Q: you said in an earlier question that apples and oranges are the same while I completely disagree. would you care to elaborate
A: there is currently an "apples and oranges" reference in common english, which has persisted for quite some time, and is still very active today, by which people always seem to mention "apples and oranges" whenever they are talking about any 2 objects which are "impossible to compare." it's "like apples and oranges", they say. It seems absurd to me, because apples and oranges are actually ideal for comparison. They are both fruit and have many similarities, and their differences are therefore quite obvious. They are just about the perfect thing to compare. So sometimes i am driven so mad by this constant sort of zombie-like widespread mindless obsession with "apples and oranges" being so "hard to compare" that sometimes i just blurt out that they are the same. I bet it's been a hundred years since anyone has ever actually checked, to see if they are