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About This Quiz
There are some people who would have you believe that your school days are the best days of your life. They tend to say this utterly strange remark to kids who are not having a great time at school, and while it is not actually intended as a way to dishearten them by informing them that even this miserable period is as good as it gets, that is often the effect it has.
For those of us who weren't attractive, cool and popular - that is, basically everyone - and even for many who were those things but nurtured unseen hurts underneath - most of the rest - our school days are, happily, far from our best days. Getting older, we later learn, is absolutely awesome! You get to choose where you live and what work you do, and you can very often simply walk away from cliques and bullies. You can finally embrace that other piece of advice that is so unhelpful to kids, "Who cares what people think?" - because those people have no power to mess up your life any more.
Still, it is amusing to figure out from our adult perspective how we might handle the horrors of high school if we had to go through them again. Let's see where you would land using this crafty game of, "Would you rather?"
Would you rather play all day and work all night, or vice versa?
Work all night... or some of it.
Play all day!
Work all day so I can play at night.
Work all day, no playing for me though.
Would you rather fight a horse or a deer?
A deer because it's less familiar with humans so I could scare it.
Horse - deer are weak, no victory in fighting one.
A horse because I could tame it.
A deer because it's weaker.
Would you rather eat too much cheese or too much chocolate?
Could I do too much of both?
Cheese, bro.
Chocolate, definitely.
Probably chocolate as it is easier to burn off.
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Would you rather sleep through your alarm or not be able to sleep all night?
Sleep through the alarm, I do it all the time.
Sleep through the alarm, I'll get away with it this once.
Not sleep all night, I have places to be.
Not sleep all night, then I can read!
Would you rather be too tall or too petite for regular clothing sizes?
Too petite. It's more convenient.
Too tall - tall is the best!
Too petite. It's cuter.
Too tall - I can change the hem.
Would you rather stub your toe really badly or shut your finger in a drawer?
I won't feel it either way so whatever.
Finger. I need to run, not to write.
Toe. Everyone sees my fingers more often.
Toe. I write all the time.
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Would you rather laugh until you hurt, or hurt until you just start to laugh?
Hurt until I laugh. Sounds interesting.
Why would I laugh if I hurt? I don't get it.
Laugh until I hurt. Sounds fun!
Laugh until I hurt, obviously.
Would you rather be hated for something you did do, or something you didn't do?
Something I didn't do. Doing things is effort.
Something I did do. I want people to fear me.
Something I did. I'm not getting in trouble for something I didn't do.
Something I didn't do. About time I had a reputation.
Would you rather have a bad roommate for a year or a bad relationship for six months?
Bad relationship. I bet there will be amusing drama.
Bad relationship. At least I get laid.
Bad roommate. Bad relationships mess you up forever.
Bad roommate because that's not my fault, whereas the other one might be.
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Would you rather be bad at sex yourself but sleep with great partners, or be good yourself but only ever sleep with people who are bad at sex?
I'd rather get the good stuff than give it.
I am great at it so I guess I'm stuck with that option.
I'd rather be great at it so nobody complains.
I guess I'd prefer to receive, but only because I did all the giving so far!
Would you rather be beautiful in your own eyes, or the eyes of all around you?
Mine. I don't care about them.
The eyes of others, so they fear me.
Others' eyes, so they want me.
My eyes, I guess?
Would you rather eat an item you can't identify, or drink a substance you can't identify?
I'll do either!
The food. I'll eat anything.
The drink. Probably healthier.
I would have a tiny bit of the food because I think it's easier to keep the taste in one part of my mouth.
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Would you rather tell the full ghastly truth, or hear the full ghastly truth?
Hear it. It won't bother me.
Tell it. It's fun to be mean.
Tell it. I do anyway.
Hear it. It's good to know.
Would you rather survive lying on the tracks when the train goes over, or being struck repeatedly by lightning?
Lightning. Sounds rad!
Train. That's badass.
