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If you have already gone through our lists of Would You Rather questions and confusing questions to ask your friends, now would be the appropriate time for some What if questions just to add to that turmoil state left by the previous queries. So if you are ready for some good What if questions to mull over, keep reading!

Many of us play the What if game quite a lot in our heads. We often catch ourselves thinking, what if we had done something differently? What if what we did was wrong? While learning from past mistakes is good, the past can't be changed, so there's no reason for it to occupy so much space in your head. Overthinking isn't the same as healthy problem-solving and is literally good for naught.

However, there are plenty of What if game questions and deep questions to ask that will not put you in a bad mood or leave you worried. On the contrary, asking thought-provoking, deep questions or just asking questions in general builds emotional intelligence and, most importantly, helps you learn. No wonder most dialogues with children consist of questions and answering them!

Whether to learn more about yourself, get to know your friends better, or simply fantasize, the What if game is great for either! Below, we've compiled a list of What if questions to ask to rack one's brain and hopefully establish stronger connections with people. Is there a What if question on the list that got your brain hurting or sparked a heated debate? Let us know!

#1

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you dropped everything to pursue your dreams?

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What if you woke up and discovered you were the only person on earth?

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Kookamunga
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are there animals? I can make it if there are some animals. But I'll be lonely without being able to talk to another human, too.

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#3

What if you switched places with your pet?

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#4

What if there was no electricity for a year anywhere in the world?

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Tamra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No internet, no banking, breakdown in communication...I predict everyone loses their s**t and mass chaos, violence and death ensues.

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you found out your spouse had another family in another state?

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Kookamunga
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't matter where he's located. The other family could be across the street and I'd be upset.

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#7

What if you could take a serum that would block fear forever?

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Alexia
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd definitely refuse. Fear is a natural reaction triggered by your limbic system, which is responsible with your survival. It signals potential danger and helps you stay out of danger's way. Why would you want to block it?

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#8

What if all the oceans dried up?

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Robert B
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be okay. The rapid increase in air pressure would kill us all almost instantly. No problems.

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#9

What if you could spend your life never sleeping? What would you do with the extra hours in each day?

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Alexia
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My brain would probably be very confused. Sleeping is not a waste of time. It's a time of complex brain processes that involve several organs and systems. So thanks but no thanks, I'd rather sleep. I would change, however, my chronotype - from "night owl" to "early riser" :))

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could live anywhere in the world? Where would you live?

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K W
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Somewhere warm but not likely in the US unless it's Hawaii.

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#11

What if you were excellent at a sport? Which sport would you choose and why?

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#12

What if you had a friend that you spoke to the same way you speak to yourself? Would that friend stay your friend?

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#13

What if you were chosen to go into space?

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Kookamunga
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wouldn't - I ask them to take all that money and help the people that are already on THIS planet.

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#14

What if you could talk to animals? What would you say or ask?

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Kookamunga
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Create a Cat Army (trained and motivated with salmon & chicken). Our motto: "We Sit on Those Who Dislike Us!" cat-army-6...d92e6b.jpg cat-army-6344546d92e6b.jpg

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if owls showed up with a letter telling you that you were a wizard?

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Tamra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd immediately learn the spell to eliminate hot flashes. Menopausum Reducto!

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#16

What if you could snap your fingers and food appeared? What food would you want to show up?

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#17

What if you could change the price of any item at the store to $1? What would you change?

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#18

What if you died and had to haunt something or someone? Who or what would you haunt?

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pat martin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Biker bar bathroom. I love scattergories and to teach grown men it's ok to cry🥲

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#19

What if you could create your own fashion trend? What would it be?

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#20

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you woke up to a zombie apocalypse?

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DennyS (denzoren)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've seen enough zombie movies to know I'd be dead within the first day. The zoologist in me would say first find a safe space to observe. See what they can and can't do then find a place to set up shelter, possibly in the forest but where I can forage for food and have a good supply of running water (not close enough to be eaten by mosquitoes). Figure out how I'm gonna keep warm or cook without raising any alarms.

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#22

What if you found a genie lamp? Would you rub it? What would you wish for?

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DennyS (denzoren)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd give it a rub and see what happens. Three wishes or one? One wish, I'd go with a trillion dollars. I can help sooo many people and animals with that cash.

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#23

What if you lost all your memories except for one? Which would you keep?

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Alexia
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wouldn't want to lose any memory. I'd keep them all, good and and bad memories, along with their joy and struggles - because all of them together made me into the person I am today.

#24

What if money cannot buy happiness? Can one be happy with no money?

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DennyS (denzoren)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes you can be happy with no money but money will give you the comfort to focus on what makes you happy.

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#25

What if you could shape your own future just as you wanted it to be?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could change one awful event in world history, but it might mean you would never have been born?

