50 would you rather questions: funny, deep and impossible

50 original would-you-rather dilemmas for adults, from silly to philosophical. Draw one at random or read the whole list.

"Would you rather" is the simplest party game there is: two options, one impossible choice, and a room full of people suddenly arguing about goats. These 50 dilemmas range from the absurd to the genuinely revealing, so you can match the mood of the table. Press the button and defend your answer.

Funny

1. Would you rather always have slightly wet socks, or always have a tiny pebble in your shoe?
2. Would you rather speak every language fluently but only in a whisper, or speak only your own language at full volume all the time?
3. Would you rather have a personal theme song that plays when you enter a room, or a laugh track every time you make a joke?
4. Would you rather sneeze confetti or hiccup bubbles?
5. Would you rather only eat food that is orange, or only food that begins with the letter P?
6. Would you rather have fingers as long as your legs, or legs as short as your fingers?
7. Would you rather be followed by a small, polite goat for a year, or have a seagull judge your every meal?
8. Would you rather have to sing everything you say, or dance every time you hear music, anywhere?
9. Would you rather talk to animals but they are all rude, or talk to plants but they are all boring?
10. Would you rather never use a spoon again, or never use a pillow again?
11. Would you rather have your thoughts broadcast out loud for one minute a day at a random time, or have your search history made public one day a year?
12. Would you rather have a permanent smudge on your glasses, or a permanent crumb in your bed?
13. Would you rather only be able to whisper, or only be able to shout?
14. Would you rather wake up every day with a haircut you did not choose, or an accent you did not choose?
15. Would you rather have a pet dinosaur the size of a cat, or a pet cat the size of a dinosaur?
16. Would you rather wear a cape every day, or a top hat every day?
17. Would you rather pause time but only while sneezing, or rewind time but only by three seconds?

Deep

18. Would you rather know how every decision will turn out, or be surprised by everything?
19. Would you rather be remembered for one great thing, or appreciated daily for many small ones?
20. Would you rather have ten close friends, or a hundred good acquaintances?
21. Would you rather relive your best day once a year, or live one completely new day each year somewhere you have never been?
22. Would you rather always say what you think, or never be misunderstood?
23. Would you rather be the funniest person in the room, or the kindest?
24. Would you rather have a job you love that pays little, or a job you tolerate that pays very well?
25. Would you rather know when something good will happen, or be able to prevent one bad thing?
26. Would you rather change one decision from your past, or see one scene from your future?
27. Would you rather live in a city where you know everyone, or a city where nobody knows you?
28. Would you rather lose all your photos, or all your messages?
29. Would you rather be talented without effort, or improve slowly but surely through hard work?
30. Would you rather have more time, or more money?
31. Would you rather be respected, or liked?
32. Would you rather keep all your memories but make no new ones for a year, or lose the last five years and start fresh?
33. Would you rather always be a little too early, or always a little too late?
34. Would you rather know what others really think of you, or never find out?

Impossible

35. Would you rather give up music, or give up cheese?
36. Would you rather never drink coffee or tea again, or never eat bread again?
37. Would you rather have unlimited free flights but only to places you have already been, or one free trip a year to anywhere?
38. Would you rather have summer forever, or winter forever?
39. Would you rather lose your sense of taste, or your sense of smell?
40. Would you rather never use the internet again, or never leave your country again?
41. Would you rather read minds, or fly?
42. Would you rather have a rewind button, or a pause button for your life?
43. Would you rather live without your phone, or without hot water?
44. Would you rather give up desserts forever, or salty snacks forever?
45. Would you rather speak once to your past self, or once to your future self?
46. Would you rather live one year in the past of your choice, or one year in the future?
47. Would you rather never watch a new film again, or never read a new book again?
48. Would you rather have a house by the sea with no neighbours, or an apartment in the centre of your favourite city?
49. Would you rather be a bit too hot forever, or a bit too cold forever?
50. Would you rather know all the answers but never be able to ask a question, or ask any question but never get a straight answer?

Rules

• Draw a dilemma and read it out loud to the group.
• Everyone answers at the same time, on the count of three, by pointing left or right.
• "Neither" and "both" are not allowed. You must choose.
• Whoever is in the minority has to explain their choice in one sentence.
• If the vote is unanimous, the reader draws a new one immediately.
• Optional scoring: guess the group's majority before the vote and earn a point when you are right.