Ever been stuck at a party where the only thing drier than the martinis was the conversation? Or maybe you've been on a road trip where the only highlight was the fifth rerun of that same old pop song? Yeah, we've been there. And that is where "Would You Rather" questions enter the picture — more specifically, the difficult dilemmas we put together for you!
As dedicated boredom fighters at Bored Panda, we embarked on a quest for the best "Would You Rather" questions. And where better to look than Reddit, the internet's epicenter of deep thoughts and hilarious chaos? We dove into the depths of its threads and emerged victorious with a treasure trove of questions that would make Socrates himself say, "Well, that's a head-scratcher."
These aren't your average this-or-that questions, oh no. They're conversation ninjas, stealthily swooping in to save the day when chitchat turns into tumbleweed time. They're as versatile as a Swiss army knife, acting as fun party games, brain teasers, and even stand-ins for the radio when the "Greatest Hits of the '80s" start feeling less "greatest" and more "grating."
Not all "Would You Rather" questions are created equal. Some are as easy as choosing between chocolate or vanilla. But these hard "Would You Rather" questions? The ones that, we promise, will turn your brain into a pretzel and have you questioning your entire existence? Those are the Kobe beef of conversation starters. The thought-provoking questions you'll find below can reveal much about you and your friends and question morals in ways you wouldn't expect.
Feel free to answer them in the comment section — nothing can spark a conversation like hearing a new point of view from fellow Pandas. We'll try to read 'em all and perhaps secretly judge you when responses start getting weird. Because we know they will. Enjoy!
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Meherman09 said:
"I think this is a pretty popular one, but it's 'would you rather find a person or 1000 cockroaches in your attic?'"
SplodyPants replied:
"That's easy for me. It depends on the person but either way it's a lot easier to be friends with and help a person or k**l one. It's hard to do either to 1000 cockroaches."
"Would you rather be the top student in the best program of your choice in the world or the worst student at Hogwarts?"
Top student and my program would be "How to be the Best Student at Hogwarts"
"Would you rather be completely immortal or die right now? Immortality seems cool at first glance, but knowing you will eventually experience the heat death of the universe for trillions of years is terrifying."
Immortal... I'll just take a nap for eternity when I'm over being conscious
"From a dream. "Would you rather die right now and be remembered, or become powerful but be unremembered?" I took the 2nd option, no one even knew I existed, and yet I could remake anything by touching it and thinking about it. Visited my mom, not only did she not know me but every time she left the room she forgot me again. Her house's basement was starting to collapse, so I used my power to fix it (and do a bunch of other remodeling). She claimed it had always been that way. It was as if I had done nothing at all, and hadn't even been there. In the dream I visited many other people and used my power to fix things all over, but no one ever noticed, like I was a ghost."
Living a long helpful life seems a lot less narcissistic. What's the point of being remembered if you are dead? It's not like you get to enjoy the recognition.
Exctmonk said:
"Verizon's call center hiring process included a questionnaire. Unlike most questionnaires where there is an obvious answer, Verizon had a list of "Would you rather" questions with no discernable upside.
"Would you rather work longer hours or deal with unruly customers," sort of choices.
Anyway, I passed every part of their hiring process except that, which they stated made me immediately ineligible for hire. Because of the questionnaire.
I feel like I dodged a bullet, though."
johnnyboomslang replied:
"Would you rather try and dodge a bullet or work in a Verizon call center?"
halloweenjon also replied:
"I didn't get a job because of a questionnaire like that. One question was like, "if you caught your grandmother shoplifting a loaf of bread, would you let it slide or turn her in?" I overthought it, thinking maybe they wanted the honest, non-soulless answer. They didn't. They want people who are ready to throw the book at their starving granny!"
"Would you rather have denim skin, or live in a bag of milk?
This was asked at a party in college and I still think about it 10 years later.
** You can't leave, it's a Bubble Boy scenario, not a house. You're the only one living in the bag of milk, no one can enter. The milk is cleaned/changed out when it needs to be. There is no loophole where you drink the milk and you no longer live in a bag of milk, sorry."
Does the denim skin have rivets at stress points? If I have denim skin, it better be reinforced. And not acid washed.
"Would you rather never enjoy music again, or never enjoy food again?"
Food - my olfactory nerve was severed in an accident so I don't taste much of anything now. Road trips would be impossibly long without music.