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#27

What if you could have a free chip put in your child’s brain to provide all basic knowledge – math, language, and history facts, etc.?

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#28

What if you woke up and could not speak your native language, but only one that you could not understand?

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#29

What if you discovered you could heal diseases?

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TheAquarius1978
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Id move to the US, and in no time Besus and Musk would be my bitches lol.

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#30

What if you had three wishes? What would you wish for?

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Jodie Gastel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

1. The ability to always know the best decision to make that would have the best outcome for as many people, including myself, as possible. The rest will take care of itself.

#31

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could read minds?

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Tamra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that would be terrible, actually. I can barely wrangle my own thoughts, much less anyone else's.

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#32

What if you could choose how you were going to die?

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#33

What if you were allowed to eat only one food for the rest of your life? Which food would you choose and why?

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#34

What if your closet led to a magical land?

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K W
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok but preferably one where it hasn't been winter for hundreds of years.

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#35

What if you found out your mom or dad was actually a spy?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you got stranded on a deserted island for 5 years?

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#37

What if you could do one thing so well you could be famous? What would you do?

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TheAquarius1978
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Novels, i had a gf that Said i was amazing at writting, and that i should try it, but the thing is..... Im embatased of trying to write " adult books " só never tried it.

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#38

What if you could invent a new food? What would it taste like?

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#39

What if you were at a bank and robbers came in?

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#41

What if aliens landed in your back yard?

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Robert B
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Humbly admit that I am the leader of the world. And that we need to leave before anyone finds out.

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#42

What if you had to live one day over and over again? What would your chosen day be like?

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#43

What if you woke up and were twenty years younger? Older?

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#44

What if you were dreaming about your teeth falling out, and you woke up to find that they had?

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#45

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you were a tree? What would you say to those who walk by?

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#46

What if you could only wear one set of clothes for the rest of your life? What would you choose to wear and why?

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#47

What if you invented a robot? What would your robot do?

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#48

What if you had to choose between Christmas and your birthday? What would you do?

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Eat Dirt Crow
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Having a birthday so close to Christmas there was often not a choice.

#49

What if you found out you were actually a princess or prince? What would you do?

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#50

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could colonize Mars? Would you?

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K W
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only with some very strong laws about protecting the planet over profits.

#51

What if your nighttime dreams were really things that happened to you in a different life?

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#52

What if you got arrested? Who would you call?

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#53

What if you started a secret society? What would it be about?

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Alan White
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2 years ago

It wouldn't be secret any more if I told you.

#54

What if you woke up and your family was entirely different?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you started a business today?

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#56

What if you could speak to ghosts? Who would you want to talk to?

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#57

What if you found out you had a long-lost twin?

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#58

What if you found out that you were really a clone of someone else?

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#59

What if you got out of your comfort zone today?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you needed to take in and raise someone else’s kids? What would you do?

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TheAquarius1978
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Call social servisses, i have Aspergers lol Im barelly fit to take care of a cat, imagine frikking kids lmao.

#61

What if someone wrote a story about you? Would you be a considered a hero or a villain in your story?

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#62

What if we found live dinosaurs living on a remote island?

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#64

What if you could not make your own decisions, but you had to choose someone else to make them for you? Who would you choose and why?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you were badly injured in an accident and your car ran off the road and was hidden from site?

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Jodie Gastel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*sight And I'd hope that once I went missing, the people for whom I have granted access to my "where am I" tracking on Google Maps could use that info and give it to rescuers.

#66

What if (a famous novelist) had been a play writer instead?

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#67

What if you found out your house was infested with snakes?

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#68

What if you had the chance to write a best-selling novel? Would it be a romance, mystery, or factual historical account?

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#69

What if you could marry someone famous, either living or dead?

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#70

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could only wear one color the rest of your life? Which color would you choose and why?

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#71

What if you lost everything tomorrow? Who would you run to for comfort?

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#72

What if you never had to work again? Would you? What would you do?

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TheAquarius1978
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

" putas e vinho verde " lol ( Portuguese expression, don't Google it lmao ) i would for sure get some of my dreams, 1st One by far would be a cat sanctuary, then travel, get my dreams house, etc etc etc.

#73

What if you could send a short message to the entire world? What would you say?

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#74

What if you could start your life all over? What would you do differently?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could watch a movie about everything that happened in your life until now? Would you enjoy it?

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#76

What if you had to teach someone one thing? What would you teach?

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#77

What if you had to choose between a wonderful romantic spouse to whom you would be married for only a few years or a boring, unromantic spouse for your entire life? Which would you choose and why?

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#78

What if you used every moment of your life productively?

