Ballot write-ins are always entertaining (discards).

Similie to inserting a quarter into a gumball machine, turning the lever and you don't get your nice blue gumball.

So then you maintain that parallel unreality by 'talking about' smashing the machine for weeks/months on end.

But you don't do it and divert to an Extinction Level Event to solve the impasse of not getting your blue or red gumball.