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Updated November 2026.

1. Would you rather be able to breathe underwater or never need to sleep?
2. Would you rather teleport anywhere you have already been or time travel to the past but only to watch?
3. Would you rather read minds but never be able to switch it off or have one random person read your mind for a minute every day?
4. Would you rather have a photographic memory or be able to forget anything you choose?
5. Would you rather always know when someone is lying or always be believed, even when you lie?
6. Would you rather have a rewind button for your life or have a pause button for your life?
7. Would you rather stop time for ten minutes every day or relive one day from your past once a year?
8. Would you rather see one minute into the future or see one hour into the past anywhere in the world?
9. Would you rather eat only cold pizza for a year or eat only warm salad for a year?
10. Would you rather give up cheese forever or give up chocolate forever?
11. Would you rather eat breakfast food for every meal or never eat breakfast food again?
12. Would you rather eat a spoonful of hot sauce or eat a spoonful of plain mayonnaise?
13. Would you rather have unlimited sushi for life or have unlimited tacos for life?
14. Would you rather have every sandwich you eat be a little soggy or have every chip you eat be a little stale?
15. Would you rather cook every meal yourself for the rest of your life or eat only frozen dinners for the rest of your life?
16. Would you rather be a world-class baker or be a world-class grill master?
17. Would you rather bite into a raw onion like an apple or drink a full glass of pickle juice?
18. Would you rather live without salt or live without sugar?
19. Would you rather only eat soup for a month or only eat sandwiches for a month?
20. Would you rather find a hair in your food at a fancy restaurant or have the waiter spill a drink in your lap?
21. Would you rather eat the same lunch every day for a year or never eat the same lunch twice in a year?
22. Would you rather only have pineapple pizza forever or only have pizza with no cheese forever?
23. Would you rather have permanently sweaty hands or have shoes that squeak with every step?
24. Would you rather have hiccups for the rest of your life or feel like you are about to sneeze for the rest of your life?
25. Would you rather never be able to clean your ears or never be able to cut your toenails?
26. Would you rather drool on your pillow every night or snore so loud the neighbors can hear?
27. Would you rather accidentally call your teacher mom or wave back at someone who was waving at the person behind you?
28. Would you rather go back to middle school for a week or go back to high school for a month?
29. Would you rather retake your driving test every year or retake your high school final exams every year?
30. Would you rather know there is a cockroach in your bedroom you cannot find or know there is a mouse in your kitchen you cannot catch?
31. Would you rather have the memory of a goldfish or never forget a single embarrassing thing you have done?
32. Would you rather give up your phone for a month or give up junk food for a month?
33. Would you rather have super fast internet for one hour a day or have painfully slow internet all day?
34. Would you rather have your search history read out at a family dinner or have your last ten texts read out at work?
35. Would you rather never use social media again or never watch another video online?
36. Would you rather have a robot that cleans your house or have a robot that cooks all your meals?
37. Would you rather live without a fridge or live without a washing machine?
38. Would you rather only be able to text in all capital letters or never be able to use punctuation in a text again?
39. Would you rather have a phone that is always at five percent battery or have a phone with a cracked screen forever?
40. Would you rather have every phone call you make be on speaker or have one text a week go to the wrong person?
41. Would you rather have a self-driving car or have a flying car you have to fly yourself?
42. Would you rather live in the 1800s or live 200 years in the future?
43. Would you rather accidentally reply-all to the whole company or send a text about someone to that exact person?
44. Would you rather live in a smart home that talks back to you or live in a home with no electronics at all?
45. Would you rather lose every photo you have ever taken or lose every phone number you have saved?
46. Would you rather explore outer space or explore the deepest part of the ocean?
47. Would you rather live on a houseboat or live in a treehouse?
48. Would you rather visit every country but only for one day each or live in one foreign country for ten years?
49. Would you rather live in a big city forever or live in the countryside forever?
50. Would you rather always be ten minutes late or always be thirty minutes early?
51. Would you rather get a free plane ticket every month or get a free hotel stay every month?
52. Would you rather live where it is always summer or live where it is always winter?
53. Would you rather sit in the middle seat on a twelve-hour flight or sit next to a crying baby on a three-hour flight?
54. Would you rather lose your luggage on the first day of a trip or lose your passport on the last day?
55. Would you rather vacation at a perfect beach with no phone signal or vacation at an okay beach with great wifi?
56. Would you rather see the northern lights or see a total solar eclipse?
57. Would you rather win a million dollars today or get fifty thousand dollars every year for life?
58. Would you rather never pay rent again or never pay for groceries again?
59. Would you rather have a job you love that pays very little or have a job you hate that pays a fortune?
60. Would you rather do your taxes every month or go to the dentist every month?
61. Would you rather live with a messy roommate or live with a roommate who is too clean and judges you?
