101 Other Feuds Which Would Have Provided A More Compelling & More Gratifying Narrative for the End of the World Than the One Created by the Current Rift Between Dotard Donald and Rocket Man

Gary M. Almeter
The Haven
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4 min readSep 22, 2017

1)Britney Spears vs, Justin Timberlake; 2) Daniel LaRusso vs. the Karate Kid; 3) Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift; 4) Tom vs. Jerry; 5) Martha Stewart vs. Gwyneth Paltrow; 6) Dunkin Donuts vs. Starbucks; 7) Hatfields vs. McCoys; 8) Charles Dickens vs. William Thackeray; 9) Green Goblin vs. Spiderman; 10) The Sharks vs. The Jets; 11) Woody vs. Buzz Lightyear; 12) Stephen Curry vs. Le Bron James; 13) The one gang fighting in the pool hall in Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” video vs. The other gang fighting in the pool hall in Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” video; 14) People who like Miller Lite because it tastes great vs. People who like Miller Lite because it is less filling; 15) Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs; 16) Yves Saint Laurent vs. Karl Lagerfeld; 17) Katniss vs. President Snow; 18) Captain Ahab vs. Moby Dick; 19) Nicki Minaj vs. Miley Cyrus; 20) Red Sox vs. Yankees; 21) Ursula the Sea Witch vs. Ariel the Little Mermaid; 22) The Greasers vs. the Socs in The Outsiders; 23) Coke vs. Pepsi; 24) Sinead O’Connor vs. Pope John Paul II; 25) Star Wars vs. Star Trek; 26) Gore Vidal vs. Norman Mailer; 27) David Letterman vs. Jay Leno; 28) Ernest Hemingway vs. F. Scott Fitzgerald; 29) Hamlet vs. Claudius; 30) John McEnroe vs. Ivan Lendl; 31) Michael Corleone vs. Fredo Corleone; 32) My 10 year old daughter when asked if it’s her turn to walk the dog vs. My 12 year old son when asked if it’s his turn to walk the dog; 33) Nike vs. Reebok; 34) Nick from Gone Girl vs. Amy in Gone Girl; 35) UPS vs. FedEx; 36) Antonio Salieri vs. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; 37) Eminem vs. Moby; 38) Courtney Love vs. Madonna; 39) Roadrunner vs. Wile E. Coyote; 40) The original survivors of Flight 815 from Lost! Vs. the Others; 41) New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys; 42) McDonalds vs. Burger King; 43) Me when I skip ahead and watch an extra episode of a series we are watching together on Netflix vs. my Wife when she finds out I skipped ahead and watched an extra episode of a series we are watching together on Netflix; 44) Maverick vs. Iceman; 45) Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Auburn Tigers; 46) Rocky Balboa vs. Apollo Creed; 47) Batman vs. The Joker; 48) Adidas vs. Puma; 49) John McClane vs. Hans Gruber; 50) Ian Thorpe vs. Michael Phelps; 51) People in my neighborhood who like spraying for mosquitoes vs. people in my neighborhood who think spraying for mosquitoes is bad for bees; 52) Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali; 53) Walter White vs. Gustavo Fring; 54) Carl Spackler vs. the Gopher; 55) Shia LaBeouf vs. Frankie Muniz; 56) Nicola Tesla vs. Thomas Edison; 57) Harvard Crimson vs. Yale Bulldogs; 58) People at my office who think we should bring kids to the Holiday Party vs. People at my office who think the Holiday Party should be adults only; 59) Jack Nicklaus vs. Arnold Palmer; 60) Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears; 61) Trouble the Maltese Terrier vs. Leona Helmsley’s grandchildren; 62) Michigan vs. Ohio State; 63) Notre Dame vs. Boston College; 64) Celtics vs. Lakers; 65) Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant; 66) Michael Keaton as Batman vs. Christian Bale as Batman; 67) Ford vs. General Motors; 68) Taylor Swift vs. any of her ex-boyfriends; 69) Macy’s vs. Gimbel’s; 70) iPhone vs. Samsung; 71) Rolling Stones vs. Beatles; 72) Michael Jackson vs. Prince; 73) Handroll sushi vs. Nigiri Sushi; 74) Aaron Burr vs. Alexander Hamilton; 75) Iggy Azalea vs. Snoop Dogg; 76) Mariah Carey vs. Nicki Minaj; 77) Lady Gaga vs. Lana Del Ray; 78) Jennifer Aniston vs. Angelina Jolie; 79) Jerry Seinfeld vs. Newman; 80) Real Madrid vs. Barcelona; 81) Pac Man vs. Inky, Blinky, Pinky & Clyde; 82) Captain jack Sparrow vs. Captain Barbossa; 83) McDreamy vs. McSteamy; 84) Popeye vs. Bluto; 85) Superman vs. Lex Luthor; 86) Lindsay Lohan vs. Paris Hilton; 87) Duke Blue Devils vs. North Carolina Tar Heels; 88) Martina Navratilova vs. Chris Evert; 89) Anna Nicole Smith vs. J. Howard Marshall’s heirs; 90) Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson; 91) Blac Chyna vs. Rob Kardashian; 92) Liam Gallagher vs. Noel Gallagher; 93) Pirates vs. Ninjas; 94) Gary Kasparov vs. IBM’s Deep Blue computer; 95) Alien vs. Predator; 96) Debbie Reynolds vs. Elizabeth Taylor; 97) Jennifer Lopez vs. Mariah Carey; 98) Shannen Doherty vs. the rest of the cast of “90210”; 99) Michelangelo Carvaggio vs. Giovanni Baglione; 100) Pokemon vs. Digimon; 101) Katy Perry vs. Taylor Swift.

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Gary M. Almeter
The Haven

Gary is an attorney who lives in Baltimore, MD with his wife, three kids and beagle. His work has appeared in McSweeney’s, 1966, Good Men Project & Splitsider