Level 1 · 1 / 62

Would you rather…

be able to speak every language
or
be able to play every instrument

Would You Rather

Two options, both hard to pick. Choose one, then defend it.

How to play

  1. Everyone picks A or B. No abstaining.
  2. Then everyone defends their pick. That is the game.
  3. Swipe up when the easy ones stop being interesting.

Level 1

  1. Would you rather…

    be able to speak every language
    or
    be able to play every instrument
  2. Would you rather…

    have a house with a perfect view
    or
    have a house with perfect neighbours
  3. Would you rather…

    be the person who plans the trip
    or
    be the person who just shows up
  4. Would you rather…

    have a spare room you never use
    or
    have a spare month you never plan
  5. Would you rather…

    take a perfect photo on the first try
    or
    tell a perfect story on the first try
  6. Would you rather…

    never feel cold again
    or
    never feel tired again
  7. Would you rather…

    have a spotless house you cannot relax in
    or
    have a messy house that feels warm
  8. Would you rather…

    eat the same good meal every day
    or
    eat something different every day, half of it bad
  9. Would you rather…

    live in a small flat in the city centre
    or
    live in a big house an hour from everything
  10. Would you rather…

    never check your phone before noon
    or
    never work past six
  11. Would you rather…

    be given a house outright with no choice of where
    or
    be given the deposit and pick anywhere you like
  12. Would you rather…

    see ten minutes into the future
    or
    see ten minutes into the past
  13. Would you rather…

    plan every weekend a month ahead
    or
    decide every weekend on Saturday morning
  14. Would you rather…

    pay for a cleaner and stop eating out
    or
    clean everything yourself and eat out weekly
  15. Would you rather…

    win gold in an obscure sport
    or
    come last in a famous race
  16. Would you rather…

    be the best player on a losing team
    or
    be the worst player on a winning team
  17. Would you rather…

    have a dog that understands you
    or
    have a cat that respects you
  18. Would you rather…

    remember every person's name
    or
    remember every joke you've heard
  19. Would you rather…

    wake fully rested after four hours
    or
    fall asleep the instant you choose
  20. Would you rather…

    read any book in an hour
    or
    write any email in a minute
  21. Would you rather…

    receive a surprise party
    or
    plan your own perfect party
  22. Would you rather…

    never have to sleep again
    or
    never have to eat again
  23. Would you rather…

    always look great but feel slightly uncomfortable
    or
    always feel perfectly comfortable but look messy
  24. Would you rather…

    have a dog that lives as long as you do
    or
    have a cat that can talk to you
  25. Would you rather…

    give up coffee for the rest of your life
    or
    give up alcohol for the rest of your life
  26. Would you rather…

    always arrive twenty minutes early
    or
    always arrive ten minutes late
  27. Would you rather…

    live above a great bakery
    or
    live above a good pub
  28. Would you rather…

    holiday somewhere hot with no wifi
    or
    holiday somewhere rainy with everything working
  29. Would you rather…

    have perfect weather every weekend
    or
    have perfect sleep every weeknight
  30. Would you rather…

    always be the driver
    or
    always be the passenger
  31. Would you rather…

    stand near the stage with poor sound
    or
    stand at the back with perfect sound
  32. Would you rather…

    work with someone brilliant who lets you down
    or
    work with someone average who never does
  33. Would you rather…

    have your name on the building
    or
    have the money in your account
  34. Would you rather…

    understand what animals are saying
    or
    understand what babies are saying
  35. Would you rather…

    have beautiful handwriting
    or
    have a beautiful singing voice
  36. Would you rather…

    be a brilliant host
    or
    be a brilliant guest
  37. Would you rather…

    meet the band and miss the show
    or
    see the show and never meet them
  38. Would you rather…

    work for someone smarter than you
    or
    work for someone kinder than you
  39. Would you rather…

    have someone who cooks for you
    or
    have someone who drives you everywhere
  40. Would you rather…

    have a garden that needs work every day
    or
    have a balcony with one good chair
  41. Would you rather…

    buy the best version of cheap things
    or
    buy the worst version of expensive things
  42. Would you rather…

    be great at karaoke
    or
    be great at pool
  43. Would you rather…

    arrive twenty minutes early
    or
    arrive five minutes late
  44. Would you rather…

    be famous in one small town
    or
    be slightly known everywhere
  45. Would you rather…

    never feel hungover again
    or
    never feel jet-lagged again
  46. Would you rather…

    talk to anyone on a long train
    or
    be left alone the whole way
  47. Would you rather…

