So, yesterday I trapped my best friend in a one-hour debate about whether he’d rather have permanently cold feet or eternally sweaty hands. One. Hour. And we still didn’t reach a consensus!
That’s the evil genius of “would you rather” questions. They hijack your brain and won’t let go until you’ve argued your ridiculous choice to death.
I’ve been collecting these impossible choices like some people collect shoes. They’ve saved countless awkward silences, exposed which of my friends would definitely not survive a zombie apocalypse, and somehow got me temporarily banned from family dinners (worth it 🙂).
These 45 questions are one of my best collections. They have started text wars at 2AM and made group meetups either spectacular or spectacularly weird.
Use them wisely… or don’t. The meltdowns are honestly the best part.
Would You Rather…
1
Have taste buds at your fingertips or be able to smell colors?
2
Have edible hair that regrows overnight or sweat maple syrup?
3
Have all your dreams narrated by Morgan Freeman or all your embarrassing moments narrated by David Attenborough?
4
Be able to hear the thoughts of everyone in a 10-foot radius but unable to turn it off, or be able to see 5 minutes into the future once a day?
5
Have permanently cold feet or permanently sweaty hands?
6
Want “The Imperial March” to be played every time you enter a room or the Seinfeld theme played every time you exit a room?
7
Be invisible for 24 hours once a month but can’t control which day, or be super-strong for 1 hour once a year on your birthday?
8
Let your clothes always feel slightly damp or your hands always feel sticky?
9
Let all your farts sound like famous movie quotes or all your sneezes trigger nearby electronic devices to play 5 seconds of your most embarrassing recorded conversation?
10
Be able to teleport anywhere you’ve been before but arrive naked, or fly anywhere but at only 20 mph?
11
Be fluent in all languages but lose the ability to read, or be able to read any text but only speak your native language?
12
Always know when someone is lying but no one would ever believe your secrets, or always be believed but never know if you’re being lied to?
13
Have perfect memory for everything you read or everything you hear?
14
Be able to speak to animals but they’re all incredibly rude, or read people’s minds, but only when they’re thinking negative thoughts about you?
15
Know the date of your death but be able to live exceptionally well until then, or live with uncertainty but potentially live longer?
16
Always feel like you just woke up from the perfect nap or always feel like you just had the perfect cup of coffee?
17
Have the perfect romantic partner who everyone else finds annoying, or have a partner everyone else loves but who occasionally irritates you?
18
Never have to clean your home again or never have to do laundry again?
19
Relive the same day 10 times where you can change your actions, or see 10 different possible futures resulting from a single important decision?
20
Always have the exact change needed for anything or always find convenient parking right away?
21
Live for 1,000 years in perfect health but everyone you love ages normally, or live a normal lifespan with the 5 people you choose living the same span?
22
Live without the internet or without air conditioning and heating?
23
Give every public speech in your underwear or always have your first message to someone be accidentally sent to the wrong person?
24
Look 10 years younger from the neck up or from the neck down?
25
Be immune to all addictions or all allergies?
26
Have a rewind button for your life that works once but takes you back 5 years, or a pause button you can use three times for up to a year each?
27
Have photographic memory of everything you’ve ever seen or perfect recall of everything you’ve ever heard?
28
Be invisible for one hour each day or be able to fly for 10 minutes each day?
29
Choose to always have to sing instead of speak or always have to dance while moving?
30
Choose to never be stuck in traffic again but frequently get lost, or always know exactly where you’re going but frequently get stuck in traffic?
31
Sneeze confetti or have your stomach growl the melody of your favorite song when you’re hungry?
32
Have a permanent duck face or permanently raised eyebrows that make you look constantly surprised?
33
Constantly smell like onions but not be able to smell it yourself, or have everyone else smell like onions but only you can smell it?
34
Choose to wear a clown wig during all formal occasions or clown shoes during all sporting activities?
35
Win an all-expenses-paid vacation to anywhere in the world but have to take your high school bully along, or receive $10,000 but have to spend it all in one hour?
36
Always arrive precisely on time but your clothes are always wrinkled, or always be 10 minutes late but looking impeccable?
37
Have one real-life “Get Out of Jail Free” card or a “Redo” button for any single life event with no guarantee the outcome will be better?
38
Choose to end every sentence with “according to my cat” in professional settings or start every work email with “As a part-time mermaid…”?
39
Accidentally call your boss “Mom” once a week or have your pants fall down during one random important moment every month?
40
Always enter rooms doing finger guns and saying “what’s cookin’ good lookin’” or exit every conversation with a dramatic spin and unnecessarily loud footsteps?
40
Always enter rooms doing finger guns and saying “what’s cookin’ good lookin’” or exit every conversation with a dramatic spin and unnecessarily loud footsteps?
42
Have Mondays permanently removed from your life (but you age twice as fast that day) or have Fridays last 36 hours (but you must work all 36)?
43
Let your parents read your texts or your boss read your thoughts?
44
Vomit uncontrollably when nervous or faint when excited?
45
have pizza-shaped nipples or nipple-shaped pizzas?
