# What is the difference?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference/583914>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 1, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference/583914 "2011-06-01T01:17:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference/583914/1 "2011-06-01T01:17:24Z")

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What is the difference?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference/583914/2 "2011-06-01T01:37:17Z")

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[XKCD explains](http://xkcd.com/242/).

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**Author:** ![Postariti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Postariti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Postariti)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference/583914/3 "2011-06-01T01:46:05Z")

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Kittens and Canada are winning!

If there was an option for “Kittens in Canada” you could take over the world.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference/583914/4 "2011-06-01T03:44:41Z")

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> [@robert\_columbia](#):
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> What is the difference?

The other one is red.  
Please clarify.

Edited to add: Just noticed poll. IMHO is not the place for random answer generators.  
Closing thread.