    know how to fix any car engine
    or
    know how to build wooden furniture
  48. Would you rather…

    always pay the bill but never receive thanks
    or
    never pay the bill but always be reminded
  49. Would you rather…

    win a prestigious award with no money
    or
    win a cash prize you must keep secret
  50. Would you rather…

    fly free forever, always the middle seat
    or
    stay free forever, always a bad hotel
  51. Would you rather…

    burn a fancy dinner you cooked for friends
    or
    drop a perfect sandwich you made for yourself
  52. Would you rather…

    stop time for one minute a day
    or
    rewind time by one minute a day
  53. Would you rather…

    eat only food you cooked yourself
    or
    eat only food someone else cooked
  54. Would you rather…

    never be bored again
    or
    never be rushed again
  55. Would you rather…

    sleep in a treehouse during a thunderstorm
    or
    sleep in a lighthouse during heavy fog
  56. Would you rather…

    spend a year without your phone
    or
    spend a year without leaving your country
  57. Would you rather…

    be mistaken for a touring musician
    or
    be mistaken for a travelling magician
  58. Would you rather…

    stay in a luxury hotel by an airport
    or
    stay in a basic tent on a beach
  59. Would you rather…

    know how every magic trick works
    or
    be able to do one perfect trick
  60. Would you rather…

    be able to grow any plant
    or
    be able to fix anything broken
  61. Would you rather…

    go to a theme park by yourself
    or
    go to a music festival by yourself
  62. Would you rather…

    have a nickname stick forever
    or
    only ever be called your full name

Level 2

  1. Would you rather…

    travel somewhere new every month
    or
    know one city better than anyone
  2. Would you rather…

    work four days a week for half the pay
    or
    work six days a week for double the pay
  3. Would you rather…

    have a job you love that nobody respects
    or
    have a job you tolerate that everyone admires
  4. Would you rather…

    live somewhere beautiful with no friends nearby
    or
    live somewhere dull with everyone you love
  5. Would you rather…

    retire at forty with just enough money
    or
    retire at seventy with more than enough
  6. Would you rather…

    be famous to strangers and ignored by family
    or
    be unknown to strangers and adored at home
  7. Would you rather…

    be the friend everyone calls in a crisis
    or
    be the friend everyone calls for a good night out
  8. Would you rather…

    be respected by people you don't like
    or
    be liked by people who don't take you seriously
  9. Would you rather…

    have one great year then ten flat ones
    or
    have eleven pretty good years in a row
  10. Would you rather…

    be recognised in your field by twenty people who matter
    or
    be recognised in the street by strangers who don't
  11. Would you rather…

    be praised in public for work you know was mediocre
    or
    be ignored for work you know was your best
  12. Would you rather…

    win every board game you play
    or
    win every argument about the rules
  13. Would you rather…

    only ever listen to new music
    or
    only ever listen to music you already know
  14. Would you rather…

    always get the joke first
    or
    always be the one who tells it
  15. Would you rather…

    eat the best meal of your life alone
    or
    eat an average meal with your favourite people
  16. Would you rather…

    own a home you can never sell
    or
    rent forever and move whenever you want
  17. Would you rather…

    be great at something you'll never be paid for
    or
    be paid well for something you're only okay at
  18. Would you rather…

    have a boss who pushes you and is often unfair
    or
    have a boss who leaves you alone and never notices
  19. Would you rather…

    lend a friend money and never mention it
    or
    borrow from a friend and pay back slowly
  20. Would you rather…

    holiday alone somewhere incredible
    or
    holiday with everyone you love somewhere ordinary
  21. Would you rather…

    be the richest person in a poor town
    or
    be the poorest person in a rich one
  22. Would you rather…

    never have to work again but never be praised for anything
    or
    work hard forever and be admired for all of it
  23. Would you rather…

    have a career that peaks early
    or
    have a career that peaks in your sixties
  24. Would you rather…

    stay in a life that is fine forever
    or
    risk it all on something that might ruin you
  25. Would you rather…

    hear what people will say at your funeral
    or
    choose what people will say at your funeral
  26. Would you rather…

    have everyone think you are wealthy when you are broke
    or
    have everyone think you are broke when you are wealthy
  27. Would you rather…

    pay more whenever it saves you time
    or
    spend more time whenever it saves you money
  28. Would you rather…

    host every family celebration at your place
    or
    travel to every family celebration elsewhere
  29. Would you rather…

    study something fascinating and leave with debt
    or
    study something practical and leave debt-free
  30. Would you rather…

