# Would you rather? **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 23, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444 "2016-05-23T07:06:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/21 "2016-06-17T19:49:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Definitely the city-Raised in the country, and never took to it. > Would you rather relive your life, knowing all you know now, or live twice as long as you normally would have? Definitely live twice as long. I think the former would be a curse. WYR, lose both pinky fingers, or lose sight in one eye? ---
**Author:** ![Flare4roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@Flare4roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flare4roach)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/22 "2016-06-20T02:03:38Z")
Rather lose the eye. I couldn’t stand not playing guitar again. Would you rather lose a multi-million dollar winning lotto ticket or find 40 lbs of Heisenberg’s stash of blue meth? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Zox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/23 "2016-06-28T22:08:28Z")
> [@Flare4roach](#): > > Would you rather lose a multi-million dollar winning lotto ticket or find 40 lbs of Heisenberg’s stash of blue meth? Find the stash, because then I’d still have the winning ticket, right? 😉 Would you rather fish or cut bait? ---
**Author:** ![Taco\_the\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@Taco\_the\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taco_the_cat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/24 "2016-06-29T16:40:17Z")
Fish. Would you rather always wear rollerblades (except when showering or bathing) or be paralyzed below the knees? ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/25 "2016-06-29T17:47:00Z")
Always wear rollerblades. Would you rather be Iron Man or Superman? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/26 "2016-06-30T03:42:26Z")
Superman, because the cape. Would you rather make passionate love with Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/27 "2016-07-29T23:03:36Z")
Trump. 'Cause then I could find out if his boasts are true. Would you rather have a Boston accent or be mute? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/28 "2016-08-14T19:39:21Z")
Hmm. Guess ah’d go with the Bahston accent - ah have to talk pretty ahften at work, and ah guess ah could be trained owt of it if it was too distractin’. And now, ah’m off to pahk the cah in Hahvahd Yahd… Top grades at a so-so college, or so-so grades at a top college? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/29 "2016-08-19T07:01:23Z")
Top grades at a so-so college, because then I’d think I MIGHT HAVE had top grades at a top college. Would you rather drive in rain or snow? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/30 "2016-08-19T10:44:39Z")
Hmmm, I actually enjoy driving in both. Coming from the northeast, I now live in the San Francisco Bay Area where the nice weather really spoils us. I miss “real” weather, and I enjoy visiting it when it happens. Hard rain, or heavy snow, I like it. (But, _ **visiting** _ the weather is a far different thing from _ **living in** _ that weather. But I’ll choose rain, over snow. To visit a place that’s 300-600 miles away, would you rather drive or fly there? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/31 "2016-08-19T13:36:13Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Would you rather work from home, with no human interaction 10 hours a day or have a long commute but get to interact with people. I’ve done both. I went from a daily 115-mile commute each way, to working at home. Working at home is roughly 1000 times better than the commute. ☹ > [@Bullitt](#): > > To visit a place that’s 300-600 miles away, would you rather drive or fly there? Drive. I really hate flying, and if I need a car when I get there, I might as well take mine. Plus, driving is easier with the kids. NEXT: Would you rather… have twice-weekly, exciting, one night stands, each one with someone you’ll never see again, or have twice weekly, boring sex with a life partner? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/32 "2016-08-19T14:39:19Z")
I’ll take boring sex with a life partner. There may be other aspects of our lives that provide the excitement. Would you rather have a beautiful face and an ugly body, or an ugly face and a beautiful body? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/33 "2016-08-19T16:14:04Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I’ve done both. I went from a daily 115-mile commute each way, to working at home. Working at home is roughly 1000 times better than the commute. ☹ I’ve worked from an office or job location all my life, 40+ years, and have now recently started a permanent WFH job. I’m still getting used to it, trying to get into a rhythm. It’s been a bit of a struggle. Hey, I think I’ll start an IMHO thread about that. Look there… > [@Bayard](#): > > Drive. I really hate flying, and if I need a car when I get there, I might as well take mine. Plus, driving is easier with the kids. Congratulations, you picked the correct answer! 😃 There are many, though, who prefer to fly. Not me. > [@panache45](#): > > I’ll take boring sex with a life partner. There may be other aspects of our lives that provide the excitement. > > Would you rather have a beautiful face and an ugly body, or an ugly face and a beautiful body? The former. We interact face-to-face, and good conversations are key to a solid, loving relationship. That was a tough one, though. A beautiful body means you are healthy, fit, active. So actually, I will change my mind and take the latter! You don’t need to have good looks to have a good personality. Sorry for the back-and-forth. In play: For baseball fans, would you rather listen to it on the radio, watch it on TV, or see it live at the ballpark? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/34 "2016-08-19T16:25:01Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Sorry for the back-and-forth. In play: For baseball fans, would you rather listen to it on the radio, watch it on TV, or see it live at the ballpark? Baseball on the radio is great. But I’d prefer being there (once in a while, not every game) or TV. Next. Would you prefer a vacation week on an island in the South Pacific or a week in Paris? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/35 "2016-08-19T17:54:16Z")
A (quiet relaxing) week on an island. Would you rather publicly inherit $10 million and this fact appears on the front page of the paper (and goes viral on youtube), or quietly acquire $5 million and tell only those people you wish to know about your good fortune ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/36 "2016-08-20T06:31:35Z")
I’ll take the $10 million. I don’t care who knows. Would you rather be a random person in the past, present or future? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/37 "2016-08-20T07:49:50Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Would you rather be a random person in the past, present or future? Usually I’d pick the Future and hope for hover cars and immortality, but at the moment I fear the Trumpening may cause a world-wide post-apocalyptic nightmare scenario, so I’ll stick to the present. Would you rather live in a Disney cartoon, with Goofy, and Donald Duck and so on, or live and work on a large cruise ship, but never be allowed to touch firm ground due to a gipsy curse. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/38 "2016-08-22T13:50:19Z")
Guess I’ll stick with Disney cartoon. Both are absurd lifestyles but at least there’s potential for change/variety living in a, you know, cartoon. Would you rather the city you live in change the name of the street your home address is on to “Flatulent Moose Drive” or have to wear harvest gold/avocado green/orange polyester leisure suits every day at work for the next week? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/39 "2016-08-22T14:19:33Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Would you rather the city you live in change the name of the street your home address is on to “Flatulent Moose Drive” or have to wear harvest gold/avocado green/orange polyester leisure suits every day at work for the next week? Too easy. I work at home. Wearing goofy clothes doesn’t impact me at all :). Changing the street name would be a pain though. Would you rather – Drink a pint of garlic flavored beer, or eat a double scoop of pickle flavored ice cream? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/40 "2016-08-22T17:24:54Z")
I’ll take the ice cream. But am I limited to merely a double scoop? Would you rather eat your favorite food for the first time or read your favorite book for the first time? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=3)