Carboy vs. Bucket

[rico567]

+1 one to that...I have 9 and some are buckets, some are carboys, some are glass, some are plastic, some are even water bottles....and they all work..

But anyway....what I'm getting at is why is it that people instinctively phrase their questions in "vs" terms?...why don't people use the word "OR" anymore????

Buckets or carboys
glass or plastic
iodophor or starsan


or
or
or

Or even

AND

Buckets AND Carboys, which do you prefer?

why do people make it into a contest, or a battle???? Why is the -VS- always used???

It's this linguistic thingy that I can't understand, and yeah it bugs the heck outta me...maybe I'm pc or something, -vs- means someone has to lose....but you can't lose usually using EITHER of the choices???

A fascinating question, to which I doubt there'll ever be a satisfactory answer. The 1840s in the U.S. seem to have been all about "or." Lots of alternatives explored, huge numbers of movements, utopian socialist communities, etc. Then came the 1850s and it was all "vs." Slavery in the territories vs. free labor, state vs. national rights, etc. Then we fought a bloody civil war. The only question this might answer would be "How can you demonstrate that human character can embody both innocence and Original Sin?"

As for why "vs" might be on the rise.....look around. Me, I fear it.

 

[conpewter]

Before this thread devolved into google fighting, the question was answered a couple times.

+1 one to that...I have 9 and some are buckets, some are carboys, some are glass, some are plastic, some are even water bottles....and they all work..

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[SpanishCastleAle]

A fascinating question, to which I doubt there'll ever be a satisfactory answer. The 1840s in the U.S. seem to have been all about "or." Lots of alternatives explored, huge numbers of movements, utopian socialist communities, etc. Then came the 1850s and it was all "vs." Slavery in the territories vs. free labor, state vs. national rights, etc. Then we fought a bloody civil war. The only question this might answer would be "How can you demonstrate that human character can embody both innocence and Original Sin?"

As for why "vs" might be on the rise.....look around. Me, I fear it.

uh........ban

 

[llazy_llama]

Why ban?
(10 char)

 

[richbrostrom]

Okay, I do feel kind of bad. I didn't realize the thread was going to blow up like this. Normally these threads go like this:

OP: Hey, what's better, X Vs. Y?
Llama: Do a search
OP: Oh, hey, my bad. Yeah, I searched and found the relevant info.
Llama: No worries. Now you know. Glad you found what you needed.
The End

This one kind of got blown up, and I apologize for that. Sorry, Rich.

Also, Homer, glad to see you upgraded!

No Worries

 

[Revvy]

A fascinating question, to which I doubt there'll ever be a satisfactory answer. The 1840s in the U.S. seem to have been all about "or." Lots of alternatives explored, huge numbers of movements, utopian socialist communities, etc. Then came the 1850s and it was all "vs." Slavery in the territories vs. free labor, state vs. national rights, etc. Then we fought a bloody civil war. The only question this might answer would be "How can you demonstrate that human character can embody both innocence and Original Sin?"

As for why "vs" might be on the rise.....look around. Me, I fear it.

WOW..this is actually a fascinating answer...I'd be interested to explore it further...I've always been interested in human dynamics (most minister types are...."why people tic" or "Why/What people believe.") That's why I FINALLY posed the question...it's this phenomenon that I've been really curious about...

I mean, me personally, I use unconsciously I guess have always used "and/or" where it seems a lot of people use versus....