Would you rather - -

#1251

I like pumpkins, or what I really like is colorful gourds & corn stalks. Mums have never been my favorite.

Would you rather see man establish a colony on Mars, or a colony at the bottom of the sea?

#1252

RAPTURE.

Colombia or Rapture?

(Look up Bioshock images of the two places)

#1253

Columbia. When I was younger, I would have picked Rapture probably. But in my old age, darkness (symbolic of death in general) is less attractive to me than it was when I was in my 20's. Now I want all the sunshine, flowers, chipmunks & birdsong I can get.

Hedonism or Epicureanism?

#1254

Hedonism. Epicureanism is just hedonism made needlessly complicated and unnaturally modest.

Would you rather have unlimited, absolute free will and be empty or have no free will whatsoever (not even freedom of movement) and be happy?

#1255

Absolute free will. I spent a huge chuck of my life voluntarily being miserable & dark, so I could not respect myself as a mindlessly happy minion of the status quo.

Spinoza or Nietzsche?

#1256

Spinoza. Nietzsche is a good writer but his ideas are too transparently concocted from his insecurities and grrrrrl problems for me to take them that seriously. Spinoza I don't know much about but if I'm correct that his ideas influenced pantheism then he gets points from me for that because I feel it's a step in the right direction.

I'm liking the philosophy chain we got going here.

Ethics or epistemology?

#1257

Epistemology by far.

Endurantism or perdurantism?

#1258

I had to look those up. It was interesting, thanks for making me learn something!

Perdurantism. When I read about it, it clicked with me right away. I don't think I have existed as a fully gestalt being at all points in my life, and do believe time is a quantifiable dimension along with the three normally recognized.

Is your nominal identity based on intrinsic personal attributes (i.e., male, gay, black) or society assigned attributes (French, Engineer, Student, etc.)?

#1259

Intrinsic personal attributes, though I'd like to think my nominal identity is based on neither.

Camus or Kierkegaard?

#1260

Interesting, mine is definitely intrinsic. I have only known one woman with a societal construct ("teacher") as her primary identity. But I have known multiple men that identify as their career as their primary identity, and at least one that identifies primarily as his nationality.

That's a tough one. I am not a person of faith and do not have any desire to surrender to faith, I *can't* take the leap of faith required for Kierkegaard. Camus makes more sense to me, and when I was younger I often let this kind of thing bring me to despair, that ultimately, all is meaninglessness. So although I *can't* accept the basic premise of the one, I don't like to accept the basic premise of Camus. But, if pushed, I would have to say Camus. Reality for the bleak win.

Rousseau or David Hume?

#1261

I know little about Jean-Jacques Rousseau, but Hume is almost everything I disagree with and even oppose in philosophy. Rousseau it is.

Bread or butter?

#1262

Butter is much better for the teeth.

Eggs or bacon?

#1263

Bacon.

A day of excitement or a day of peace and quiet?

#1264

Excitement. I've had way too much peace and quiet lately.

Property in a mountain range or on a tropical beach?

#1265

The mountains. No Hurricane Matthew.

Cappuccino or espresso?

#1266

Cappuccino, it lasts longer.

Thanksgiving or Christmas?

#1267

Christmas.

Halloween or Valentine's Day?

#1268

Halloween.

Trick or treat?

#1269

Treats. I don't want any tricks in this neighborhood. They could involve bullets.

Stereo chorus or digital delay?

#1270

Delay k

Wah-wah or phaser?

#1271

Wah wah.

"The Raven" or "Annabel Lee?"

#1272

The Raven k

Edgar Allan Poe or Nathaniel Hawthorne?

#1273

Poe.

American or European folklore?

#1274

European (although I'm probably less familiar with American)

Werewolves or vampires?

#1275

Vampires, I'm not a fan of back hair.

Pirates or ninjas?

#1276

Ninjas.

Thieves or assassins?

Same question, basically.

#1277

Assassins, because they kill people.

Lawyers or politicians?

#1278

Six of one...half a dozen...eww.

Lawyers. They hold politicians accountable.

