Making good use of our time, a friend and I played the Which is Worse? game.
It's simple enough. One person asks a question. Which is worse, X or Z? The other person chooses one then asks their own question. Rinse and repeat.
Which is worse? Going to jail for a crime I didn't commit. Knowing a friend is in jail for something that I committed.
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
Knowing a friend is in jail for something that I committed.
I get really guilty, plus, as long as I was at a minimum security prison, I think I wouldn't mind it too bad. And in the first case, things can only improve, while in th second case you'll always be worrying about someone finding out.
Which is worse? Being buried alive. Being locked in a freezer. (Both cases, no one knows, although they might eventually figure it out. Maybe.)
Posted by jlt (Member # 10088) on :
Being locked in a freezer, maybe there's something in there you can use to get out or a safety lock or something.
Which is worse? Starving to death Resorting to cannibalism
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Starving to death, hands down, assuming I'm only eating people who happened to die, and not resorting to killing them myself. Otherwise, swap my answer.
Which is worse -- eating a bowl of worms or eating a bowl of hair?
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
Worms. You can ball the hair up, but worms, they squirm and gooze when you chomp down.
Which is worse? A bad senior picture in your yearbook. A bad driver's license picture.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Bad senior yearbook. You're supposed to look bad on your license, or it will be suspected of being fake.
Which is worse -- knowing how you'll die, or knowing when?
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
I might be weird, in that I'd like to know both pieces of information. That being said, I think it'd be worse to only know how, 'cause if it's something semi-common like a car accident, you'll be worried whenever you get in a car.
Which is worse? Having the water stop working in your house for a week. Having the electricity stop working in your house for a week.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Heh. The worst is living in my house and having the electricity go out, like happened in December, because then you don't have electricity or water.
That's not a real answer though. Carry on.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Having the electricity stop would be worse, simply because of all of the food in the freezer and refrigerator that would spoil.
Which is worse? Breaking up with someone. Being broken up with.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Being broken up with.
The actual act of breaking up can be harsh, but afterwards you probably won't feel the effects nearly as much as the person who just got dumped.
Which is worse? Being without the internet for a month. Being without your cell phone for a month.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Internet.
I voluntarily gave up my cell phone, but I wouldn't want to lose my internet.
What is worse -- only being able to buy mass-marked goods, or hand-crafted originals?
Posted by Reticulum (Member # 8776) on :
Hand crafted. I LIKE mass marketed stuff. Weird huh?
Which is worse - Having to kill your family, or having to kill yourself?
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
I guess the missing word in the first part is kill, in which case I'd definitely go with the first.
Which is worse? No public bathroom around when you really need to go. No public fountain around when you're really thirsty & don't have any money.
Posted by Reticulum (Member # 8776) on :
No bathroom, that could end REALLY badly.
Which is worse? Getting an A off a test you cheated on. Getting an F off a test you did yourself.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Getting an A that you cheated for. Sure, it sucks to get an F, but at least you got it honestly. An A means nothing if you didn't earn it. (Yes, I even believed that when I was in school.)
Which is worse? Having your luggage end up on the wrong plane and not being able to get it back? Or getting on the wrong plane yourself and ending up somewhere far away from where you wanted to be?
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
F,
I want done with high school. I dont care how. I already know the material. Which means I would cheat... hmm. I will stand.
Having to permanently remove all your hair?
or permanently having hair all over your body?
Posted by Reticulum (Member # 8776) on :
Defnitely getting on the wrong plane.
Which sis Worse? Another Cold War. The United States remaining as a lone Superpower.
Posted by skeptical scientist (Member # 10369) on :
US as lone superpower. Cold wars aren't that bad, but I don't trust the US government, at all.
Which is worse? Being stuck on a desert island with no other humans for company and no hope of rescue or escape, but enough coconuts to feed you for years. Being stuck on a desert island with only the person you hate most, no room to get away from them, no hope of rescue or escape, and plenty of coconuts. And he has a gun.
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
I'm a loner. I'd much prefer the solitary island. And to answer RunningBear's, it'd depend on the cost/pain of getting the hair removed. If it's not too high, I'd go with the hair removel + wig. Not sure what to do about eyebrows & eyelashes, though.
What's worse? Getting frost bite on any two limbs (your choice!), to the extent you have to amputate. Getting burns over 50% of your visible body, with the accompanying scars.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Having to permanently remove all your hair?
or permanently having hair all over your body?
Creepy. I almost asked the EXACT same question.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
I'd have to go with amputating my legs (I'm lazy anyway). Permanent scarring over half my body? No way.
Hilton's far, far worse. Lohan has some talent, even if she's recently self-destructed.
