Saturday, March 5, 2005

What’s More Popular?

Here’s the big What’s Better list, decided by Googlefights (the one phrase with the bigger page-count wins) – or actually, Yahoofights, as I used the Yahoo API. Now don’t kill the messenger!

Coke is better than Pepsi. Diet Coke is better than Vanilla Coke. The Beatles are better than Rolling Stones. Windows is better than Linux. Journalists are better than bloggers. Marriage is better than flirting. Humans are better than monkeys. Douglas Adams is better than Isaac Asimov. Scorsese is better than Kubrick. Eating fast is better than eating slowly. Yahoo is better than Google. Slashdot is better than BoingBoing. A flat world is better than a round world. Milky Way the Stars are better than Milky Way the Chocolate. Salted popcorn is better than sweet popcorn. Burger King is better than McDonald’s. Pulp Fiction is better than Jackie Brown. Karate is better than Kung-Fu. Kiss on the lips is better than kiss on the nose. Chinese is better than Japanese. Learning a foreign language is better than learning to repair stuff. USA is better than Europe. French Fries are better than Chief Salad. Listening to people is better than ignoring people. DVD is better than VHS. Copyright is better than piracy. Action movies are better than love movies. Godfather II is better than Godfather I. Java is better than Python. Watching TV is better than making sports. Walking is better than jogging. Being friendly is better than being intellectual. Writing email is better than writing snail mail. Going swimming is better than visiting your family. Amazon is better than Barnes & Noble. Short films are better than long films. Cars are better than bycicles. The Cure are better than the Clash. Madonna is better than Gwen Stefani. 3d is better than 2d. Eating candy is better than brushing teeth. Reading is better than writing. Ghostbusters II is better than Ghostbusters I. The young Vito Corleone is better than the old Vito Corleone. Dot-com-boom is better than dot-com-crash. Optimism is better than pessimism. War is better than peace. Attack is better than defense. Apples are better than oranges. IPod Shuffle is better than iPod Mini. Studying is better than relaxing. Going to University is better than learning by the school of life. Paperbacks are better than hardcovers. Irony is better than a pun. Offending enemies is better than making friends with enemies. The Libertines are better than Belle & Sebastian. Trying hard is better than goofing off. Mickey Mouse is better than Donald Duck. Cinderella is better than Bambi. Gory fairy tales are better than light-hearted fairy tales. Math is better than geometry. Dancing is better than singing. Sony is better than Panasonic. Singapore is better than Malaysia. Waterfalls are better than rainbows. Hard rock is better than soft rock.

What’s More Popular? by Philipp Lenssen | Comments (0)

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