I agree with you here. Despero is highly inconsistent with his durability. The only thing I disagree with is that Thanos is more powerful in terms of force (versatility yes). Despero is much stronger and will give Thanos a thrashing if Thanos doesn't fight smart enough.
I view high end Superman as being much stronger than Thanos and average holding back Superman is about equal to Thanos. Despero is significantly stronger than average Superman and thus significantly stronger than Thanos. The reason why people believe their strength is closer is because people believe Superman's strength is close to Thor's or other high heralds from marvel. This is a false basis that leads to a false conclusion.
The difference matters because this fight will go fisticuffs somewhere.
The problem with that reasoning is that averaging out Superman isn't really that easy of a task. If we assume Thanos = Kal holding back, we have to aknowledged there are many times in which Superman has held his own against Despero. You can always go "yes, but then Superman wasn't holding back", which is, for the most part, a convenient cop out. Despero is stronger than regular Superman, but not so much that Kal cannot put up a fight under optimal conditions. Unless Kal is explicitly stated to "go all out" or clearly stresses his powers, we cannot just assume he's operating at superior levels for the sake of measuring him with Thanos.
we are using a specific version of Despero here and assuming that this version fought against an average Superman. All other versions are irrelevant. But I understand your point.
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Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.