Apples and apples.

Yes. Thank you.

It's hard to look at yourself every day and not get upset at how you were needlessly mutilated. I sympathize with your friend, as I am in the process of trying to restore myself. Things aren't going well with that, I might add.

That comment would be SO much more useful if you said what you think the significant difference is that makes the two situations incomparable, rather than just quoting this annoying cliche which implies that you think there is a difference but gives no clue as to what it might be.

i like a lot of music no one has every heard of, too... recently i realized "say hi" and "say hi to your mom" are actually different. for about a year i thought the latter had shortened its name for some reason. oops

Welcome!