JavaScript: Why use an explicit variable when you can just bind and use this instead?

bind-vs-variable.js

// Why use an explicit variable...

function lame() {
  var args = arguments;
  return function(fn) {
    console.group.apply(console, args);
    fn();
    console.groupEnd();
  };
}

lame('test group')
  (function() {
    console.log('this is a test');
  });


// ...when you can just bind and use this instead?

function awesome() {
  return function(fn) {
    console.group.apply(console, this);
    fn();
    console.groupEnd();
  }.bind(arguments);
}

awesome('another group')
  (function() {
    console.log('this is another test');
  });

should I be surprised that my joke didn't get a single lol

lol