    answer every message as soon as it arrives
    or
    leave your phone unchecked until evening
  31. Would you rather…

    tell a friend their outfit looks bad
    or
    let a friend leave feeling confident
  32. Would you rather…

    be famous for something silly
    or
    be unknown for something brilliant
  33. Would you rather…

    always know when someone is lying to you
    or
    always have the right thing to say
  34. Would you rather…

    do dull work beside people you like
    or
    do work you love alone from anywhere
  35. Would you rather…

    confront a close friend who is slowly pulling away
    or
    let the friendship fade out without ever asking why
  36. Would you rather…

    have great taste and little talent
    or
    have great talent and no taste
  37. Would you rather…

    earn less than your friends but enjoy your work
    or
    earn more than your friends but envy their work
  38. Would you rather…

    apologise when you know you are right
    or
    refuse to apologise and lose a friend
  39. Would you rather…

    always know when someone is bored
    or
    always know when someone is flirting
  40. Would you rather…

    be the family member who keeps the peace
    or
    be the one who says the true thing
  41. Would you rather…

    let your friends read your search history
    or
    let your family read your bank statements
  42. Would you rather…

    always be the one who picks up the bill
    or
    never be the one who picks up the bill
  43. Would you rather…

    be told why a friend cut you off
    or
    have them come back and never explain
  44. Would you rather…

    share your search history with your boss
    or
    share your bank statements with your boss
  45. Would you rather…

    be underestimated by everyone you meet
    or
    be overestimated by everyone you meet
  46. Would you rather…

    have a famous parent
    or
    have a famous child
  47. Would you rather…

    be fired for doing the right thing
    or
    be promoted for doing the wrong thing
  48. Would you rather…

    sell a gift you treasure to cover rent
    or
    keep a gift you treasure and borrow money
  49. Would you rather…

    be someone's whole world
    or
    be one of many good things in their life
  50. Would you rather…

    have your boss read your texts
    or
    have your parents read your texts
  51. Would you rather…

    inherit money from a relative you disliked
    or
    inherit nothing and owe them nothing
  52. Would you rather…

    have a job you finish by three, bored stiff
    or
    have a job you love that is never finished
  53. Would you rather…

    be the one everyone rings when something breaks
    or
    be the one nobody thinks to ring
  54. Would you rather…

    be the person people tell everything to
    or
    be the person people protect from everything
  55. Would you rather…

    work somewhere chaotic that you believe in
    or
    work somewhere smooth that means nothing to you
  56. Would you rather…

    be caught in a lie by your boss
    or
    be caught in a lie by your best friend
  57. Would you rather…

    work alongside your best friend
    or
    work for your best friend
  58. Would you rather…

    hire a skilled stranger
    or
    hire a friend who needs the chance
  59. Would you rather…

    have a friend who replies three days later, always
    or
    have a friend who turns up with no warning
  60. Would you rather…

    be brilliant at small talk
    or
    never have to make small talk
  61. Would you rather…

    follow bad advice from someone successful
    or
    follow good advice from someone failing
  62. Would you rather…

    let your parents pay for your wedding
    or
    pay for your own wedding

Level 3

  1. Would you rather…

    forgive the person who hurt you most
    or
    be forgiven by the person you hurt most
  2. Would you rather…

    die suddenly with everything unsaid
    or
    die slowly with time to say it all
  3. Would you rather…

    know your child will struggle but stay kind
    or
    know your child will succeed but turn cold
  4. Would you rather…

    be loved by everyone who barely knows you
    or
    be loved by three people who know everything
  5. Would you rather…

    be told exactly how your parents remember you
    or
    tell them exactly how you remember them
  6. Would you rather…

    outlive everyone you love
    or
    be the first of them to go
  7. Would you rather…

    watch a recording of your worst moment
    or
    let one person you love watch it
  8. Would you rather…

    know which of your friendships is one-sided
    or
    never know and keep them all
  9. Would you rather…

    be the person your family calls in a crisis
    or
    be the person nobody worries about
  10. Would you rather…

    be the one who leaves
    or
    be the one who is left
  11. Would you rather…

    know your parents' worst secret
    or
    know what they really think of you
  12. Would you rather…

    be needed by someone forever
    or
    be free of everyone's expectations
  13. Would you rather…

    have your family proud of a lie
    or
    have them disappointed in the truth
  14. Would you rather…

    be remembered as difficult but honest
    or
    be remembered as easy but hollow
  15. Would you rather…

    never be misunderstood again
    or
    never be lonely again
  16. Would you rather…

