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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9114590" data-attributes="member: 23751">I didn't say the exact same thing as you. You said, &quot;Why yes, you can compare apples and fish. But generally when two things have obvious differences, they don't make for good comparisons.&quot;So let's dissect that.&nbsp; First, talking about &quot;apples and fish&quot; says that a thing is not comparable.&nbsp; Apples and oranges, both fruit, is a saying used to say a thing is not comparable and you are modifying that saying to make something even less comparable.&nbsp; It's a hyperbolic version of that saying.&nbsp; Second, you talk about things with obvious differences generally being bad for comparisons.&nbsp; Well, a train and a car have obvious differences. If you need to have things so close to identical that you have to dig to find a difference, you are effectively saying that a thing has to be identical to be compared.It wasn't a Strawman.&nbsp; It was what you said, even if perhaps you didn't intend it to be that way.&nbsp; In any case, I was comparing apples(blunders) to apples(blunders).Squeaky wheels get the grease and it was pretty obvious that such a product would cause wheels to squeak very loudly and cost them money when they had to pull it.Yes, but asking a question you are bringing in the answer.&nbsp; The answer &quot;luck&quot; would not have entered the discussion but for your question.&nbsp; When you go fishing and catch a fish, it's you who brought the fish onto the boat, even though the fish is a different entity and had the choice to bite or not.Because in the case of blockbuster without the luck of right place, right time, it would never had made it past being a local business, if it even stayed in business. A better analogy would be a singer who gets discovered because the music producer got hungry and randomly picked that restaurant to have dinner in.&nbsp; She had skill, but without right place, right time, nobody would ever have heard of her.Goonygoogoo!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9114590, member: 23751"] I didn't say the exact same thing as you. You said, "Why yes, you can compare apples and fish. But generally when two things have obvious differences, they don't make for good comparisons." So let's dissect that. First, talking about "apples and fish" says that a thing is not comparable. Apples and oranges, both fruit, is a saying used to say a thing is not comparable and you are modifying that saying to make something even less comparable. It's a hyperbolic version of that saying. Second, you talk about things with obvious differences generally being bad for comparisons. Well, a train and a car have obvious differences. If you need to have things so close to identical that you have to dig to find a difference, you are effectively saying that a thing has to be identical to be compared. It wasn't a Strawman. It was what you said, even if perhaps you didn't intend it to be that way. In any case, I was comparing apples(blunders) to apples(blunders). Squeaky wheels get the grease and it was pretty obvious that such a product would cause wheels to squeak very loudly and cost them money when they had to pull it. Yes, but asking a question you are bringing in the answer. The answer "luck" would not have entered the discussion but for your question. When you go fishing and catch a fish, it's you who brought the fish onto the boat, even though the fish is a different entity and had the choice to bite or not. Because in the case of blockbuster without the luck of right place, right time, it would never had made it past being a local business, if it even stayed in business. A better analogy would be a singer who gets discovered because the music producer got hungry and randomly picked that restaurant to have dinner in. She had skill, but without right place, right time, nobody would ever have heard of her. Goonygoogoo! [/QUOTE]

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