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About This Quiz
Fear is a prehistoric instinct that kept human beings alive, and occasionally acting strangely, since the dawn of humanity. Fear was an evolutionary development intended to warn creatures about potential danger and to keep them from it. Like pain, fear isn't something most creatures can control, and indeed "bravery" is not an absence of fear, but rather the strength of will to act when fear is present.
Some fears are rational. If one has been in a motor vehicle accident, or taken a bad spill playing a sport, or cut oneself while cooking, a rational fear of the source of the injury makes perfect sense. This kind of fear is exactly what evolution gave us to keep us alive: a healthy fear of very real dangers.
On the other hand, there are fears that are irrational. These fears are something of a mystery, believed to be inspired by subconscious interactions with the world of our childhoods. While rational fears may include fire, sharp objects, and falls from great heights, irrational fears include fears of windowless rooms, fears of leather and fears of foreign languages.
What fear, and more interestingly what kind of fear, is the great terror that keeps you up at night? We've got the tools to find out! Try our quiz!
Would you rather be attacked by a vicious dog, or be forced to eat a friendly dog?
Definitely eat the dog.
Probably eat the dog.
Probably be attacked.
Definitely be attacked.
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Would you rather be misdiagnosed with a terrible disease and spend a decade worrying about it, or be correctly diagnosed with a treatable but embarrassing disease that lasts a month?
Probably have the embarrassing one.
Oh no! I guess I'd rather not have one and worry about it.
Probably have the false diagnosis.
Definitely have the embarrassing one.
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Would you rather have to drive a tiny, uncomfortable car to work every day for a year or drive an actual clown car full of clowns to work once?
Definitely bring on the clowns.
Probably the tiny car. Clowns sound sweaty.
Definitely the tiny car for a year
Probably the clowns
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Would you rather lose your phone or have it stolen?
Probably have it stolen
Probably lose it
Definitely have it stolen
Definitely lose it. Both sound awful though.
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Would you rather sit on something too hard or too soft?
Definitely too hard
Probably too hard
Probably too soft
Definitely too soft
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Would you rather wear a horrific outfit on the decisive date with your true love, or on national television, and on YouTube in perpetuity?
Definitely on the date
Definitely on TV
Probably on the TV
Probably on the date
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Would you rather work a job you hated for four years or spend four years finding the right one?
I'd probably rather be the job I hate.
Definitely the job I hate
Definitely look for the right one
I'd probably want to be broke and look for the right one.
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Would you rather be famous for a skill you can take credit for, or a talent you are born with?
Definitely talent. Luck beats skill.
Probably talent. Seems easier.
Definitely skill
Probably skill. I like to brag.
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Would you rather live without any technology for a year but then always have the latest gadgets for free for life, or always have the last generation of gadgets for life, but only pay half-price?
Probably the year off
Probably the half-price thing
Definitely cut me off for a year.
Definitely the half-price deal
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Would you rather reach into your wallet at a critical moment and find your money and credit cards are missing, or they're there but covered in something disgusting?
I'd probably want the gross coating.
I'd rather the cards and money be gone, definitely.
Probably want them to be gone
Definitely give me a gross substance in there.
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Would you rather accidentally board a safe flight to the other side of the world, or fly directly to where you want to go, but have a terrifying landing?
Probably the other side of the world
Probably the terrifying landing
Definitely the other side of the world
Definitely the terrifying landing
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Would you rather survive being attacked by zombies or survive being attacked by wolves?
Definitely zombies
Definitely wolves
Probably wolves
Probably zombies
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Would you rather have to cross a burning desert without any water, or in bare feet?
I'd probably want the water.
Give me the water.
I'd probably take the shoes.
Definitely with the shoes
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Would you rather lose your job in a bad economy, or lose your house in a natural disaster?
Definitely my house
Probably my job
Probably my house
Definitely my job
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Would you rather live in a Stephen King novel or an H.P. Lovecraft short story?
Probably Lovecraft
Definitely King
Definitely Lovecraft
Probably King
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Would you rather have magic powers that make life easier, or a gadget that does the same stuff just as easily?
Probably the gadget
Definitely magic
Probably magic
Definitely the gadget
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Would you rather lose a cherished loved one, or find out they've been lying to you about something important your whole life?
Probably death. .. I feel terrible saying this.
Probably the lies
Definitely death. Yeah.
Definitely the lies
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Would you rather be homeless for a year or let all your friends believe you to be some kind of terrible racist?
Probably homeless, so long as I live somewhere warm.
Definitely racist. I don't want to be all dirty and living on the street!
Definitely homeless. Then I can crash with my friends who don't think I'm racist!
Oh God ... probably racist...? I love my home!
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Would you rather have a really cute puppy for free or go on a lovely month-long vacation for free?
Definitely the vacation. Dogs ick me out.
Probably the vacation. Drool is gross.
Definitely the puppy
Probably the puppy
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Would you rather lose your hearing in one ear forever or lose your mobile signal for five years?
Probably the hearing thing
I'd probably lose the cellphone signal.
Definitely the mobile phone signal
Definitely my hearing. I only need one ear to use my phone!
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Would you rather get a newspaper from the future, or the answer to a mystery from the past?
Probably the newspaper
Definitely the past enigma
Probably the mystery from the past
Definitely tomorrow's paper
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Would you rather own today's finest clothes but be unable to replace them for a decade, or not be allowed any nice clothes, but have whatever middling clothes you want for a decade?
Probably the latter
Definitely the latter
Probably the former
Definitely the former
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Would you rather have a brother or a sister?
Definitely a brother
Definitely a sister. Boys are filthy.
Probably a sister
Probably a brother
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Would you rather every holiday be Halloween, with people dressed in scary costumes, or every holiday be Christmas, where you're expected to spend a lot of money?
Probably Halloween. Candy!
Definitely Halloween. I like wearing a mask.
Definitely Christmas. I hate costumes! They're all scary.
Probably Christmas. Prezzies for me!
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Would you rather shoulder a financial burden for ten years, or keep a terrible secret for life?
Definitely the money
Probably the secret
Probably the money
Definitely the secret
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Would you rather work in a circus or a slaughterhouse?
Probably a slaughterhouse. Nothing alive in there for long.
Probably a circus. At least it's clean.
Definitely a slaughterhouse. Less horrifying.
Definitely a circus. Food for the 'gram.
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Would you rather lose your health or your friends?
Probably my friends. Does that make me bad?
Definitely my friends. They're nothing to me!
Definitely my health. Friends are priceless.
Probably my health. I would at least have someone by my bed.
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Would you rather have a comfortable life but never achieve your dreams, or an uncomfortable life but one day achieve your dreams?
Definitely the one where I achieve my dreams
Probably the comfortable one
Probably the one where I achieve my dreams
Definitely the comfy one
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Would you rather know your deepest fear and live in fear of it, or not know it and have it jump out at you one day?
Definitely want to know, so I can avoid it!
I probably don't want to know, which makes me wonder what motivated me to do this!
I probably want to know. Tell me!
Definitely don't want to know. What I am doing taking this quiz?!
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