Lynyrd Skynyrd or Molly Hatchet?

#1279

Molly Hatchet, although I don't care much for either.

Hammer or sickle?

#1280

Vompatti wrote:Molly Hatchet, although I don't care much for either.

Hammer or sickle?

Sickle, because agriculture allowed vast improvements in the human standard of living previous impossible.

Magic or technology?

#1281

Magic, because it's more useful and consumes less natural resources.

Philosophy or psychology?

#1282

Philosophy.

Money for nothing or your chicks for free?

#1283

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat I always thought it was CHECKS for free, like just another way of saying money for nothing. I guess money for nothing then.

Dire Straits or Steely Dan?

**http://www.last.fm/user/nutella23** · #1284

Steely Dan all the way man

The Police or solo Sting?

#1285

The Police. Sting has a few I really like, but The Police are edgier.

You've got a band. Sting or Chris Squire on bass + backup vocals?

#1286

Chris Squire no contest.

You've got a band. Christian Vander or Yoshida Tatsuya on drums?

#1287

Yoshida.

Be buried or cremated? (if it would be purely up to your preference)

#1288

Buried. I want a mausoleum for my body to live in.

Would you rather your tombstone list your worst character flaw or your worst physical feature?

#1289

Worst physical feature. I earned it.

Would you rather died a peaceful death and be buried in a pine box in a church yard or blown up to the extent that there's nothing left to bury?

#1290

Blown up, not for the lack of remains but because I imagine that would be a fun and quick death.

Death by burning or death by drowning?

#1291

Drowning, less overall pain and it's be more a waiting to black out than a waiting to see how long it would take to kill you.

Would you rather saw off one of your own limbs or have every joint in your limbs broken one by one

#1292

Saw one off. A person is fairly useless (and pain wracked for the forseeable future) with every joint broken. I broke one joint in my pinkie and I was in pain for ages and had to have surgery to fix it. I can't imagine how horrible the pain would be with multiple broken joints. Ugh.

Tell a hard truth about yourself to a loved one or to a stranger?

#1293

Stranger.

Would you rather host a show like Jerry Springer or be a TV judge?

#1294

S~V~S wrote:Saw one off. A person is fairly useless <snip>

Poor MattMatt.

Host a show. I'd have more options for subject matter and fun than being a TV judge.

Would you rather be Calvin or Hobbes?

#1295

S~V~S wrote:Saw one off. A person is fairly useless (and pain wracked for the forseeable future) with every joint broken. I broke one joint in my pinkie and I was in pain for ages and had to have surgery to fix it. I can't imagine how horrible the pain would be with multiple broken joints. Ugh.

Tell a hard truth about yourself to a loved one or to a stranger?

This essentially happened to my uncle - not every single bone, but a heck of a lot. On Boxing Day in 2014, he was in a car accident when a man going the other way had a heart attack and went over the centre line. My uncle was over 70 and so his body was hardly equipped to deal with such an impact in the first place. His legs and one arm were basically destroyed.

He set a record at one of our major hospitals for length of time in intensive care. It took him a long time to both heal and regain use of his limbs properly. I can't even imagine how hard it was. There were many times when we did not expect him to survive. But somehow he did.

Is Hobbes the imaginary tiger? Hobbes.

Eternal life as a poor person or short life as a rich person?

#1296

I wouldn't want eternal life even if I were rich, much less if I were poor.

Eat whatever you want and gain five pounds a year for the rest of your life or only eat aubergines and remain thin forever?

#1297

I am not an aubergine fan so fat and happy.

Full time student or full time philanthropist (assuming limitless funds in either case)?

#1298

Philanthropist. I am always a student no matter what I do, and I like giving.

Would you rather have to run a mile every time you used a profane word or pay $5 to a swear jar?

#1299

Swear jar.

Never hear music again, or hear only an artist you dislike for the rest of your life?

#1300

S~V~S wrote:Swear jar.

Never hear music again, or hear only an artist you dislike for the rest of your life?

Only hear an artist I dislike. Going deaf and/or blind are my biggest fears in life.

Turkey or Ham on Christmas Day?

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