# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/61 "2016-09-19T21:41:42Z")
Blind. I have terrible vision anyway, but keen hearing. And I love music. Would you rather be poor with a reliable car, or be a billionaire forced to walk everywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/62 "2016-09-19T23:52:50Z")
Oh man, talk about Sophie’s Choice! I’ve been poor and I HATED it. A billionaire could have stuff delivered, but I couldn’t even take public transportation? I have to walk literally EVERYWHERE? Even to Canada? Even to Switzerland? Ugh, I’ll be poor with a reliable car. BUT I WON’T LIKE IT. Who would you rather kiss on the lips: Donald Trump or Hilary Clinton? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/63 "2016-09-20T13:17:23Z")
Hillary Clinton. I’d kill myself before having anything to do with Trump. Would you rather have the first openly gay US President be a man or a woman? ---
**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:** [September 20, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/64 "2016-09-20T16:28:17Z")
Don’t care. If he or she is smart, capable, well-balanced and supports policies with which I agree, I’d be fine with either. If I absolutely _had_ to choose… uh, OK, a lesbian, but only because all of the other Presidents up to now have been dudes. Rather have the first Asian-American or Latino President? ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/65 "2016-09-20T18:29:21Z")
Same as above: don’t care which as long is the person is smart, capable, efficient, and matches my own ideology. But choosing… I think a Latino president (or Latina) might be able to repair/improve our relations with our neighbors and hemisphere-mates. Oops, now I have to think up another one. Hmmmm… If you had to relive your life, would you prefer to choose the starting point (e.g., 5th grade) where your life restarts, and not have any memory of your “first” life, or would you like to retain your memory of your “first” life, and be restarted at your birth. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/66 "2016-09-20T18:40:42Z")
I’d rather retain my memory of my first life; otherwise, it would be just like this life. Would you rather be blind in one eye or deaf in one ear? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/67 "2016-09-20T18:47:00Z")
Deaf in one ear. Would you rather have A) Trump victory in 2016, but guaranteed Democratic victory in 2020 and 2024, or B) Trump defeat in 2016, but guaranteed Republican victory in 2020 and 2024? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/68 "2016-09-21T04:45:43Z")
Ooo, that’s a toughie. I guess Option A. I’d take one loss - especially since I suspect a President Trump will be able to actually do very little, given implacable Democratic (and some Republican) opposition on Capitol Hill - to ensure two wins. Rather drive through heavy snow or heavy rain? ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/69 "2016-09-21T05:00:41Z")
Heavy Rain, more familiar. we get very little snow in North La. Would you rather be the world’s best athlete in the sport of your choice for 1 season, or a average skilled pro for 5 seasons? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/70 "2016-09-21T13:14:09Z")
I always want to be the best. Would you rather be the best classical musician or an average rock star? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/71 "2016-09-21T13:42:19Z")
Best classical musician. I, too, would love to be the best, and I prefer the genre. Weather aside, hot chocolate or iced tea? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/72 "2016-09-21T14:21:07Z")
Hot chocolate, but iced tea would be good too. Would you rather be the last man on earth, or die along with everyone else? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/73 "2016-09-21T15:07:15Z")
Depends – do any women survive, too? Assumng “man” means “person”, I’ll go down with the ship. 300-page novel, or 300 page collection of short stories by the same author? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/74 "2016-09-21T15:43:35Z")
Either one will do me. 300 page isn’t long for a novel. If I must choose, I’ll take the short stories, but I’m happy either way. Would you rather cut off your finger, or send your most hated enemy on a cruise around the world? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/75 "2016-09-21T16:09:55Z")
Cruise for enemy. I need all my fingers for piano. Now… A) Score 40 touchdowns in an NFL season, or B) 80 home runs in an MLB season, or C) 500 three-pointers in an NBA season, or D) 8 goals in a single World Cup? ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/76 "2016-09-21T18:13:26Z")
I choose D) 8 goals in the World Cup because I do not want to play a WHOLE SEASON of sports of any kind. Couple hours of World Cup and I’d be done! (I’m like this about exercise, at the end I always think “Thank god I don’t have to do THAT again for 23.5 hours”) Chili’s or Applebees? (Hmm, must be lunchtime…) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/77 "2016-09-21T18:20:40Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > I choose D) 8 goals in the World Cup because I do not want to play a WHOLE SEASON of sports of any kind. Couple hours of World Cup and I’d be done! (I’m like this about exercise, at the end I always think “Thank god I don’t have to do THAT again for 23.5 hours”) > > Chili’s or Applebees? (Hmm, must be lunchtime…) For clarification, I mean a World Cup \*tournament \*of 3-7 games, not just 1 game. So you’d be playing for anywhere between 4 to 13 hours. Anyway, Applebee’s. $10,000 in cash, or a $20,000 shopper spending account at any (one and one only) store/business of your choice? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/78 "2016-09-21T18:31:10Z")
Cash is king, baby. Always cash. Would you rather be happy but have to live as a hermit or unhappy and live in a big city? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/79 "2016-09-21T18:52:11Z")
I’ll pretty much take happy over unhappy every time. Would you rather never experience frustration or never experience sadness? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/80 "2016-09-22T13:12:35Z")
Never experience frustration. Sadness I can deal with; frustration totally sets me off. Would you rather be happy but 200 pounds overweight, or miserable but thin? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=5)