Herein I attempt to answer the question, but I must first caution you that you will be subjected to repetition of a swear word, poor taste, bad judgment, and further, language that could likely be construed as being impolite, rude, disrespectful, disgusting, or offensive, and yet... arguably funny.
Is a Dumpster Fire worse than a Shit Show?
“shit show”: a situation or event marked by chaos or controversy.
“dumpster fire”: a chaotic or disastrously mishandled situation.
Let’s look at what they have in common:
Both are situations.
“situation”: a set of circumstances in which one finds oneself; a state of affairs.
Both involve chaos.
“chaos”: complete disorder and confusion
I might sum up those two by saying both are confusing situations in which things are not in order.
Let’s look at what each has that’s unique:
A shit show involves controversy.
“controversy”: disagreement, typically when prolonged, public, and heated.
A shit show then involves the public strongly not agreeing with the confusing situation for a long time.
A dumpster fire involves a mishandled disaster.
“disaster”: a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life.
A dumpster fire then is a confusing situation involving sudden, serious damage caused by one or more mistakes.
You might say a key difference is that a shit show is public, whereas a dumpster fire can be kept private.
You might also say a key difference is that a shit show may not involve damage, whereas a dumpster fire does.
You might also say a key difference is that a shit show may not be someone’s fault, whereas a dumpster fire involves at least one person making a mistake.
A shit show might damage your reputation, but a dumpster fire causes great damage, possibly even loss of life, and someone is to blame.
Therefore, I conclude that a dumpster fire must be worse than a shit show.
So, there you have it.
This begs the questions: Can a dumpster fire become a shit show? Can a shit show become a dumpster fire? Maybe I’ll attempt tackling these in a future post.