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#79

What if you could post something on the Internet to make you famous overnight?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you found a way to get really rich very quickly that was illegal?

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#81

What if you had to choose between great wealth or great wisdom?

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Eat Dirt Crow
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well that depends, does getting one mean you'll never have the other? I think if you had great wisdom you could use it to acquire great wealth.

#82

What if you were given the opportunity to mold your spouse or partner the way you wanted?

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#83

What if you found a million dollars?

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#84

What if you had to lose a body part? Which would you choose to give up and why?

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Jodie Gastel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Internal or external? Internal: uterus. It's served me well, now it's only pain, inconvenience, and fear. External: boobs. They, too, have served me well. Now they are just in the way and inconvenient.

#85

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if cats could swim under water?

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#86

What if you woke up and discovered you had changed sexes over night?

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#87

What if a ghost haunted your bedroom at night?

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#88

What if you could travel back in time?

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#89

What if you had to choose between fame and fortune?

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#90

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could change one thing about yourself? What would it be?

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#91

What if you could live under water because you had gills?

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#92

What if you hit a car in a parking lot, but nobody saw you do it?

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#93

What if you could walk on the ceiling?

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#94

What if you woke up in the morning with a stranger next to you in bed?

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#95

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if a turtle didn’t have his shell? Would he be homeless or naked?

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#96

What if cats could bark and dogs meow?

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#97

What if you could fly?

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#98

What if you could have free, unlimited service for five years from an extremely good cook, a handsome chauffeur, or daily house cleaner? Which would you choose?

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#99

What if you could have any one supernatural power (reading minds, great strength, flying, or being invisible)? Which would you choose and why?

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#100

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you found out you were really a robot?

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#101

What if you could rename any city in the world? What city would you change the name to and why?

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#102

What if LEGO wanted you to create a new lego set? What would you make?

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#103

What if you could be a character in any book? Who would you be?

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#104

What if the roles reversed and animals became humans and humans became animals?

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#105

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could have a magic carpet or an invisible cloak? Which would you choose?

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#106

What if you owned your own spaceship?

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#107

What if you could create your own country? What kind of government would it have?

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#108

What if your teacher turned green, and you had to be the one to tell her/him?

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#109

What if you had to choose between being a kid forever and growing up right now? Which would you choose?

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#110

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if the sky was actually pink?

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#111

What if unicorns were real?

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#112

What if you treated Monday like it were Friday? How would it be different?

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#113

What if you became the first person to do something? What would you want that first to be?

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#114

What if you could learn one skill to the point of mastery? What would you want it to be?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could eliminate one word from the English language?

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#116

What if you had to travel to a foreign country with only a backpack? What would you take?

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#117

What if you could get a ticket to any concert in the world? What would you see?

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#118

What if you could have any house you wanted? What would it look like?

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#119

What if you suddenly realized you were aging backward?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you realized you were growing at 10X the normal speed?

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#121

What if you could uninvent something? What would it be?

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#122

What if you started an activist group? What would you stand for?

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#123

What if you had to go through a natural disaster, but you could choose which one? What would you choose?

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#124

What if you could hear people’s thoughts?

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#125

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you had one body part that started growing and wouldn’t stop? What would you want it to be?

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#126

What if humans learned to tap into the rest of their brains and we became twice as intelligent?

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#127

What if you could be in the Olympics? What sport would you want to participate in?

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#128

What if you found out you had 6 months to live? What would you do?

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#129

What if you could do one thing with a 0% chance of failure?

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#130

150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if computers took over the world?

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#131

What if no one hears a sound? Does it still exist?

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#132

What if plastic was banned?

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#133

What if the Law of Attraction exists?

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#134

What if you could change one thing about the world? What would it be?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could live forever and the earth remained just as it is now?

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#136

What if you could relive any moment in your life whenever you wished to? Which moment would you choose and why?

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#137

What if you could remember everything that happened to you from the time you were born?

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#138

What if you were shipwrecked on an uninhabited island?

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#139

What if we could only talk in rhymes and meter?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could have any job you wanted?

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#141

What if you had to choose between money or no love or love and no money? Which would you choose and why?

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#142

What if you could live for 200 years?

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#143

What if you could be any animal?

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#144

What if you have to sacrifice yourself for the sake of someone you love?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you saw someone steal from the place where you work?

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#146

What if you could never eat your favorite food again in your life?

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#147

What if you could only live somewhere that was always above 100 degrees? Always below freezing?

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K- THULU
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I assume you mean Fahrenheit? Cause 100C means we're all dead....

#148

What if you could change your appearance? What would you choose to look like?

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#149

What if you went for a walk in the woods and found a money tree?

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150 "What If" Questions You Perhaps Never Thought About What if you could only eat pizza the rest of your life?

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