I see your point. I too enjoy both stouts and pilsners. And I can discuss which I prefer paired with what or on what occasion / circumstance. But I have a hard time with the idea of comparing their respective features. They’re IMO too different to intercompare. Yes, they both share their beer-ness, but IMO that’s a comment mostly about production technique, not about the consumption experience.
Of booze, my favorite genres in general are scotch, bourbon, and gin in that order. The first two are clearly more similar to each other than either is to gin. But I still have a hard time intercomparing any of the three genres.
I suppose this is a matter of lumpers vs splitters:
And I’m evidently more of a splitter than you are. As long as we’re all having fun with it, it’s all good.