Would you rather…
Would You Rather
Two options, both hard to pick. Choose one, then defend it.
How to play
- Everyone picks A or B. No abstaining.
- Then everyone defends their pick. That is the game.
- Swipe up when the easy ones stop being interesting.
Level 1
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Would you rather…
be able to speak every languageorbe able to play every instrument -
Would you rather…
have a house with a perfect vieworhave a house with perfect neighbours -
Would you rather…
be the person who plans the triporbe the person who just shows up -
Would you rather…
have a spare room you never useorhave a spare month you never plan -
Would you rather…
take a perfect photo on the first tryortell a perfect story on the first try -
Would you rather…
never feel cold againornever feel tired again -
Would you rather…
have a spotless house you cannot relax inorhave a messy house that feels warm -
Would you rather…
eat the same good meal every dayoreat something different every day, half of it bad -
Would you rather…
live in a small flat in the city centreorlive in a big house an hour from everything -
Would you rather…
never check your phone before noonornever work past six -
Would you rather…
be given a house outright with no choice of whereorbe given the deposit and pick anywhere you like -
Would you rather…
see ten minutes into the futureorsee ten minutes into the past -
Would you rather…
plan every weekend a month aheadordecide every weekend on Saturday morning -
Would you rather…
pay for a cleaner and stop eating outorclean everything yourself and eat out weekly -
Would you rather…
win gold in an obscure sportorcome last in a famous race -
Would you rather…
be the best player on a losing teamorbe the worst player on a winning team -
Would you rather…
have a dog that understands youorhave a cat that respects you -
Would you rather…
remember every person's nameorremember every joke you've heard -
Would you rather…
wake fully rested after four hoursorfall asleep the instant you choose -
Would you rather…
read any book in an hourorwrite any email in a minute -
Would you rather…
receive a surprise partyorplan your own perfect party -
Would you rather…
never have to sleep againornever have to eat again -
Would you rather…
always look great but feel slightly uncomfortableoralways feel perfectly comfortable but look messy -
Would you rather…
have a dog that lives as long as you doorhave a cat that can talk to you -
Would you rather…
give up coffee for the rest of your lifeorgive up alcohol for the rest of your life -
Would you rather…
always arrive twenty minutes earlyoralways arrive ten minutes late -
Would you rather…
live above a great bakeryorlive above a good pub -
Would you rather…
holiday somewhere hot with no wifiorholiday somewhere rainy with everything working -
Would you rather…
have perfect weather every weekendorhave perfect sleep every weeknight -
Would you rather…
always be the driveroralways be the passenger -
Would you rather…
stand near the stage with poor soundorstand at the back with perfect sound -
Would you rather…
work with someone brilliant who lets you downorwork with someone average who never does -
Would you rather…
have your name on the buildingorhave the money in your account -
Would you rather…
understand what animals are sayingorunderstand what babies are saying -
Would you rather…
have beautiful handwritingorhave a beautiful singing voice -
Would you rather…
be a brilliant hostorbe a brilliant guest -
Would you rather…
meet the band and miss the showorsee the show and never meet them -
Would you rather…
work for someone smarter than youorwork for someone kinder than you -
Would you rather…
have someone who cooks for youorhave someone who drives you everywhere -
Would you rather…
have a garden that needs work every dayorhave a balcony with one good chair -
Would you rather…
buy the best version of cheap thingsorbuy the worst version of expensive things -
Would you rather…
be great at karaokeorbe great at pool -
Would you rather…
arrive twenty minutes earlyorarrive five minutes late -
Would you rather…
be famous in one small townorbe slightly known everywhere -
Would you rather…
never feel hungover againornever feel jet-lagged again -
Would you rather…
talk to anyone on a long trainorbe left alone the whole way -
Would you rather…
know how to fix any car engineorknow how to build wooden furniture -
Would you rather…
always pay the bill but never receive thanksornever pay the bill but always be reminded -
Would you rather…
win a prestigious award with no moneyorwin a cash prize you must keep secret -
Would you rather…
fly free forever, always the middle seatorstay free forever, always a bad hotel -
Would you rather…
burn a fancy dinner you cooked for friendsordrop a perfect sandwich you made for yourself -
Would you rather…
stop time for one minute a dayorrewind time by one minute a day -
Would you rather…
eat only food you cooked yourselforeat only food someone else cooked -
Would you rather…
never be bored againornever be rushed again -
Would you rather…
sleep in a treehouse during a thunderstormorsleep in a lighthouse during heavy fog -
Would you rather…
spend a year without your phoneorspend a year without leaving your country -
Would you rather…
be mistaken for a touring musicianorbe mistaken for a travelling magician -
Would you rather…
stay in a luxury hotel by an airportorstay in a basic tent on a beach -
Would you rather…
know how every magic trick worksorbe able to do one perfect trick -
Would you rather…
be able to grow any plantorbe able to fix anything broken -
Would you rather…
go to a theme park by yourselforgo to a music festival by yourself -
Would you rather…
have a nickname stick foreveroronly ever be called your full name
Level 2
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Would you rather…
travel somewhere new every monthorknow one city better than anyone -
Would you rather…
work four days a week for half the payorwork six days a week for double the pay -
Would you rather…
have a job you love that nobody respectsorhave a job you tolerate that everyone admires -
