# 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:** 51
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1003 "2017-09-08T20:42:07Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > I know my own faults pretty well, and there is no shortage of people who are willing to speculate about them at length in my hearing. But I would like to learn about my 7-year-old nephew’s strengths and potentials, because I fear he isn’t getting the support he needs in this life. > > Would you rather trim your tree (or have it trimmed) or break the law, block the sidewalk, and screw pedestrians? Sure, I’ll pay someone to trim it. Just one of those irritating chores like pulling weeds. Would you rather see a universally panned horror movie or a critically acclaimed romance movie? ---
**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 11, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1004 "2017-09-11T12:25:21Z")
I’m gonna go with the universally panned horror flick. At least I could riff on it MST3000 style. Would you rather have tabloid reporters stalking you 24/7 the rest of your life or lose your left arm? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1005 "2017-09-11T17:15:15Z")
I’ll take the tabloid reporters Would you rather travel for ten days to the east of where you currently are, or ten days to the west? ---
**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 12, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1006 "2017-09-12T13:32:28Z")
A ten day ocean cruise? No way. Ten days to the west, please. Go without your computer or your bathroom (only using public ones) for 10 days? ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1007 "2017-09-19T04:29:36Z")
I’ll use the public bathrooms (assuming I choose the bathroom). Won’t be that bad, i think. Would you rather watch a video of Eric Clapton’s changing hair and clothing styles over the decades or watch a video on the evolution of Fox News gradually admitting over the years that climate change is not only real but caused in part by humans? (I heard it tonight with Tucker Carlson and John Stossel.) ---
**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, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1008 "2017-09-19T18:29:43Z")
Assuming neither of those videos is too long, I would watch either. But I’ll pick the Eric Clapton one, as it would be more entertaining and less distasteful than watching Fox News. Would you rather watch Fox News for one hour or be kicked in the leg (not hard) by a toddler every 1 second for one hour? ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1009 "2017-09-19T18:38:23Z")
That’s a lot of kicks. I guess I’ll go with Fox News, despite the risk of optical damage from rolling my eyes so much. A five-minute meeting with Warren Buffett or Bill Gates? ---
**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 19, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1010 "2017-09-19T21:10:10Z")
Bill Gates. He knows more and is more sensible. Someone offers you a coin toss (a real, un-tampered, normal, fair coin.) Heads, you win $10,000. Tails, you lose $2,000. One-time toss only. Do you take the offer? ---
**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, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1011 "2017-09-20T01:10:12Z")
Hell no. a) I don’t trust someone to actually give me $10,000 if I win (as Judge Judy says: if it doesn’t make sense, it’s not true.) b) I would hate myself for wasting $2000 on something that isn’t 10 Broadway shows. A pedant whose approval you need is requiring you to completely rewrite software that you _just got working_. Do you drink a lot of margaritas or sangria? ---
**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, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1012 "2017-09-20T03:43:33Z")
Well, _that_ question went in an unexpected direction! I don’t particularly care for either, but I guess I like margaritas a little more. Pen or pencil? ---
**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, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1013 "2017-09-20T13:11:41Z")
Pen. Pencil fades. Live without heat or without air conditioning? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1014 "2017-09-20T13:28:38Z")
Live without heat. I’ve never gotten used to summer, even though I’ve lived in the SE all my life. I can always burn things. Would you rather be on an airplane between two arguing passengers or next to a screaming infant? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1015 "2017-09-20T15:48:14Z")
Infant, because I could probably charm him fairly quickly into being quiet (depending on his/her age). Two adult assholes likely not. ---
**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, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1016 "2017-09-20T18:18:51Z")
When someone forgets to post a hypothetical, do you just throw out another question to keep the thread alive, or let it die? ---
**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, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1017 "2017-09-20T19:21:17Z")
Keep the thread alive! Too much fun. Be on the wrong but winning side, or right but losing side? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1018 "2017-09-20T19:39:04Z")
@##@%#$@#%\*. Latter, tho it depends on what the nature of the game is. Stick by my guns I say. Be totally absent minded but happy, vs. never forgetful but unhappy? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1019 "2017-09-20T19:44:52Z")
I’m a mix of both actually. I’ll go with absent-minded + happy, because ignorance is bliss. Would you rather be great at math or an amazing writer? ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1020 "2017-09-20T21:10:12Z")
Be a amazing righter. ; ) Would you rather be obsessed with cleanliness in a dirty dungeon or be obsessed with privacy in a totally glass house? ---
**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, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1021 "2017-09-21T04:09:49Z")
Gimme the glass house. Just about any abode is better than a dirty dungeon. Have a cramped apartment and privacy, or a big, comfy glass house and none? ---
**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, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/1022 "2017-09-21T13:19:34Z")
Not even a thought. I live in a cramped apartment and like my privacy. Live in a cramped apartment in a 100 unit apartment building or a cramped apartment in a three family house? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=52)