"Would you rather know how you are going to die or when you are going to die?"
When. I would know wen to quit my job as im never going to be old enough to afford a pension but i could afford 2 weeks of a luxury holiday before my death
"Not a hard one but to good not to share, get home from work after a long day, sitting down having dinner and little sister (6) walks in and without any greeting she just strolls behind me and asks “would you rather have a unibrow, or 18 babies?” Safe to say the choking fit was unholy."
"Would you rather forget your mother exists or have your mother forget you exist?"
I'd rather she forget me. If it were the other way around, she'd be more sad.
"Would you rather drastically increase your intelligence while equally decreasing your attractiveness? Or become significantly more attractive, while severely decreasing your intelligence?"
drastically increase intelligence, Because I am already ugly as f**k, and it cant get any worse. /s
"When my friend's daughter was 8 or 9 she was obsessed with asking random 'Would you rather' type questions from a book she bought. It was a kids book, so it was nothing NSFW, just random stuff like would you rather eat only pizza or only ice cream, harmless things like that. So one night while I was out to dinner with her and her mother, she asked me, "Uncle Scry1Draw1, would you rather be a door or a window."
I thought it over for a moment, and for no particular reason said, "I guess I'd rather be a window."
Without missing a beat, she goes, "Hmm... you seem more like a door to me." Then flat refused to explain why. Haunts me to this day."
good morning balllltimooore… every day’s like an open window… wait no hold up
"Would you rather have access to a room containing the next 50 years of New York Times editions or be able to watch six two-hour documentaries about other technologically advanced civilizations from different parts of the universe?"
"Would you rather fight 1 duck the size of a horse or 100 horse the size of ducks?"
Giant duck. Avoiding one large beak should be easier than avoiding 400 little hooves.
"Would you rather have super speed but only backwards or… be able to teleport but it’s completely random and you have no say in where you go?"
"Would you rather live the life your parents wanted you to live or live the life you thought you wanted as a kid?"
My parents just wanted me to be happy as far as I know. I mostly am, but if I could also be a Pokemon trainer that'd be cool too.
"Would you rather die of heat in a desert or die of cold in a snowstorm?"
"Would you rather every time you talked you had to yell, or every time you walked you had to sprint?"
Sprint. I'd be in better shape, and I don't want to yell at the kids I work with.
"Would you rather own a dog with human hands or a cat with a human face?"
"My kid’s’ favorite: would you rather eat a snot muffin or ear wax soup? My son’s answer: the snot muffin, because I don’t like soup."
"Would you rather speak every language or be a master of every instrument?"
"Would you rather be in a room with a giant tarantula with the lights off, or in a lit room with a thousand tiny spiders?"
"Would you rather marry the person you lost your virginity to or work your first job for the rest of your life?"
"Would you rather have every aspect of your life live streamed publicly (no where safe from cameras) or have every thought appear above your head in a speech bubble for all to see?"
"Would you rather have both your arms or both your legs cut off?"
Legs for sure. The prosthetics to replace them do a far better job of serving the same function. It's much harder to replace the fine motor skills and sensory input of our hands.
"Would you rather have legs as long as your fingers, or fingers as long as your legs?"
The legs would be easier to surgically remove and replace with proper sized legs.
"Would you rather be blind or deaf?
It seems like an easy choice to say "deaf" since it would seem to be much less difficult to navigate the world being deaf than blind, but I once had a blind friend (who was not born blind and had only become so around age 17) who told me she'd still rather be blind than deaf because being deaf sounded very lonely.
I still think about that conversation sometimes."
"Would you rather have 4 hands or 4 feet?"
4 hands would make it so much easier to do one trip from the car!
"Would you rather be slightly thirsty no matter how much you drink or slightly tired no matter how much you sleep?"
Isn't everybody already always slightly tired all the time? Or just me?
"Would you rather every song exists but they’re only performed by Pitbull, or every band / singer / musical artist exists but they only perform Pitbull covers?"
The first one, but only if Pitbull is willing to expand with vocal range and style.
"Would you rather be the one who is more in love with other person, or the one who receives more love? I can’t with that question."
Sounds selfish but hear me out. I would rather receive more love because I am loyal intrinsically and would honour that totally. If I loved someone more, I could be playing dice if they are not loyal or care if my love causes me to feel pain at their attitude to me in some way. It's a trust issue at the end of the day isn't it?
"Do you want 100 million now or world peace forever?"