Which is worse: Believing something which makes you happy, but secretly thinking that it's probably not true.
or
Knowing for a fact that something you aren't happy with is true, but wishing it were not.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Self-delusion is worse.
Which is worse? Jar Jar in episode 1,
or Threepio in episode 2?
Posted by Feer (Member # 9846) on :
Jar Jar in episode 1... I still have nightmares.
Which is worse?
Losing your whole music library?
Losing your whole movie library?
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Losing your movie library. If you lose your music library, your roommate/friend/SO probably has music you like and you can listen to that until you rebuild yours (not pirating, borrowing).
Which is worse:
Finishing your favorite steak at your favorite restaurant and finding a bandaid under the last bite?
or
Getting stuck in morning traffic in the middle of a bridge immediately after finishing a large cup of coffee and a bran muffin?
(I think I've heard that somewhere...)
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Somewhere like So I Married an Axe Murderer?
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
I believe it's the movie So I Married an Ax Murder.
Finishing your favorite steak. From long car rides as a child, I've learned to hold it with the best of 'em. (TMI?)
Which is worse? Realizing as you pull up to the airport that you left your I.D. at home. Realizing as you pull into the office parking lot that you forgot to do that report for THE big meeting in twenty minutes
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Not doing the report.
Tha former happened to my father once, my mother always comes to the airport three months before the flight. He brought my sister's ID, so he went home and came back on time.
Which is worse?
(1) Copying off your best friend on an exam and realising too late you copied their name off too,
OR
(2) Marrying happily and building a charming family then waking up one morning to discover you're fully gay?
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Somewhere like So I Married an Axe Murderer?
*snap* That's right! Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Copying my friends name, because not only am I a cheat, but a really bad one.
Also, because the second one is pretty much impossible, at least for what I think of as "fully gay". How could you not find out you're not attracted to the opposite sex at all even while making babies with your spouse?
Which is worse -- losing your legs, or keeping them, but with not functionality and a lot of pain in them.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
If they don't function and are a source of pain, why would you possibly *want* to keep them? Having them is definitely worse in that scenario.
Which is worse, dying and descending to Hades, or dying and descending to Hel?
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: Which is worse -- losing your legs, or keeping them, but with not functionality and a lot of pain in them.
Definitely keeping them. At least without them, you could get some prosthetics and regain some mobility. With them you're just in pain and they're just sort of dead weight.
Hopefully, if the injury is bad enough to lose the legs, but not bad enough that there's a question of whether or not they can be kept, you could keep most of the leg or at least one below the knee.
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Which is worse, dying and descending to Hades, or dying and descending to Hel?
Hell. At least in Hades, you get to see some interesting mythology going on around you. Hell is just endless torment and pain. No thanks.
Which is worse: Being ejected into space in orbit while still wearing a spacesuit to die slowly and alone.
or
To be thrown into a pit of human filth wearing SCUBA gear tied by an unbreakable chain to a rock too heavy for you to drag out of the pit.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Noemon and Primal -- in such a case, would you consider getting your legs amputated?
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: Noemon and Primal -- in such a case, would you consider getting your legs amputated?
Yes. Though it would be a really hard decision. Who knows what kind of miracle medical technologies could be invented just a few years down the road that could lead to a full recovery of my legs? It'd be a gamble, but I'd probably go with amputation.
Posted by Feer (Member # 9846) on :
I think I would freeze my legs, after amputation... just in case they can somehow put them back on later.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Porter, defintely. If there was no chance of regaining mobility I wouldn't give it a second thought. What would be the advantage in keeping them?
I'd say that being flung into the pit would be worse than dying in space. You're dying either way, and at least in space the view would be interesting. Plus, everybody dies alone.
Which is a worse way to die, the black plague or ebola?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by Primal Curve: Who knows what kind of miracle medical technologies could be invented just a few years down the road that could lead to a full recovery of my legs? It'd be a gamble, but I'd probably go with amputation.
Good point (though we ended up in the same spot). With that in mind I guess it would depend on why the legs weren't functional and how well I was able to handle the level of pain they were inflicting on me.
What about you, porter?
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
quote:Which is a worse way to die, the black plague or ebola?
Ebola would be worse for me. Both are incredibly painful, so I don't think I could differentiate there, but the Black Plague only lasted four to seven days, as opposed to seven to fourteen days for Ebola. If I'm gonna die horribly either way, lets try to make it quick.
If you were alone in the woods and a tree fell on your legs and you couldn't get it off, which would be worse...
waiting for help to come the next morning and probably bleeding to death in the meantime,
or cutting your legs off with the Swiss Army knife in your pocket and dragging yourself to safety?
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Primal, note that I specified Hel, not Hell.
Ah! I should know better than to assume a typo on your posts.
