Apples to Oranges

[pippa]

Imagine people are impressed that you are a widely successful scientist with a PhD. Then they ask you what your main focus of study is. Lol

[chimporila]

"apples an oranges: a comparison" is such a genius title and yet it is so simple, fuuck, I loved that

[OwOnya]

In polish we use "what does a gingerbread have to do a windmill"

[inimmz]

apples and oranges are so similar in visibly and obvious ways, ive never understood that phrase

[weresteres]

"Or are they" Vsauce music intensifies.

Edit: keep up with the references of educational youtubers.

[THGRATPAPYRUS]

I imagine that when he pitched the study to people, they laughed and said "that like comparing apples to... Wait that *is* comparing apples to oranges..."

[serak.]

In German, the saying is „comparing apples to pears“

[ME-nuhb]

Meanwhile in other universe where "that's like comparing walnut and elephant" is a phrase and scientists there prove they're quite similar

[figo]

“Unless you’ve been living under a rock…”
Jokes on you, some houses are made of bricks and bricks are literally rocks… 😂😂

[sethtcreations]

the British say: 'that's like comparing chalk to cheese'

[redhorsepapi]

The point is that you can't come up with an objective answer of which is better between an apple and an orange. Just because they have similarities, one can't simply define why one is better. Because you can't.

[thefourthcrow]

The phrase isn't supposed to be about comparing to incomparable things. The phrase is about comparing things that on the surface are similar, but fundamentally are different.

[LiverpoolXRonaldo]

Well that just proves that I have been living under a rock...

[irenemorinico]

welp, I’m living under a rock.
Edit: god dang why do I have so many likes

[TheKeeeks]

I've never heard this phrase in English. In German, we use almost the same to compare two very different things, but we "compare" apples to pears instead.

[j_motion]

I always interpreted the saying as in comparing two things that share similarities but also different. I never thought it meant completely different.

[Katinahat]

I’m gonna say walnuts and elephants now to honor him

[AkashThePerson]

"That's like comparing apples and oranges"
"We'll see about that"

[MagicFredbear]

In Spanish we use "Let's not compare/confuse pears with apples"

[The_Soviet_Cat_]

Biggest "erm actually ☝️🤓" moment in recorded history