# Britney vs. Christina **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 15, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964 "2000-04-15T19:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SDP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDP)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/1 "2000-04-15T19:10:00Z")
Here’s a real Great Debate, a pressing issue of our times: Britney Spears vs. Christina Aguilera! Who sings better, who looks better, who do you like better overall? * * * A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/2 "2000-04-15T19:14:00Z")
And if you had a gun with only one bullet… ---
**Author:** ![SDP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDP)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/3 "2000-04-15T19:16:00Z")
Ok, you can think of it that way too 😉 * * * A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother. ---
**Author:** ![Bored2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@Bored2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bored2001)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/4 "2000-04-15T19:23:00Z")
Well, at least Christina is partially plastic. ---
**Author:** ![spankboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@spankboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankboy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/5 "2000-04-15T19:33:00Z")
Why not have them fight to the death in a jello-filled wading pool? It seems more fair, and you would get rich off pay-per-view. I’ll take Brit, just cuz it looks like she has more meat on her bones. Mmmm. Meaty. -sb * * * “This is going to take a special blend of psychology and extreme violence.” ---
**Author:** ![Bored2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@Bored2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bored2001)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/6 "2000-04-15T19:50:00Z")
You do realize that that is plastic right? =) a jello filled pool eh? Yay they’ll both drown. Jello just couldn’t possibly support them. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/7 "2000-04-15T21:06:00Z")
I’m sure one of them would be better in bed, but unlike such obvious cases such as Tonya Harding obviously being better than that other skater shick, I cannot tell with these two. Any ideas? * * * Yer pal, Satan [http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif](http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif) _TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING: Six days, 19 hours, 3 minutes and 58 seconds. 271 cigarettes not smoked, saving $33.97. Life saved: 22 hours, 35 minutes._ ---
**Author:** ![SDP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDP)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/8 "2000-04-15T21:37:00Z")
Well, my thoughts… A) Who can sing better? I think Christina has shown more singing ability on her record than Britney has shown on hers. I actually think Britney sang better on Starsearch (I saw the tape of it on VH1) than she did on …Baby One More Time. I think Britney has more singing ability than she has been allowed to demonstrate, but as she hasn’t demonstrated it and Christina has…_shrug_, one point Christina. B) Who looks better? I think definitely Britney, but this is a rather subjective thing, and skewed by the fact that they’re both covered in layers of makeup. And of course there are numerous rumors about both of them, from implants to saying that they’re 28, and what have you. I think one can safely discount most of these as nothing but rumors, though I must say, Britney must’ve had quite a growth spurt. Must suck to have people scrutinizing you as you go through puberty. C) Who, err, well, whom I should say, do I like better overall? Well, while her songs can be a little bit sappy, she’s a hottie and dances really, really well…Britney all the way! * * * A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother. ---
**Author:** ![AuMatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@AuMatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuMatar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/9 "2000-04-15T23:49:00Z")
Hmm, if I had a gun with only 1 bullet for the 2 of them… I think Id shhot whichever one was nearest and pistolwhip the other. * * * He who is truly wise is the one who knows how much he has yet to learn. ---
**Author:** ![SDP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDP)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/10 "2000-04-16T00:20:00Z")
Wouldn’t it make more sense to shoot the one that’s farther away, and pistolwhip the closer one? It’d save you effort at least 😉 * * * A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/11 "2000-04-16T02:43:00Z")
Today I saw Britney’s new video on MTV. bwaHAha! Britney all the way. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/12 "2000-04-16T06:06:00Z")
The only time I’ve ever seen this Britney Spears person you speak of was on a little performance she gave on the Disney Channel. Interspersed with her performance was a film of her going back into the studio where they used to make _The Mickey Mouse Club_. Apparently, Ms. Spears was on a modern version of the Mickey Mouse Club when she was 10 or 12 years old. My impression of her performance: She’s a cheerleader. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/13 "2000-04-16T06:41:00Z")
Actually, tracer (and I’m certain that I will be corrected if I am wrong), I believe that Christina was a mouseketeer along with Britney. Be all of this as it may: Gaudere!! David B!!! Please check out this subject matter and adjudicate whether it is more fit for MPSIMS than for GD. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-vs-christina/17964/14 "2000-04-16T07:06:00Z")
[Moderator Hat ON] I agree, Kaylasdad. MPSIMS it is. It is simply too unfocused, jumping between expertise in bed, jello-wrestling, pistol-whipping, degree of makeup (and was that a hint of cannibalism from spankboy?), etc. to make a proper Great Debate. Actually, I think any mention of Spears or Aguilera should be cause for immediate removal to MPSIMS just on principle. [Moderator Hat OFF]