The results from our first "VS" study are in!

Who's cooler, a pirate or a cowboy? Both are outlaws, both have snazzy weapons, excellent movies, impressive facial hair and horrible hygiene, but who comes out on top?

Following are some selected quotes and comments from our poll, along with the conclusion of this groundbreaking study. (Views expressed here are not necessarily those of Jupiter Sunrise)

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"a pirate or a cowboy? wtf?! how is that even a question. let's see, do i want to sail on a ship, have a pet monkey or parrot, raid, pillage, and plunder villages, (not to mention the townsfolk, if ya know what i mean) OR wrangle cattle? psh. even if you were a badass cowboy and you had some texan town fearful of your black hat and horse (cause it would have to be black) you STILL wouldn't have a monkey." - "Star"

"If I can't be both a pirate and a cowboy, I would rather be cowboy." - Cari

"I think the answer is rather simple. i would want to be a pirate. i think
EVERYONE would be a pirate. and here is why:
1. impeccable fashion
2. exquisite vocabulary
3. peg legs
4. peg legs
5. i mean come on... peg legs
6. eye patches" - Melissa

"I would rather be a PIRATE! Because pirates are the
coolest of the cool. They get to wear peg legs, eye
patches, and parrots. They get to say cool things like
ARRRRR and BLARGS, MATEY! They also have the Jolly
Roger as an international symbol, I mean... how cool
is that? Ride around on boats and take other people's
stuff. That's the life for me, yo. And there's gold
involved. Count me in! Yar!" - Valerie

"A cowboy cause they are awesome." - Mireyea

"I'd rather be a Pirate. A Pirate pretty much is a given that you'll be a scurvy ridden flea bag, but at least you're at sea, traveling the world and seeing new and exotic things. All the while raping and pillaging, and plundering and looting, and getting sloshed and drinking rum. Hoisting the sails and swabbing the poop deck and singing good ol' Pirate songs. The Cowboy gets a life of rustling cattle and sleeping in the dirt. Although, if you're good enough, you can be a gunslinger. Still, I'd rather be a pirate." - "Thrash"

"This is a very important question indeed and a bit difficult to answer, but after careful consideration, I would have to say I would rather be a cowboy. Cowboys are still rugged and interesting because they live off the land and get to ride horses and rope calves and such...Although the concept of a cowboy seems far less glorious than that of a pirate, a pirate is still a criminal and outlaw of society who pilages, kills, steals, and is generally immoral. Especially in light of the recent trend toward piracy/pirate-like pop-culture, the image of a pirate has been glorified into something which it is not, deceiving the multitudes and much to the chagrin of lots of folks. But hey, it's still fun to be like, "ARRRR" and drool a little bit." - Aaron

Pirate- anybody who says cowboy is blinded by the kickass belt
buckle which you can where (sic) anyway if you're a pirate; morons." - "CC"

"I would wanna be a cowboy on a pirate ship." - "Zip"

"PIRATE!!!! ARRRGGHHH!!!!" - Suzanne

"Ummmmm, are you crazy?!?! pirate ALL THE WAY, dude, NO CONTEST!!!if even one person picks cowboy over pirate i'll be totally shocked. now, if you said pirate or NINJA, that would merit some debate although i'd still totaly pick pirate, because few things rule harder than pirates do. scientific FACT." - Brooke

"i would much rather be a pirate -- they have swords and say things like
"avast" which is way cooler than "yipee kay aye" and a lasso." - Jenny

"cowgirl ;)
most definately!! (sic)" - Michelle

"Both are equally not cool for me... but if I had to be one, I would be a cowboy. I would be a cowboy only because I get horribly sea sick, and being sea sick is the worst feeling in the world. But being a cowboy has to suck too... so yeah, that's my idea, haha" - Shawn

"i would like to be a pirate that on weekends dresses up to be a cowboy to go to jupiter sunrise shows and orgys. thanks"
- John

"Dude, gotta be a cowboy. Besides the fact that throughout my entire childhood, my dream career was cowgirl, you get to wear chaps, the boots, the hat, the awesomely rad belt buckle, and ride horses everywhere. Who wants a squawky parrot digging into your shoulder? And I for one would like to keep all my appendages and organs. Cowboy all the way, yeehaw!" - Casey

It appears that Pirate has taken the cake in this study, though cowboy has some very enthusiastic supporters. A small contingent in the "other" catagory kept things interesting.

It's no suprise that pirates won out in the end, they just had a hugely successful movie with a very glamourous hero, maybe if this poll was taken shortly after the release of
Back to the Future III, things might have been different.

Final score: Pirates! Arrr!

Links:

General pirate info

Explains about the different types of pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates

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