# 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:** 8
**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 28, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/141 "2016-09-28T13:09:06Z")
Get drunk. I know how I am drunk. Be addicted to a prescription “medication” that has bad side effects but makes you feel good or be stone cold sober and feel not-so-good. ---
**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 28, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/142 "2016-09-28T13:18:23Z")
I’ll take sobriety over addiction Would you rather have to read the Bible from cover to cover or seven Nancy Drew mysteries? ---
**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 28, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/143 "2016-09-28T13:22:37Z")
I’ve done both, and I’d take the Bible over Nancy Drew–LOTS more sex and violence. Read all the Hannibal Lecter books or watch all the movies based on them? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/144 "2016-09-28T13:33:14Z")
Gah. Watch the movies. Two week vacation at a luxury resort with lots of people, or two week vacation in the mountains with no people? ---
**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 28, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/145 "2016-09-28T13:42:34Z")
Two week vacation in the mountains with no people is my idea of heaven. Eat only one meal a day and get $100 a day free, or eat six big meals a day and live free for life. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/146 "2016-09-28T14:04:43Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Is take poison an option? > > I’m not sure I understand? work 50 hour weeks, 52 weeks a year, or 70 hour weeks for six weeks, and not work the rest of the year? > > . . . I actually meant 40 the rest of the year. Because this is my six weeks . . . One meal a day and $100. Because six big meals a day would immobilize me eventually. Be the richest person in an area where you don’t (will never) speak the language? Or just above poverty in a place where you can talk to people? ---
**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 28, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/147 "2016-09-28T14:11:09Z")
Here again, I do not mind not talking to people. And I would love to be rich. Be on a reality TV show where the last person not to use their hand held wins a million dollars (I so want to see this), or always wear a clown suit for a year and try to lure children into the woods and then win ten million dollars? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/148 "2016-09-28T15:27:33Z")
That clown thing could get me arrested, so no handheld. Would you rather be too hot or too cold? ---
**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 28, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/149 "2016-09-28T15:37:54Z")
Be too cold. It’s easier to warm oneself up than cool oneself down. And I think cold-weather clothing is more stylish (not sure if you mean externally cold, or if I’m always going to be cold no matter what I do.) Would you rather have the power to make good things happen to 50 good people of your choice, or bad things happen to 10,000 bad people of your choice? ---
**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 28, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/150 "2016-09-28T16:18:19Z")
While the thought of calling in a Divine Smite on 10,000 ISIS is tempting, I guess I’ll opt for the high road and go with help 50 people of my choice out. The first option would not likely result in any lasting improvement to humanity’s condition but paying it forward to a much smaller number might have some real positive effect down the road. Would you rather choose fortune or fame? ---
**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 28, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/151 "2016-09-28T17:27:01Z")
Fortune. I have no wish to be famous. See an original production of a Shakespeare play, or see the Beatles concert of your choice? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/152 "2016-09-28T17:58:08Z")
Shakespeare play. The acoustics were horrible at the concerts and reportedly smelled of urine. Travel to a specific event in the past and return or travel 300 years in the future for a week and return? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/153 "2016-09-28T18:08:33Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Shakespeare play. The acoustics were horrible at the concerts and reportedly smelled of urine. > > Travel to a specific event in the past and return or travel 300 years in the future for a week and return? Future. I would love to travel to the past (being a bit of a historian, it would be fascinating) but a week in the future would be mind-blowing. [Shakespeare plays probably had a bit of a urine smell too] Would you prefer a week spent with only your partner (no contact with other people) or a week entirely alone. ---
**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 28, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/154 "2016-09-28T18:13:50Z")
Week with partner. Change what goes on inside Trump’s head, or Hillary’s? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/155 "2016-09-28T18:17:37Z")
Hillary’s. She’s going to be the next president and is too hawkish. Would you rather sleep on the floor or eat off your lap? ---
**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 28, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/156 "2016-09-28T18:24:18Z")
I DO sleep on the floor and eat off my lap. The latter is easier. Be beautiful with disgusting foul BO and breath, or be disgustingly, freakishly ugly but with no BO or bad breath. ---
**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 28, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/157 "2016-09-28T18:33:09Z")
Odors can be masked, not so much sights. Would you rather have a #1 hit song written about you (putting good light on you, or at least not bad light) or would you rather be able to snap your fingers and have servants bring whatever your heart desires to you for a week. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/158 "2016-09-28T19:06:52Z")
Servants for a week. Very nice. Cologne/Perfume or No Cologne/No Perfume? ---
**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 28, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/159 "2016-09-28T19:14:02Z")
None. Allergies. Would you rather spank the person of your dreams … or get spanked. ---
**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 28, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444/160 "2016-09-28T19:24:26Z")
Spank. Abolish Fox News, or start your own unbiased, objective, factual media network with 50 million viewers? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather/755444.md?page=9)