    keep every promise you have ever made
    or
    be released from all of them
  17. Would you rather…

    betray a friend to protect your family
    or
    betray your family to protect a friend
  18. Would you rather…

    lose your memory of the last ten years
    or
    lose everyone else's memory of you from them
  19. Would you rather…

    see everyone you loved one last time
    or
    skip the goodbyes and spare them the grief
  20. Would you rather…

    admit you betrayed someone who still trusts you
    or
    let them keep trusting the person you pretend to be
  21. Would you rather…

    care for an ageing parent who mistreated you
    or
    leave their care to people they never hurt
  22. Would you rather…

    meet the parent who chose not to know you
    or
    keep imagining the parent they might have been
  23. Would you rather…

    be your parents' favourite and know it
    or
    be their least favourite and never know
  24. Would you rather…

    discover you were wrong about someone you hate
    or
    discover you were wrong about someone you trust
  25. Would you rather…

    learn your family has hidden something from you
    or
    learn your family has hidden you from someone
  26. Would you rather…

    tell a friend their partner is cheating
    or
    keep quiet until your friend asks directly
  27. Would you rather…

    lose the ability to make new friends
    or
    lose contact with everyone you already know
  28. Would you rather…

    give ten years of your life to a stranger
    or
    give one year to someone you love
  29. Would you rather…

    leave behind money for the people you love
    or
    leave behind letters for the people you love
  30. Would you rather…

    live a life that helps many strangers
    or
    live a life that saves one person close to you
  31. Would you rather…

    lose every memory of someone you loved
    or
    keep every memory but never speak their name again
  32. Would you rather…

    take your dream job far from everyone you love
    or
    keep your life close to them and wonder
  33. Would you rather…

    be remembered as kinder than you were
    or
    be remembered as crueler than you were
  34. Would you rather…

    have your best work credited to someone else
    or
    have someone else's best work credited to you
  35. Would you rather…

    apologise to someone who will never accept it
    or
    be apologised to by someone who does not mean it
  36. Would you rather…

    keep your ambition and never feel satisfied
    or
    lose your ambition and feel content
  37. Would you rather…

    read your ex's version of your relationship
    or
    have them read yours
  38. Would you rather…

    inherit your father's temper
    or
    inherit your mother's silence
  39. Would you rather…

    know your partner settled for you
    or
    know your partner once planned to leave you
  40. Would you rather…

    keep the friendship and never mention the thing
    or
    say it once and lose them
  41. Would you rather…

    know how much your parents gave up for you
    or
    never know what it cost them
  42. Would you rather…

    share every success with a jealous friend
    or
    share every failure with a smug friend
  43. Would you rather…

    be buried beside the person you loved most
    or
    be buried beside the person who loved you most
  44. Would you rather…

    learn your partner slept with your best friend
    or
    learn your partner is in love with your best friend
  45. Would you rather…

    have one honest year with your sibling
    or
    have twenty polite ones
  46. Would you rather…

    choose a day too early for your dying pet
    or
    choose a day too late for your dying pet
  47. Would you rather…

    burn your diaries before you die
    or
    leave your diaries for your children to read
  48. Would you rather…

    defend your child when you know they are the bully
    or
    side with the school and let your child be expelled
  49. Would you rather…

    tell the truth that sends your sibling to prison
    or
    tell a lie that leaves their victim without justice
  50. Would you rather…

    be your partner's second choice and know it
    or
    be their first choice and never believe it
  51. Would you rather…

    see your face at seventy
    or
    see your kitchen at seventy
  52. Would you rather…

    regret having children
    or
    regret never having children
  53. Would you rather…

    be someone's second choice for life
    or
    be someone's first choice for five years
  54. Would you rather…

    split a family windfall equally
    or
    keep the share the will gives you
  55. Would you rather…

    keep the habit that is slowly killing you
    or
    quit it and lose the only thing that calms you
  56. Would you rather…

    hear your child describe you to their therapist
    or
    hear your parent describe you to theirs
  57. Would you rather…

    spend your savings helping someone start over
    or
    keep your savings for your own bad year
  58. Would you rather…

    learn the truth about your dead parent's marriage
    or
    keep the story they told you
  59. Would you rather…

    hold your grudge for the rest of your life
    or
    drop it and lose the story that explains you
  60. Would you rather…

    lose your desire for your partner
    or
    lose your partner's desire for you
  61. Would you rather…

    risk defending a guilty friend
    or
    risk abandoning an innocent friend
  62. Would you rather…

    be the strong one at every funeral
    or
    be the one who falls apart in front of everyone