62. Would you rather wake up at 5 a.m. every day forever or never get to bed before 2 a.m. again?
63. Would you rather have a nosy neighbor or have a noisy neighbor?
64. Would you rather wait in line at a government office for a whole day or be on hold with customer service for six hours?
65. Would you rather build flat-pack furniture with no instructions or paint a whole room with a tiny brush?
66. Would you rather have a hangover every Monday or never be able to stay up past 10 p.m.?
67. Would you rather retire at 40 on a small income or work until 70 and retire very rich?
68. Would you rather have a house with a pool or have a house with a home movie theater?
69. Would you rather have your in-laws move in with you for a month or move in with your in-laws for a month?
70. Would you rather always be the one who pays at group dinners or always be the one who forgot their wallet?
71. Would you rather have a dishwasher that only cleans half the dishes or have a washing machine that shrinks one thing every load?
72. Would you rather live in a tiny apartment in the middle of the city or live in a huge house two hours from anything?
73. Would you rather have a car that always smells like fries or have a car radio stuck on one station?
74. Would you rather go to a wedding where you know nobody or go to a party where you know everyone, including your exes?
75. Would you rather give a wedding toast with zero preparation or be the first person to sing at karaoke night?
76. Would you rather be the friend who plans everything or be the friend who never plans anything?
77. Would you rather get stuck in an elevator with your boss or get stuck in an elevator with your ex?
78. Would you rather have free childcare forever or have free house cleaning forever?
79. Would you rather never have to do laundry again or never have to wash dishes again?
80. Would you rather have a boss who checks everything you do or have a boss who never answers your questions?
81. Would you rather quit your job tomorrow with six months of pay or stay and get a big promotion in a year?
82. Would you rather work four days a week or work from anywhere in the world?
83. Would you rather give a presentation to 500 people or give a presentation to the company CEO alone?
84. Would you rather have no meetings ever but triple the email or have no email ever but double the meetings?
85. Would you rather have your desk next to the coffee machine or have your desk next to the window?
86. Would you rather work in total silence or work next to someone who hums all day?
87. Would you rather have your camera stuck on for every video call or have your microphone stuck on for every video call?
88. Would you rather have a one-hour train commute you can read on or have a twenty-minute drive in heavy traffic?
89. Would you rather sit next to a coworker who microwaves fish every day or sit next to a coworker who takes every call on speakerphone?
90. Would you rather get unlimited vacation you feel guilty taking or get four weeks of vacation you are required to take?
91. Would you rather be able to mute anyone in real life or be able to fast-forward any meeting?
92. Would you rather start work at 6 a.m. and finish at 2 p.m. or start at noon and finish at 8 p.m.?
93. Would you rather work for a brilliant boss who is rude or work for a kind boss who is clueless?
94. Would you rather have your performance review read out at the company party or have your workday filmed for a reality show?
95. Would you rather have the office always a little too hot or have the office always a little too cold?
96. Would you rather have a job where you travel every week or have a job where you never leave your town?
97. Would you rather be the boss and get blamed for everything or be on the team and never get the credit?
98. Would you rather accidentally share your screen on a call while shopping for pajamas or accidentally send your boss a heart in the team chat?
99. Would you rather get one surprise day off every month or leave an hour early every Friday?
100. Would you rather have every call start ten minutes late or have every call run ten minutes over?
101. Would you rather live in a tiny cabin together for a year or live in a mansion shared with both your families for a year?
102. Would you rather move to a new country together or stay in your hometown together forever?
103. Would you rather live with a partner who is a neat freak or live with a partner who is very messy?
104. Would you rather plan a wedding in one week or plan a wedding for three years?
105. Would you rather have dinner with your whole extended family every Sunday or see them only once a year for a whole week?
106. Would you rather have your embarrassing childhood stories told at your wedding or have your baby photos shown at your graduation?
107. Would you rather have your house be the one every cousin visits or never have houseguests at all?
108. Would you rather host every holiday at your house or travel to someone else's house every holiday?
109. Would you rather open presents on Christmas Eve or open presents on Christmas morning?
110. Would you rather have a real Christmas tree or have a fake tree that never drops a needle?
111. Would you rather wrap every gift for the whole family or cook the whole holiday dinner?
112. Would you rather get socks every Christmas forever or get a mystery box every Christmas that could be amazing or awful?
113. Would you rather have it snow every day in December or have a warm sunny Christmas and never see snow again?
114. Would you rather get a handmade gift or get an expensive store-bought gift?
115. Would you rather spend the holidays at a snowy ski lodge or spend the holidays on a tropical beach?
116. Would you rather hear the same holiday song on repeat all December or hear no holiday music at all?
117. Would you rather untangle every string of lights or put the lights up on the roof?
118. Would you rather get snowed in at home for a week or get stuck at the airport for two days over the holidays?