Would you rather…
live somewhere beautiful with no friends nearbyorlive somewhere dull with everyone you love -
Would you rather…
retire at forty with just enough moneyorretire at seventy with more than enough -
Would you rather…
be famous to strangers and ignored by familyorbe unknown to strangers and adored at home -
Would you rather…
be the friend everyone calls in a crisisorbe the friend everyone calls for a good night out -
Would you rather…
be respected by people you don't likeorbe liked by people who don't take you seriously -
Would you rather…
have one great year then ten flat onesorhave eleven pretty good years in a row -
Would you rather…
be recognised in your field by twenty people who matterorbe recognised in the street by strangers who don't -
Would you rather…
be praised in public for work you know was mediocreorbe ignored for work you know was your best -
Would you rather…
win every board game you playorwin every argument about the rules -
Would you rather…
only ever listen to new musicoronly ever listen to music you already know -
Would you rather…
always get the joke firstoralways be the one who tells it -
Would you rather…
eat the best meal of your life aloneoreat an average meal with your favourite people -
Would you rather…
own a home you can never sellorrent forever and move whenever you want -
Would you rather…
be great at something you'll never be paid fororbe paid well for something you're only okay at -
Would you rather…
have a boss who pushes you and is often unfairorhave a boss who leaves you alone and never notices -
Would you rather…
lend a friend money and never mention itorborrow from a friend and pay back slowly -
Would you rather…
holiday alone somewhere incredibleorholiday with everyone you love somewhere ordinary -
Would you rather…
be the richest person in a poor townorbe the poorest person in a rich one -
Would you rather…
never have to work again but never be praised for anythingorwork hard forever and be admired for all of it -
Would you rather…
have a career that peaks earlyorhave a career that peaks in your sixties -
Would you rather…
stay in a life that is fine foreverorrisk it all on something that might ruin you -
Would you rather…
hear what people will say at your funeralorchoose what people will say at your funeral -
Would you rather…
have everyone think you are wealthy when you are brokeorhave everyone think you are broke when you are wealthy -
Would you rather…
pay more whenever it saves you timeorspend more time whenever it saves you money -
Would you rather…
host every family celebration at your placeortravel to every family celebration elsewhere -
Would you rather…
study something fascinating and leave with debtorstudy something practical and leave debt-free -
Would you rather…
answer every message as soon as it arrivesorleave your phone unchecked until evening -
Would you rather…
tell a friend their outfit looks badorlet a friend leave feeling confident -
Would you rather…
be famous for something sillyorbe unknown for something brilliant -
Would you rather…
always know when someone is lying to youoralways have the right thing to say -
Would you rather…
do dull work beside people you likeordo work you love alone from anywhere -
Would you rather…
confront a close friend who is slowly pulling awayorlet the friendship fade out without ever asking why -
Would you rather…
have great taste and little talentorhave great talent and no taste -
Would you rather…
earn less than your friends but enjoy your workorearn more than your friends but envy their work -
Would you rather…
apologise when you know you are rightorrefuse to apologise and lose a friend -
Would you rather…
always know when someone is boredoralways know when someone is flirting -
Would you rather…
be the family member who keeps the peaceorbe the one who says the true thing -
Would you rather…
let your friends read your search historyorlet your family read your bank statements -
Would you rather…
always be the one who picks up the billornever be the one who picks up the bill -
Would you rather…
be told why a friend cut you offorhave them come back and never explain -
Would you rather…
share your search history with your bossorshare your bank statements with your boss -
Would you rather…
be underestimated by everyone you meetorbe overestimated by everyone you meet -
Would you rather…
have a famous parentorhave a famous child -
Would you rather…
be fired for doing the right thingorbe promoted for doing the wrong thing -
Would you rather…
sell a gift you treasure to cover rentorkeep a gift you treasure and borrow money -
Would you rather…
be someone's whole worldorbe one of many good things in their life -
Would you rather…
have your boss read your textsorhave your parents read your texts -
Would you rather…
inherit money from a relative you dislikedorinherit nothing and owe them nothing -
Would you rather…
have a job you finish by three, bored stifforhave a job you love that is never finished -
Would you rather…
be the one everyone rings when something breaksorbe the one nobody thinks to ring -
Would you rather…
be the person people tell everything toorbe the person people protect from everything -
Would you rather…
work somewhere chaotic that you believe inorwork somewhere smooth that means nothing to you -
Would you rather…
be caught in a lie by your bossorbe caught in a lie by your best friend -
Would you rather…
work alongside your best friendorwork for your best friend -
Would you rather…
hire a skilled strangerorhire a friend who needs the chance -
Would you rather…
have a friend who replies three days later, alwaysorhave a friend who turns up with no warning -
Would you rather…
be brilliant at small talkornever have to make small talk -
Would you rather…
follow bad advice from someone successfulorfollow good advice from someone failing -
Would you rather…
let your parents pay for your weddingorpay for your own wedding
Level 3
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Would you rather…
forgive the person who hurt you mostorbe forgiven by the person you hurt most -
