[netbook] would you rather...

[eidxiety]

Hi, it's Ain! And I'm bored, so you're all going to play games now :O

The game is "would you rather"! The rules are easy:

1. You have to ask a question in the format of "would you rather do this thing or this other thing?" For example "would you rather eat pizza or hotdogs?"
2. You answer people's questions. It's more fun if you give a reasoning as to why you answered this way. Also, you can't say "none of the above" or "neither" or "both" or anything like that, you have to pick one of the things!
3. After you answer a question, it would be nice if you come up with more questions for others to answer.

That's it! I'll start by giving you guys a set of three questions to answer for an example and also to get us started :D

- Would you rather find out you're living with 10,000 cockroaches, or find out you're living with a person you didn't know about in your attic?
- Would you rather be loved for everything you’re not, or liked for everything you are?
- Would you rather be forced to sing along or dance to every single song you hear?

Okay, go!!

Comments

[missinglink]

1. I would rather find out I am living with a person I didn't know in my attic. It is much easier to remove a person than 10,000 cockroaches.

2. I would rather be liked for everything I am. I don't need to be loved if that love doesn't mean anything.

3. I would rather be forced to sing along. It isn't often you're going to be presented with music randomly anyway, and less commonly music with lyrics where I come from, so it seems like a safer bet.

My question is:

Would you rather eat all your food with your hands or use utensils with only your non-dominant hand?

[eidxiety]

Is this Herr Fremder? Haha~ scary... I would pick the cockroaches because I'm fragile~. But I agree with you on the other things!

I think I'd rather eat with my hands :O but back home I was normally on the road between civilizations for months on end, so that wasn't exactly uncommon. Soup would be hard but I suppose I could make it work.

Would you rather have universal respect or unlimited power?

[missinglink]

Howard Link, yes.

[Oh Link. Oh buddy.]

I am allowed to ask what kind of power? Are we talking physical power as in strength, or political power and influence?

[outofsynth]

1. Neither.

2. Liked. Definitely. It's better to be honest about who you are.

3. Sing, obviously.

[lyricistdontmiss]

1. man I think I'd rather have someone in my attic. like it's super creepy don't get me wrong but 10,000 cockroaches????? with MY snack stash??? nooooo thank you

2. ain buddy are you okay

3. sing! I already do it most of the time even when the music is just in my head, plus dancing would mean you'd like, spill drinks and stuff!

[eidxiety]

Aww, it's cute that you're not aware of me yet~. Everyone gets a nickname from me. 💚 I know your name. Only people I'm dating get their real name used. ;)

I guess I didn't think of it. Let's say political and influence :O!

[chickenchoicejudy]

You're not supposed to say neither or you'll lose! ;)

[outofsynth]

No, I'm pretty sure whoever's living with 10,000 cockroaches or a potential murderer is the real loser.

[charlastan]

1. EASY! GUY IN THE ATTIC! I CAN EITHER DEMAND HE PAY RENT OR CHASE HIM OUT WITH A BROOM LIKE A RACCOON.

2. LOVED FOR EVERYTHING I'M NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING THEY DON'T LIKE EVENTUALLY, BUT IF YOU WEREN'T LIKE THAT TO BEGIN WITH THAT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM ANYMORE!

3. SING BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF A PUNISHMENT FOR EVERYONE ELSE

WOULD YOU RATHER GO DO A YEAR OF JAIL TIME IN A HIGH SECURITY PRISON OR TWENTY YEARS OF JAIL TIME IN ONE OF THOSE SWANKY WHITE COLLAR JOINTS?

[missinglink]

Then I would choose power. There is a lot of good I could do if I had the power to change things.

Would you rather have every meal you eat for the rest of your life be too spicy, or too sweet?

[chickenchoicejudy]

What if every house had either 10,000 cockroaches or a murderer? If you pick neither you just don't get a house!

[There's a pause, and then an arrow drawn to the first "house".]

(Vans count as houses by the way)

[eidxiety]

Oooh, too sweet because I love sweets :O That's why I live in the bakery obviously and totally not because there's an attached house and all my stuff and important people are there. ^^ (But the bakery helps when I have cravings :O )

Would you rather be 9 feet tall or nine inches tall?