119. Would you rather put up decorations on November 1st or wait until December 20th?
120. Would you rather fall asleep before midnight on New Year's Eve or stay awake but be alone at midnight?
121. Would you rather get snowed into a cabin with your coworkers or get snowed into a cabin with your in-laws?
122. Would you rather shovel the driveway every morning all winter or scrape the ice off every car on your street once?
123. Would you rather know the answer to any one question or ask your future self one question?
124. Would you rather be loved by many people or be deeply loved by a few?
125. Would you rather relive your best day or erase your worst day?
126. Would you rather be remembered for a thousand years or be happy every day but forgotten when you are gone?
127. Would you rather never feel embarrassed again or never feel jealous again?
128. Would you rather have more time or have more money?
129. Would you rather go back to age 10 knowing everything you know now or fast-forward to age 80 with all your memories?
130. Would you rather discover the secret of the universe but tell no one or discover one small thing and get famous for it?
131. Would you rather chase a big dream that might fail or live a safe, comfortable life you never question?
132. Would you rather be the best in the world at one thing or be pretty good at everything?
133. Would you rather always have to say exactly what you think or never be allowed to share your opinion?
134. Would you rather have your dream job or have your dream home?
135. Would you rather meet your 10-year-old self or meet your 80-year-old self?
136. Would you rather have a friend who is always honest or have a friend who is always kind?
137. Would you rather know what everyone really thinks of you or never find out?
138. Would you rather live in a world without lies or live in a world without secrets?
139. Would you rather laugh out loud at a very serious moment or cry at a silly movie in front of all your friends?
140. Would you rather call someone by the wrong name for an hour or forget their name in the middle of introducing them?
141. Would you rather get caught singing loudly alone in the car or get caught talking to yourself in the mirror?
142. Would you rather go in for a hug when they wanted a handshake or go in for a high five and get left hanging?
143. Would you rather have your most embarrassing moment shown on a billboard or have it retold at every family dinner?
144. Would you rather have a talking black cat that gossips about you or have a talking owl that corrects your grammar?
145. Would you rather give out the best candy on the street or have the best decorated house on the street?
146. Would you rather wear a costume that is far too hot or wear a costume you can't sit down in?
147. Would you rather go to work dressed as a giant hot dog or be the only person at the party with no costume?
148. Would you rather hand out candy all night to other people's kids or take six overtired kids trick-or-treating?
149. Would you rather watch a scary movie alone in a cabin or walk through a haunted house holding a stranger's hand?
150. Would you rather be the back half of a two-person horse costume or go solo in a costume nobody recognizes?
151. Would you rather explain your costume to every person you meet or be mistaken for a different costume all night?
152. Would you rather watch your boss win the office costume contest every year or have to judge the office costume contest yourself?
153. Would you rather eat all the trick-or-treat candy by October 20 or run out of candy at 7 pm with a line at the door?
154. Would you rather host the Halloween party and clean up alone or go to a party where you only know the host's dog?
155. Would you rather wear full face paint for a ten-hour workday or wear a rubber mask for a one-hour meeting?
156. Would you rather have your in-laws show up in costumes that match yours or have your ex show up in the same costume as you?
157. Would you rather scream the loudest in the haunted house in front of your date or have your date hide behind you the whole way through?
158. Would you rather be the house that gives out toothbrushes or be the house that gives out raisins?
159. Would you rather have a ghost that folds your laundry but judges your outfits or have a ghost that pays one bill a month but moans all night?
160. Would you rather learn your house is haunted after you sign the mortgage or learn your roommate is a vampire after you sign the lease?
161. Would you rather carve one pumpkin together and let your partner pick the design or carve two pumpkins and let the guests vote on whose is worse?
162. Would you rather wear skeleton pajamas to the grocery store or wear a full witch costume to a parent-teacher meeting?
163. Would you rather watch a scary movie with someone who talks the whole time or watch it with someone who grabs your arm at every noise?
164. Would you rather decorate in September and get comments from the neighbors or decorate on October 30 and get comments from the neighbors?
165. Would you rather spend a month's fun money on one great costume or make a costume from whatever is in your recycling bin?
166. Would you rather be tied to your partner all night as a two-headed monster or lose your partner all night because everyone is in a mask?
167. Would you rather end every October email with an evil laugh or say "boo" before you speak in every October meeting?
168. Would you rather share your candy stash with the whole office or have the office find the stash hidden in your desk?
169. Would you rather go to work on November 1 with a sugar crash or go to work on November 1 covered in glitter that won't wash off?
170. Would you rather relive your best day of this year or get a preview of your best day of next year?
171. Would you rather have your most embarrassing moment of the year shown on a big screen at midnight or give a five-minute speech about your year with no notes?