Whos idea of world peace? mine is probably going to look different than say for example Trumps
"Would you rather have three kids and no money? Or no kids and three money? I don’t know why this makes me laugh still."
"Would you rather fight Mike Tyson or talk like him for the rest of your life?"
MyGoodFriendJon said:
"Would you rather have the ability to effortlessly run at 100 mph, or fly at 10 mph?"
ItzDoomMan replied:
"Flying would arguably be better for one reason only. If you wear a wingsuit, you can accelerate really high in the air and just stop flying and use your wingsuit to glide hella fast were ever you are going."
If you want to go fast on land, get a vehicle. Flying would be more spectacular.
"Would you rather have pot roast or Philly cheeses for dinner?
Currently sitting on this one. I can’t decide for the life of me."
"Would you rather be constantly sticky all over your entire body, forever, or constantly itchy all over your entire body, forever? I simply cannot choose."
"Would you rather have to pay for everything in pennies or have to use a pogo stick as your only method of transportation? This includes walking; if you want to get up off the couch to go get a bag of chips from the pantry, you have to pogo there."
"When I was working as a lifeguard at a water park, my brother posed this question to me.
A massively obese man dies of a heart attack at the top of the tallest slide at the park, just before he's about to go down. Do you try to carry him down the 5 stories of stairs in the respectful way, or push him down the slide in the convenient way?"
Neither. You call the police, the coroner, and the fire department. Never move a dead body unless you are trying to hide it or it is is a position that could cause danger to the living. (duh!) But within the limits of the question, use the slide. Don't risk falling down the ladder and being crushed by the body.
"Be strong but look weak, or be weak and look strong?"
The former, obviously. Better to be underestimated than have someone call a bluff you can't back up.
"Would you rather drink a glass of someone else’s spit or someone else’s sweat?"
Spit. Sweat stinks more. * immediately brushes teeth and gargles mouthwash *
"Would you rather eat raw chicken wings or chicken wings seasoned with bear mace?"
Depends. How toxic is bear mace? How soon can I get my mouth washed out and my stomach pumped?
"Would you rather sweat cheese or have shrimp for nipples?"
"This isn’t exactly a would you rather but kind of a twist on a regular question. If you had to choose one of our human senses to take away from everyone in the world except you, what would you choose?"
Smell. In my opinion, it contributes the least, and functions as an extension of taste, which is not as important in today's society as other senses.
"The one we always had was would you rather...
Have a thousand cuts all over your body and jump in a bath on lemon juice.
Or have a tooth pick under your big toe nail and kick a wall.
I'd choose the Lemons."
1,000 cuts is A LOT! Even if they are shallow. Might as well have one bit of more intense pain in a specific place than hurt all over. One toe is easier to bandage and treat. If you sting everywhere you can't even rest comfortably.
"Would you rather have Teeth for Pubes or Pubes for Teeth?"
Can the pubes for teeth be trimmed and hidden with dentures? Teeth for pubes sound more painful and harder to remove.
"'Would you rather spend thousands of dollars and put your old dog through major surgery to maybe keep her alive a little longer or accept that this is going to ki** her and that 14 years was a good long life?' - Our vet yesterday
Gotta tell ya, no other WYR question has made me literally sob."
The sad answer is that the dog will suffer less if she is put down. Sorry for your loss. Pets are such great friends, and it is a shame they can't be with us longer.
"Would you rather be deaf-blind or paralyzed from the neck down?"
Paralyzed. Lower expectations and you can still communicate and enjoy TV and music. Deaf blind seems so difficult and lonely.
"Would you rather every time you fart, one shrimp pops out? Or wake up in a pile of shrimp every morning?"
"Every time you fart a random bullet is shot in your general area or every burp an anvil falls wherever you burped?"
"Fluent in all languages or master of every instrument?"
Husband and I used to do these questions... Haven't read them all here but some I remember are : Rather eat 1kg Butter or 1kg Margerine in one setting? Rather live 24/7/365with a motorcycle helmet on (no exceptions) or having to have one hand at least on the handle of a shopping cart for 24/7/365
Husband and I used to do these questions... Haven't read them all here but some I remember are : Rather eat 1kg Butter or 1kg Margerine in one setting? Rather live 24/7/365with a motorcycle helmet on (no exceptions) or having to have one hand at least on the handle of a shopping cart for 24/7/365