Hades still sounds better, as it includes the Elysian Fields.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
I would rather wait and risk it. I don't see why you would need such drastic measures. Besides, cutting off both legs would probably kill you before you could drag yourself anywhere useful - what with the blood loss and shock and what not.
The previous ones about amputation though, there's always the risk of phantom pain, and that's not all that easy to cure either.
Which is worse? Having a booger on your nose and not finding out about it until later. Having a large, green hunk of food stuck in your front teeth and not seeing it till later.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:What about you, porter?
I really don't know.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by Primal Curve:
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Primal, note that I specified Hel, not Hell.
Ah! I should know better than to assume a typo on your posts.
Hades still sounds better, as it includes the Elysian Fields.
Actually, a typo was a fairly reasonable assumption. I agree with you that Hades would be the better choice. The whole coldness thing, along with the frothy mugs of goat urine, don't make Hel sound like a particularly appealing place to spend eternity.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
A booger is definitely worse. Having food stuck in your teeth is a little more acceptable.
Which is worse?
Calling your significant other by your ex's name in the middle of an argument (by accident).
Your significant other hearing you moan your ex's name in your sleep.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
::wince::
That's a really good one, rollainm. I don't have time to think up another pair right now (I'm hurrying to get out of the office), so I'm not going to answer, but that pair was too well crafted to go unremarked.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon:
quote:Originally posted by Primal Curve:
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Primal, note that I specified Hel, not Hell.
Ah! I should know better than to assume a typo on your posts.
Hades still sounds better, as it includes the Elysian Fields.
Actually, a typo was a fairly reasonable assumption. I agree with you that Hades would be the better choice. The whole coldness thing, along with the frothy mugs of goat urine, don't make Hel sound like a particularly appealing place to spend eternity.
Speak for yourself. I can't start my day right without that warm frothy mug of goat urine...
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
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Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Moaning the name is definitely worse - at least in the argument, you have the defense that it was anger that brought it to mind, not desire.
Which is worse:
Having absolutely no options and only one possible course?
or
Having absolutely no options and only one possible course?
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
*head explodes*
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
you make my brain hurt FlyingCow
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
I feel like somehow that phrase is self-contradictory. If you have a course, isn't that an option? As in, the option is between following that course, or remaining inactive?
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
quote:I feel like somehow that phrase is self-contradictory. If you have a course, isn't that an option? As in, the option is between following that course, or remaining inactive?
it seems like Hatrack has opted for the latter in this situation.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I'm on the fence on this question. So, I'll just skip it and carry on with the fun. Too much thought can ruin the fun.
Which is worse:
Burning to death
or
Drowning to death
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Burning to death, it takes longer and you actually die from slow suffocation amidst the shock of intense burning pain. Drowning is not painful except for that instant where you you die.
Which is worse:
A receding hairline
or
A proceeding hairline?
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
Burning is much worse. It doesn't have to be a very hot fire, and I couldn't bear the smell of me cooking. Edit: Receeding. You can always shave.
What's worse, stealing a little from the poor, or stealing a lot from the rich?
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: Burning to death, it takes longer and you actually die from slow suffocation amidst the shock of intense burning pain. Drowning is not painful except for that instant where you you die.
Maybe not physically. But I'd imagine the mental torture while drowning would be much worse: the silence, the solitude, the inability to vocally express your panic.
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Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Define little, a lot, poor and rich...
I can steal $10,000 from Paris Hilton which isn't that bad compared to stealing $5 from a homeless man on the street. Using that as reference I'd say that it's worse to steal a little from the poor.
Now, what's worse? Being eaten alive or eating someone alive(Why would you eat someone alive? I don't know, but that's your choice and let's say there was no way around it)?
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Is eating yourself an option?
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Uh...I'll make that a no.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Well darn...
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
AAHHH!!!!!
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Eating someone else? You can heal from psychological trauma, but not from being dead.
Now what's worse?
Being reincarnated as a Chinese peasant working on the Great Wall?
or
Being reincarnated as a slave labourer working on the Pyramids at Giza?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Mucus: You realize the Chinese scenario could mean two different things,
1: Peasant working on the construction of the Great Wall.
2: Peasant working atop the Great Wall, selling your wares to tourists.
#2 being the case, Pyramids at Giza is definitely worse. Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
...was more thinking #1 being the case...
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
I have to agree with BlackBlade, though 1 would still be better than the pyramids.
Which is worse? Incessant pencil, nails, foot, etc. tapping. Incessant snot snorting.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Sadly, I don't think I have a right to answer this one. I'm guilty of both, the latter mostly just this time of year. The tapping, though...yeah, I think that's mostly due to the band geek in me. I have to keep my hands busy or I will start tapping on something. Or biting my nails...
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