[eidxiety]

Your responses are funny! ^^

I've never gone to prison, but I imagine I must have done something bad to go to a high-security one, but not that bad if I'm only there for a year. I think I'll do that one because a year isn't that long and I can watch the other prisoners throw rocks at each other.

Would you rather get a paper cut every time you turn a page or bite your tongue every time you eat?

[eidxiety]

It seems like most people so far are saying they'd rather deal with the man?? I don't get you people, the man is scary and he's been squatting for who knows how long. He could be eating your stuff or poisoning your dog. I hate the theoretical man and so should everyone else.

I'm okay! Answer the question :O

I'd also sing because singing is more fun and spontaneous~. Spontaneous dance seems hard :O

[eidxiety]

I read about something fun in the library called squatter's rights! Which is basically if there's a guy in your attic or basement or walls or whatever for ten years they can probably legally claim ownership of your home and it makes them next to impossible to remove in a court of law. ^^ That seems very scary in a world where murder isn't legally justifiable either because how do you get rid of the man in your house otherwise? He legally owns your home. Do you just move? But moving takes forever. But so do courthouse proceedings.

I'm learning a lot about how the modern world functions and I do not like it one bit. :O

[lyricistdontmiss]

dude I could personally deal with the creepy stalker guy. he's one guy! and like okay I'm a girl but that doesn't mean I can't kick some guy's butt. but no one can deal with 10,000 cockroaches. once you get to that level of infestation you just need to burn the house down

obviously I'd rather be liked for who I am!! masking is sooo exhausting

oh spontaneous dance isn't bad! have you ever seen a flash mob?

[outofsynth]

Vans are not houses, but if those are the rules I'll live in an apartment block.

There are less red flags if the stranger living in your "attic" is just renting the apartment above.

[galaxyfarer]

Hello, again, Ain. This is Stardust Cookie. What a fun idea for a game. Pavlova Cookie mentioned people here enjoyed playing games with each other. I shall participate.

1) I would not mind finding another creature living with me. If they are living in my attic, that would make them closer to the stars. We may get along if this being also likes stars. However, I am afraid I would not have room for the cockroaches. :( (This is a sideways frowning face!)

2) This is a tough one. I think I would rather be liked for everything I am. I would like to make friends, and this starts off with liking other beings just as they are, as well, correct?

3) I think I would like to dance. Singing is difficult, but I think I am an alright dancer.

Thank you for these interesting hypotheticals to start us off with. I have never played this game before.

[no, really? never would have guessed, mister awkwardly types out what a frowning emoji is]

[charlastan]

HA! I CAN TELL YOU HAVEN'T FROM THAT ANSWER!

THIS ONE'S EASY TOO - PAPER CUT! I HAVE TO EAT BUT I DON'T HAVE TO READ BOOKS

WOULD YOU RATHER ROB A BANK ON PURPOSE OR GET FRAMED FOR MURDER?

[galaxyfarer]

Pardon me, but where are you seeing "potential murderer" in the question? I do not believe Ain said that.

[chickenchoicejudy]

Wait seriously??? I've never heard that one. That's kind of messed up.

[eidxiety]

Don't you hunt bwoofs? :O Isn't that your thing? You would be fine! I'm just a little guy and I would not be.

[Ain has killed people. Do not be fooled.]

I've never seen a flash mob. Like a mob who flashes people?? :O

[outofsynth]

That depends where you live. British Columbia got rid of those laws in the 70s.

Here, I think most of us are probably technically the squatters.

[chickenchoicejudy]

Dude you KNOW apartments count too! Or maybe there just aren't any! Maybe this is a world with no apartments at all and TONS of grody cockroaches and weird attic guys!

besides the guy living above you could still be a murderer, technically

[eidxiety]

[Stardust he cares about you so much. So big.]

Ten thousand cockroaches would be a lot of cockroaches so that's fair :O Maybe you could strike a friendship with the attic person! ^^

You're right!! Me too~ you don't want people to like you for something you aren't because then they get false expectations. ^^

Dancing is fun but it's hard to find a rhythm unless I know exactly what I'm doing, so I think spontaneity would not do me any favours. But I'm glad you can dance! Lots of people are going for singing. I sort of forgot we have a lot of singers here :O

You're welcome!! Do you want to try coming up with a question of your own? ^^