Would you rather…
die suddenly with everything unsaidordie slowly with time to say it all -
Would you rather…
know your child will struggle but stay kindorknow your child will succeed but turn cold -
Would you rather…
be loved by everyone who barely knows youorbe loved by three people who know everything -
Would you rather…
be told exactly how your parents remember youortell them exactly how you remember them -
Would you rather…
outlive everyone you loveorbe the first of them to go -
Would you rather…
watch a recording of your worst momentorlet one person you love watch it -
Would you rather…
know which of your friendships is one-sidedornever know and keep them all -
Would you rather…
be the person your family calls in a crisisorbe the person nobody worries about -
Would you rather…
be the one who leavesorbe the one who is left -
Would you rather…
know your parents' worst secretorknow what they really think of you -
Would you rather…
be needed by someone foreverorbe free of everyone's expectations -
Would you rather…
have your family proud of a lieorhave them disappointed in the truth -
Would you rather…
be remembered as difficult but honestorbe remembered as easy but hollow -
Would you rather…
never be misunderstood againornever be lonely again -
Would you rather…
keep every promise you have ever madeorbe released from all of them -
Would you rather…
betray a friend to protect your familyorbetray your family to protect a friend -
Would you rather…
lose your memory of the last ten yearsorlose everyone else's memory of you from them -
Would you rather…
see everyone you loved one last timeorskip the goodbyes and spare them the grief -
Would you rather…
admit you betrayed someone who still trusts youorlet them keep trusting the person you pretend to be -
Would you rather…
care for an ageing parent who mistreated youorleave their care to people they never hurt -
Would you rather…
meet the parent who chose not to know youorkeep imagining the parent they might have been -
Would you rather…
be your parents' favourite and know itorbe their least favourite and never know -
Would you rather…
discover you were wrong about someone you hateordiscover you were wrong about someone you trust -
Would you rather…
learn your family has hidden something from youorlearn your family has hidden you from someone -
Would you rather…
tell a friend their partner is cheatingorkeep quiet until your friend asks directly -
Would you rather…
lose the ability to make new friendsorlose contact with everyone you already know -
Would you rather…
give ten years of your life to a strangerorgive one year to someone you love -
Would you rather…
leave behind money for the people you loveorleave behind letters for the people you love -
Would you rather…
live a life that helps many strangersorlive a life that saves one person close to you -
Would you rather…
lose every memory of someone you lovedorkeep every memory but never speak their name again -
Would you rather…
take your dream job far from everyone you loveorkeep your life close to them and wonder -
Would you rather…
be remembered as kinder than you wereorbe remembered as crueler than you were -
Would you rather…
have your best work credited to someone elseorhave someone else's best work credited to you -
Would you rather…
apologise to someone who will never accept itorbe apologised to by someone who does not mean it -
Would you rather…
keep your ambition and never feel satisfiedorlose your ambition and feel content -
Would you rather…
read your ex's version of your relationshiporhave them read yours -
Would you rather…
inherit your father's temperorinherit your mother's silence -
Would you rather…
know your partner settled for youorknow your partner once planned to leave you -
Would you rather…
keep the friendship and never mention the thingorsay it once and lose them -
Would you rather…
know how much your parents gave up for youornever know what it cost them -
Would you rather…
share every success with a jealous friendorshare every failure with a smug friend -
Would you rather…
be buried beside the person you loved mostorbe buried beside the person who loved you most -
Would you rather…
learn your partner slept with your best friendorlearn your partner is in love with your best friend -
Would you rather…
have one honest year with your siblingorhave twenty polite ones -
Would you rather…
choose a day too early for your dying petorchoose a day too late for your dying pet -
Would you rather…
burn your diaries before you dieorleave your diaries for your children to read -
Would you rather…
defend your child when you know they are the bullyorside with the school and let your child be expelled -
Would you rather…
tell the truth that sends your sibling to prisonortell a lie that leaves their victim without justice -
Would you rather…
be your partner's second choice and know itorbe their first choice and never believe it -
Would you rather…
see your face at seventyorsee your kitchen at seventy -
Would you rather…
regret having childrenorregret never having children -
Would you rather…
be someone's second choice for lifeorbe someone's first choice for five years -
Would you rather…
split a family windfall equallyorkeep the share the will gives you -
Would you rather…
keep the habit that is slowly killing youorquit it and lose the only thing that calms you -
Would you rather…
hear your child describe you to their therapistorhear your parent describe you to theirs -
Would you rather…
spend your savings helping someone start overorkeep your savings for your own bad year -
Would you rather…
learn the truth about your dead parent's marriageorkeep the story they told you -
Would you rather…
hold your grudge for the rest of your lifeordrop it and lose the story that explains you -
Would you rather…
lose your desire for your partnerorlose your partner's desire for you -
Would you rather…
risk defending a guilty friendorrisk abandoning an innocent friend -
Would you rather…
be the strong one at every funeralorbe the one who falls apart in front of everyone