Generals gather in their masses

[venta]

Two completely unrelated polls:

[Poll #1867260]

Please be honest. This is the difference between "oh, really?" and "ha, Jamie, see! I was right, I was right!"

[Poll #1867261]

Comments

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

Is one of them likely to be of better quality and/or better prepared and/or nicer? Do you like one and not the other?

All other things equal, I'd probably expect pork to be the better option on the grounds that AIUI, you buy ham ready to eat from the supermarket/butcher/similar, so is easy to have whenever at minimal effort, but pork bought from shop needs preparing first. So therefore go for that when eating out, as you can then have it without preparing it. But I have been vegetarian for a long time, so I may be incorrect in this understanding.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I think you may be trying to introduce too much logic and rationality into the question :) Fundamentally, I and the person with whom I was arguing, have a personal preference for the different items. Rather than sensibly agreeing to differ, I am hoping to drum up support for my choice, which will somehow demonstrate that his preference is wrong[*]. Obviously, I haven't told him I'm doing this, so if his comes out top I shall just quietly drop the subject.

I think the best ham tends to be bought and prepared yourself. A lot of supermarket ham is dire, though sometimes the posh-end brands or stuff from the butcher can be pretty good. So it probably is easier to acquire nice ham than nice pork. However, as I say, this was never about producing a sensible piece of reasoning :)

[*] My defence is that he started it on Sunday at the carvery, by telling me I'd ordered the wrong thing and was an idiot.

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

by telling me I'd ordered the wrong thing and was an idiot.

Well, that's unhelpful of him.

The other option is that so long as you each got food that you thought was the best, I'm sure you get to each be happy that you were right; (or if both of you disliked your selection, you could switch). Oh, no, wait, I've done it wrong again, haven't I? ;-)

[venta.livejournal.com]

Yes, being rational and considered and holding balanced opinions on the internet pretty much is doing it wrong :)

Well, that's unhelpful of him.

He is, however, in general a pleasant and sensible sort of chap so I'm choosing to believe he was joking rather than actually thinking I was an idiot.

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

So you can't tell us which is right yet so we can come to your aid?

I'm choosing to believe he was joking rather than actually thinking I was an idiot.
That sounds very rational and considered and holding a balanced opinion. Where's the fun in that? I refer you to your other comment being rational and considered and holding balanced opinions on the internet pretty much is doing it wrong .

[venta.livejournal.com]

I've deliberately not filled in my choice on that poll to avoid biasing people :)

I refer you to your other comment

The problem is that people who arbitrarily insist that their opinions are better/more correct than yours are (as a rule) dreadful. Unless they're doing it on purpose, over something completely unimportant, in which case it can be quite funny. I just wanted it to be clear (which it isn't always on the t'interweb) that this was a latter kind rather than someone being a total dick!

(And he was wrong, anyway!)