

  • @eddiemil88
    @eddiemil88 12 лет назад +6

    lol @ the roommate that keeps all his groceries in his room... i used to be that guy

  • @tyrongkojy
    @tyrongkojy 12 лет назад

    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.

  • @joshdaws1151
    @joshdaws1151 4 года назад +1

    How many people all live in one room? Have they not heard of house sharing lol?

  • @StruggleButtons
    @StruggleButtons 8 месяцев назад +1

    “Las Vegas to Allow Voting Via Gloryhole” 😂😂

  • @petitio_principii
    @petitio_principii 4 года назад

    Didn't recall netflix was that old.

  • @AdmiralBetas
    @AdmiralBetas 12 лет назад +1

    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.