Lightning. The cooler story might get me on TV.
Train. If I survive I'm probably uninjured, not so with lightning.
Would you rather know the date of your death or have it be a total surprise?
I wanna know. I'm not scared.
Surprise. I don't like knowing anything.
Know it so I can be ready.
Definitely a surprise. Knowing is distracting.
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Would you rather be hilarious to others but never laugh again yourself, or laugh often but never cause others to laugh?
Make others laugh, so they don't bully me.
Laugh myself. I don't care if others have a good time.
Laugh myself, so people like me.
Probably make others laugh, since that's my job.
Would you rather sweat through three shirts a day or not sweat at all and always overheat?
Overheat. I don't care!
Sweat a lot. It's not my problem.
Overheat. I could never sweat that much.
Sweat. I already do.
Would you rather wake up to discover you've become the Terminator, or the Predator?
Predator. He's awesome.
Terminator. He's awesome.
Predator. He's the most scary.
Terminator. He's the most technically interesting.
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Would you rather be shiny all over, or made of wood?
Shiny. Wood is flammable.
Wood so I can hurt people.
Shiny! Sounds cool.
Wood. That sounds interesting.
Would you rather get a cramp in your hand when you urgently need to write, or in your leg when you urgently need to run?
Leg. I don't need to run.
Hand. I always need to run.
Hand. My legs are my best feature.
Leg. I need to write more.
Would you rather be mugged when you're carrying your phone, or burgled twice, but they don't get anything of value?
Burgled. I won't feel violated; I hate my house.
Burgled. Only sissies get mugged.
Mugged. Then I get a new phone AND sympathy.
Mugged. My phone's encrypted.
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Would you rather throw a party that nobody comes to, or go to five parties where nobody talks to you?
Go to parties and be ignored. It won't bother me.
Throw a party nobody comes to. I get all the beer.
Be ignored I suppose, I can pretend it's a thing I'm doing on purpose.
Throw the unattended party. Then I suddenly have a free night for gaming.
Would you rather tweet your most secret sexual fantasy and have your partner enact it next time you're together but everyone else also knows it, or never tell it to anyone at all and thus never experience it for real?
Tweet it. I have no shame.
Tweet it and get laid!
Never experience it. I don't like sex anyway.
Never experience it. I have others.
Would you rather peak professionally at 25, or 55?
55. 25 is for fun.
25. 55 is practically dead.
25. You can't be a supermodel at 55!
55, when I sell the company I started at 35.
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Would you rather win a million dollars today, or make a million dollars this year?
Win a million! Money now.
Win a million. I don't care about getting things the hard way.
Make a million so people are jealous of my awesomeness.
Make a million because it'd mean I earned it.
Would you rather hurt someone's feelings or tread hard on their foot?
Hurt their feelings. I don't care about their feelings.
If I can't do both, tread on their foot. Feelings aren't real enough.
Hurt their feelings. You can't get expelled for that.
Tread on their foot, it's easier to apologize for.
Would you rather be too tired or too wired to function?
Too wired, because then I get to be wired.
Too wired because it sounds like I might be drunk.
Too tired. I'm wired anyway.
Too tired. Being wired is the worst.
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Would you rather cheat on a test and get an A, or come by an honest B?
Dishonest A. I'm not doing summer school again.
Dishonest A. It'll be my first A!
Honest B. I don't cheat.
Honest B. It'll look funny next to all my A's.
Would you rather be believed to have it all together but be dying inside, or actually have it together but not be respected or known for it?
I'd like to have it all together, just once, so I could know what it is like.
Good reputation, dying inside. Otherwise people will come at me.
Good reputation, dying inside. It means I'd be admired.
Have it together but nobody notices. I've always lived like that, why change now?
Would you rather be conventionally beautiful or extremely book-smart?
Book-smart. Beauty fades.
Beautiful. It's easier.
Beautiful, obviously. It's more fun.
Book-smart. Beauty is unimportant.
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