Im the Best there is, Im better than everyone

Now I got your attention lets discuss the above topic.

What the hell does this actually mean?

Lets take two people, John and Sarah.

John drives a faster car and says he is better than Sarah.
Sarah bakes a chocolate cake and says no Im better.

They argue for hours.


OK lets take this to a deeper level.

John is a mechanic who races cars in his spare time. It is his passion in life. He competes in races for money and has a garage full of cars.

Sarah runs a bakery, her passion in life is baking. She lives for it. She is CEO of a highly successful catering firm.

So in one aspect they are both actually better than the other. John is better at racing and driving. Sarah is better than John at baking.

So anyway who is better?

Lets take this a bit deeper.

As Johns passion is driving, most the people he knows are into driving and racing as well. They are highly competitive. But its the competition that drives them to better their skills.

Sarah is working her way up in the business world, most the people she knows are business owners and people who are successful career wise.

So again who is better?

Better question, why the f**k do they care. They have nothing on common. The only thing that actually connects them is the fact that they are both argumentative.

So anyway when someone says they are the best what does that actually mean.

If someone has different, goals and aims in life. They are propbably going to have a different skill set to you. So comparing is totally dumb.

If someone needs to say they are better, shouldnt you just realise that they are insecure as they need to prove themselves, give them a high five and smile to yourself on the inside.

PS: Ive been on both sides of the fence. So this isnt purely theoretical.

At the end of the day, for the most part people are people. We all have good and bad points, strengths and weaknesses, and things we do that we probably shouldn't.

I'm generally ok when it comes to reading and writing, understanding and utilising ideas from philosophy and psychology etc., and articulating ideas. I have friends that can not read or write to save themselves, but, if I was stuck in the middle of nowhere with a broken down car, they are the types of people I would want with me, as they are the ones that would keep me alive by fixing the car enough to get us to safety... me on the other hand, I would simply curl up and die because a roadkill rabbit has more mechanical skills than I do. So... who is better? Is it even a meaningful question to ask? From my perspective, the answer is, 'not really.'

If comparing people is in any way meaningful, possibly, comparing people in terms of their morality could make sense - ie., people that do not kill the innocent are better than people that do...

The best IMO is based of needs of the person.

When my head got messed up I needed Warriors, medics, copter pilots, surgeons, nurses. and most of all my Wife.


I am very glad that each was in their slot. I do not want a surgeon flying a copter.

"Better is in the eye of the beholder", to misquote.
It's a value judgement and really quite meaningless until you define your parameters. Even then it's still largely meaningless unless there are clear definitions of worth and abilities, something that in and of itself is largely impossible when measuring humanity with all it's favouritism, failures and foibles.
Personally I've never had an inclination to measure myself against others, it's pointless since I'm quite obviously the paragon of evolution, the sole reason for the existence of the human race was to produce ME , everyone else are merely supporting roles.

I wonder if this place will be able to cope with three Aussies at once...

if john and sarah are aussies, anyone is better then an aussie

Except for a bloody Pom of course. Whinging bastards.

Pomeranians are dumb, but I expect more from humans, so I still think aussies must be the worst.
nothing but jail birds no one wants.
they even live on the wrong side of the planet.

Normally I would mention here how we may be convicts but we still manage to whip your asses in sport. But, since the Sth Africans won the Ashes back for you, I can't really say that anymore

Actually, we live on the right side of the planet, God's Footprint. You don't understand Oz history, the convicts were merely the compost put down first to permit the growth of the spectacularly amazing humans that now inhabit it.That fertility lead to the invention of:
: first full-length feature film
surf lifesaving reels
sunshine header harvester
speedo swimwear
rotary clothes line
wine casks
staysharp knives
racecam live television broadcast
wall-mounted Miniboil machines
dual-flush toilets
baby safety capsules
smartmodem
Frazier lens
WiFi
Blackbox flight recorders
Penicilin
notepads
plastic disposable syringe
holograph anti-counterfeiting technology for banknotes
long-wearing contact lenses
pedal-powered radio
first powered flight in 1894
in-vitro fertilisation
Spray-on skin
Electronic pacemaker
Polymer bank notes
Cochlear implant
Electric drill
Permaculture
Wi-fi technology
Ultrasound scanner
Plastic spectacle lenses
Inflatable escape slide and raft
Surf ski
Coupé utility
Solar hot water
AND we do NOT live in such fear of our government that we need 300,000,000 GUNS just to sleep at night!

And, let's not forget our unmatched contribution to global cuisine. Lamingtons, Tim Tams, Pavlova and Vegemite. The world would be a much sadder place without them...

Mmmmmm, vegemite, tomato and cheeses sangers, ambrosia!
Or sardines and vegemite on toast, with tomato sauce of course.
I use vegemite in stews, soups and sauces regularly too, it adds a piquancy that nothing else can match, and vegemite on pork chops before BBQ'ing them, tongue-orgasmic!
I pity the rest of the world, they really don't know what they're missing!

is that that outslinger ship I saw pass yours?

I've never had vegemite.
we here know about it.

Men At Work - Down Under (original version 1980)

like we got a chance against our gov.