I Call Bullshit!

Have you ever been in a discussion with someone and someone used the following as an argument: "You can't compare those two things."?

If it was someone other than you using that argument, did you think to yourself that it was a bullshit argument? If you were the one using it, did you realize you were just saying that because you didn't actually have any valid arguments?

I realized this tonight during a discussion with my mom and dad about nightmares caused by daily worries... the discussion isn't really important, my mom's argument however is.

She claimed that the the worries over responsibilities over things/money/information and such could not be compared to worries over responsibilities over lives (as in you risk life/death situations if you fail in your responsibilities).

While I understand how she feels, I still got royally annoyed that she used that argument... why?

Because it's the same damned bullshit I hear coming out every time the console wars rears it's ugly head in a forum... every time people fight over which movie/game/band/artist/restaurant/car/toilet seat is best... it is a staple in every flame war across the globe... it is your argument when you don't really have an argument.

The very definition of the word "comparison", suggests that you could in fact compare anything to anything else, because a comparison is simply pointing out similarities and/or differences between two or more things.

New York city is bigger than a chicken's egg... that's a completely valid if pointless comparison.

The chicken's egg came out of a chicken's rear end, New York city did not... that's another one.

Have you ever seen someone try to explain how you can't compare two things to each other by comparing those two things to each other? I have... and the sheer stupidity of it blows my mind.

So to everyone out there who does this on a regular basis... I call your bullshit argument, and I hope everyone around you starts doing the same... for I believe that once this stupidity stops, the world will have become a slightly better place to live in.

Friis out...

Clash of The Titans

I just went with my little sister to the movie theater in Copenhagen to see Clash of The Titans in 3d. I'm going to give it thumbs up, it's a neat and tidy action movie based on Greek mythology, and seems to lend quite a bit from the feel of 300, while not breaking it's rating.

What I most noticed is probably mostly from my being Danish... I noticed that Mads Mikkelsen has significantly improved his ability to mask his Danish accent when speaking English... you can still hear it once in a while when he slips up and loosens up his speech a bit too much. However it's not nearly as bad as back in his King Arthur knight/Casino Royale Bond villain days.

I won't tell much more than this from fear of giving out spoilers of Perseus killing Medusa by using a polished shield as a mirro... oops...

Anyways think of Clash of The Titans as a sort of mix between Pirates of The Caribbean and 300, however you may think of something like that.

Bottom line is I recommend it.

During this trip I tried something completely new to me... Kentucky Fried Chicken...

In Denmark, to my knowledge, we only have one KFC, and that one is in Copenhagen. I don't often come to Copenhagen and usually don't eat fast food when I do.

Today however, my sister and I felt like getting something quick and greasy after watching Clash of The Titans, and I had never in my life tried KFC before (despite having actually been in the US for 2 weeks).

Keeping in mind that this is fast food I will actually give KFC two thumbs up.