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comparing apples to oranges is legitimately a good analogy here, just not in the idiomatic way people usually mean it. apples and oranges are pretty comprable.
by notatoad 3y ago
comparing apples to oranges is legitimately a good analogy here, just not in the idiomatic way people usually mean it.
apples and oranges are pretty comprable. they are different things, but serve the same purpose and are often used interchangeably. it's perfectly reasonable to compare those two things.
- Joker_vD 3y agoYeah, the usual way this analogy is meant to be understood always pissed me off. Of course you can compare them: apples are better for making an apple pie than oranges; apples are cheaper and less squishy during transportation; oranges have more vitamin C; apples have more bio-available iron; oranges (subjectively) are tastier and less sour; etc.