On the absurdity of parallels

[G1911]

Parallels can be fun, as a master set collector I kind of enjoy that you can build a run of many versions of the same card. It's almost impossible to complete in modern with the plates, /1, /5 etc., and I don't really play that game much but whatever makes people happy. I have nothing against them in theory.

This one, however, is a good example of when parallels go crazy and any sense goes out the window. I've been sorting through all my 2000's relics from my teen years (they are mostly super cheap to pickup now), and came across these Bowman Heritage's. Same stock, same color border, same color background, same thickness, neither is a patch vs. regular jersey. I cannot discern a single difference in the cards, except that one of them is the base and one of them is numbered out of /49. At what point is it not even a parallel?