Hard Would You Rather Questions

How to play

1. Read the question out and give everyone a few seconds to pick a side. No fence-sitting: you have to choose.
2. Go around and have each person say why. The reasons are the game.
3. Tap the side the room (or you) picked to see how everyone else on Online List Maker answered.
4. On a TV or shared screen, open Play with a group: the room votes out loud, then press Show how everyone voted.

All 68 questions

1. Would you rather have more time or have more money?
2. Would you rather go back in time or go into the future?
3. Would you rather always say everything on your mind or never speak again?
4. Would you rather learn any skill instantly by watching it once or never need to sleep?
5. Would you rather be able to heal others but not yourself or be able to heal yourself but not others?
6. Would you rather hear every thought anyone has about you or never know what anyone thinks of you?
7. Would you rather undo the last five minutes once a day or redo one whole day once a year?
8. Would you rather get into your dream college with no money for it or get a full scholarship to a good school that isn't your dream?
9. Would you rather be really great at one thing or be pretty good at everything?
10. Would you rather be able to rewatch any memory like a video or be able to share any memory with a friend?
11. Would you rather learn a brand-new skill every year or become the top expert in one skill?
12. Would you rather work a steady 9-to-5 or set your own hours but always be reachable?
13. Would you rather have your dream job in a tiny town or have a pretty good job in your favorite city?
14. Would you rather have a mentor who is brutally honest or have a mentor who is endlessly encouraging?
15. Would you rather have a job that's fun but chaotic or have a job that's calm but a little boring?
16. Would you rather work on a team where everyone agrees or work on a team that argues but gets better results?
17. Would you rather have your job change completely every year or do the exact same job for twenty years?
18. Would you rather remember everything you've ever experienced or forget your worst day forever?
19. Would you rather lose every old photo you have or lose every old message you've saved?
20. Would you rather be liked a little by everyone or be loved deeply by a few?
21. Would you rather know the truth about everything or be happy without knowing?
22. Would you rather never be able to lie or always be able to tell when someone is lying?
23. Would you rather have a job you love that pays just enough or have a job you don't mind that pays a lot?
24. Would you rather live to 100 in average health or live to 75 in perfect health?
25. Would you rather have your life story turned into a book everyone reads or have your life stay completely private?
26. Would you rather restart life at age 10 with everything you know now or skip ahead ten years to see how it turns out?
27. Would you rather have one true best friend or have a big circle of good friends?
28. Would you rather be hugely talented and never recognized or be moderately talented and famous?
29. Would you rather move far away for your dream job or stay near family in an okay job?
30. Would you rather learn the answer to one big mystery of the universe or grant one wish for someone you love?
31. Would you rather read what everyone wrote about you in their diaries or have everyone read your diary?
32. Would you rather be famous for something embarrassing or be unknown for something amazing?
33. Would you rather live in a world with no lies or live in a world with no secrets?
34. Would you rather see the world in black and white or never hear music again?
35. Would you rather always know the right thing to say or always know the right thing to do?
36. Would you rather spend a year alone in a beautiful cabin or spend a year never alone in a busy city?
37. Would you rather learn a big family secret or never know it existed?
38. Would you rather have everyone forget your biggest mistake or have everyone remember your biggest success?
39. Would you rather change one decision from your past or know one thing about your future?
40. Would you rather have a friend who's always honest or have a friend who's always kind?
41. Would you rather be remembered for your kindness or be remembered for your achievements?
42. Would you rather get $1 million today or get $5,000 a month for life?
43. Would you rather do world-changing work no one knows is yours or do ordinary work everyone admires you for?
44. Would you rather walk through your childhood home exactly as it was or spend one more day with a childhood friend you've lost touch with?
45. Would you rather know exactly how your life turns out or be surprised by everything?
46. Would you rather be great at saying no or be great at asking for help?
47. Would you rather be completely free with no responsibilities or be deeply needed by people you love?
48. Would you rather have a calm, predictable life or have an exciting, unpredictable life?
49. Would you rather keep your current friends forever or meet a whole new group of friends every five years?
50. Would you rather make a huge difference for one person or make a small difference for a million people?
51. Would you rather be brilliant but bad at explaining or be average but a wonderful teacher?
52. Would you rather be admired or be understood?
53. Would you rather have a dog's loyalty or have a cat's independence?
54. Would you rather have the courage to say what you think or have the wisdom to know when to stay quiet?
55. Would you rather get a letter from your future self or write a letter your younger self will read?
56. Would you rather be the only one who remembers a perfect day with your friends or be the only one who forgot it?
57. Would you rather be the smartest person in a room of strangers or be the least smart person in a room of geniuses?
58. Would you rather give up all social media forever or give up all streaming shows forever?
59. Would you rather have your best friend move across the world or move across the world yourself?
60. Would you rather win an award for a project you barely worked on or get no credit for a project you poured yourself into?
61. Would you rather be rich in a place you don't love or be just getting by in the place you love most?
62. Would you rather have a photographic memory or have perfect emotional intuition?
63. Would you rather tell a hard truth to a friend or keep quiet and let them figure it out?
64. Would you rather live without ever feeling embarrassed or live without ever feeling jealous?
65. Would you rather redo high school with what you know now or never think about high school again?
66. Would you rather have one perfect day you get to keep forever or have a thousand good days you'll mostly forget?
67. Would you rather only eat your favorite food forever or never eat your favorite food again?
68. Would you rather get a heartfelt handwritten letter or get the expensive gift you asked for?

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