172. Would you rather know one thing that will happen to you next year or change one thing that happened this year?
173. Would you rather spend New Year's Eve at a huge street party or spend it with four friends and a table of snacks?
174. Would you rather kiss someone at midnight who never texts back or spend midnight alone in the bathroom line?
175. Would you rather start the year with a spotless house or start it with an empty inbox?
176. Would you rather host the party and do all the cleanup or be a guest at a party where you know nobody?
177. Would you rather be asleep by ten on New Year's Eve or be out until five in the morning?
178. Would you rather toast with flat champagne or toast with warm beer?
179. Would you rather wake up on New Year's Day with a headache and great stories or wake up fresh having missed all of it?
180. Would you rather spend midnight with your in-laws or spend it at your boss's house?
181. Would you rather have your resolutions read aloud at work every Monday or have your screen time read aloud at dinner every Sunday?
182. Would you rather go to the gym every day in January and never again or go once a month for the whole year?
183. Would you rather be stuck in an elevator with a stranger at 11:55 or be stuck in traffic with your whole family at 11:55?
184. Would you rather stay in with takeout and a movie or dress up for a party with a pricey ticket?
185. Would you rather give a toast in front of a hundred people or sing the first verse of Auld Lang Syne alone?
186. Would you rather share a midnight kiss in the rain or share one on a packed dance floor?
187. Would you rather keep one resolution perfectly or half keep five of them?
188. Would you rather never pay one bill of your choice again or get three extra weeks of vacation every year?
189. Would you rather be the designated driver every New Year's Eve or be the host every New Year's Eve?
190. Would you rather let your partner pick your resolution or let your mother pick it?
191. Would you rather go to the office party with karaoke or work the midnight shift for double pay?
192. Would you rather run into your ex at midnight or run into your dentist on the dance floor?
193. Would you rather carve the turkey with the whole family watching or give the toast with the whole family recording?
194. Would you rather wash every dish by hand after dinner or peel potatoes for 30 people before it?
195. Would you rather find out at noon that the turkey is still frozen or find out at noon that the oven is broken?
196. Would you rather host Thanksgiving for 25 people or drive eight hours to someone else's?
197. Would you rather sit next to the uncle with an opinion on everything or sit next to the aunt who asks about your love life?
198. Would you rather be stuck in holiday traffic for five hours or be stuck in an airport for five hours?
199. Would you rather have leftovers every day for a month or have one perfect plate and no leftovers at all?
200. Would you rather bring the dessert everyone fights over or bring the side dish everyone wants the recipe for?
201. Would you rather watch football all day without a nap or nap all day without any football?
202. Would you rather be the one who cooks everything or be the one who cleans everything?
203. Would you rather eat two full dinners in one day to keep both families happy or skip both and order takeout on the couch?
204. Would you rather serve a turkey that's a little dry or serve gravy that's a little lumpy?
205. Would you rather be in charge of the turkey for the first time or be in charge of keeping the toddlers out of the kitchen?
206. Would you rather sleep on an air mattress that slowly goes flat or sleep on a couch that's a foot too short?
207. Would you rather share one bathroom with nine relatives all weekend or share a bed with a cousin who kicks?
208. Would you rather explain your job to your grandparents again or fix the settings on their TV remote again?
209. Would you rather wear stretchy pants to a fancy dinner or wear a fancy outfit to an all-you-can-eat buffet?
210. Would you rather do the grocery run the night before Thanksgiving or get up at 4 a.m. to put the turkey in?
211. Would you rather go to a Friendsgiving where everyone brought chips or go to one where everyone brought dessert?
212. Would you rather bring a store-bought pie and admit it or bring a homemade pie that went wrong?
213. Would you rather eat Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant with no dishes to wash or eat at home and keep all the leftovers?
214. Would you rather have your in-laws stay for a full week or drive back and forth to see them four days in a row?
215. Would you rather drop the turkey on the floor with nobody watching or drop the pie with everybody watching?
216. Would you rather hear the same family story for the tenth time or be the embarrassing story this year?
217. Would you rather run a 5K on Thanksgiving morning or rake the whole yard before the guests arrive?
218. Would you rather go shopping at 5 a.m. on Black Friday or sleep until noon and miss every deal?
219. Would you rather be the only adult at the kids' table or be the only kid at the grown-up table?

Tips for a better game

• Ban "neither" and "it depends". Being forced to choose is what makes people argue.
• If the group splits evenly, the reader decides which side argued better.
• Keep a tally. Whoever lands in the minority most often reads the next round.

Questions people ask

What are some good Would You Rather questions for adults?

Five from this list: Would you rather eat only cold pizza for a year or eat only warm salad for a year? Would you rather never use social media again or never watch another video online? Would you rather live with a messy roommate or live with a roommate who is too clean and judges you? Would you rather have your camera stuck on for every video call or have your microphone stuck on for every video call? Would you rather never feel embarrassed again or never feel jealous again?

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