Borderlands GOTY or Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel?

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LivingMetal said:

Barozi said:
Definitely Borderlands 2 and skip the others for now. Easily the best in the series and you won't miss out on much as story is certainly not the strong point of any Borderlands game.

So it implies from a couple of responses here that they are fairly independent of one another?  I will not get a "fuller expereince" with 2 if I were to play 1 first?

There is hardly any continuity between 1 and 2. Story is there mostly for shit and giggles anyway. Gameplay wise 2 is much more fleshed out than 1.