Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoThere's a plethora of valid ways to compare apples and orangesmessage-squaremessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareThere's a plethora of valid ways to compare apples and orangesVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
In German it’s “to compare apples and pears” which is even more preposterous since they are very closely related.
minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 months agoI’ve always taken it to imply that at a certain number of differences, the comparison isn’t useful anymore, not that there are no avenues of comparison at all.
I’ve always taken it to imply that at a certain number of differences, the comparison isn’t useful anymore, not that there are no avenues of comparison at all.