The Syndicate

Wine.

Crème brûlée or rice pudding?

Crème brûlée!!!



Remove wallpaper from a bathroom all evening or relax and sip some delicious chianti?

indiglo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:31 pm 3 choices?? Does that break the game??

I'll go Lake, since he was also a producer. I wish I had a producer. Mixing is one of my least favorite parts of creating music. It gets rather tedious at times.



Wine or beer?

You need a mixer?



I'm interested.

indiglo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:38 pm Crème brûlée!!!



Remove wallpaper from a bathroom all evening or relax and sip some delicious chianti?

I going to have to go with the second option, Pat.

Record a double-double or hit a home run?

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:34 am Record a double-double or hit a home run?

Depends on the type of double-double. If it's the typical points-rebounds variety, gimme the homer. If it's something cool and rare like points-steals (or blocks-steals, but let's be reasonable), gimme that.

Approach work with this mindset:

Or this mindset:

the second. i'm never in the first mindset and actually getting anything accomplished.

shower or bath

Shower.

Dust or mop?

mop.

walking or cycling?

Walk.

Similes or metaphors?

Simile.

Dancing or singing?

singing. girl, i got a heck of a voice.

shopping for clothes or shopping for groceries?

Groceries.

Bite-sized pasta shapes or noodle pasta shapes?

Bite sized shapes.

Sunscreen or no sunscreen?

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, when i wanna tan, i go without and apply tanning oils. if cancer is in my future, it's happening with or without sunscreen tbh.

sea or swimming pool

Swimming pool.

Reverb or Delay?

Reverb. I just can't with delay.


Liquid body wash or bar soap?

Liquid body wash all the way. Bar soap creates a weird squeaky feeling on the skin that I can't stand, while body wash is nice and slippery smooth.


chocolate covered espresso beans or chocolate covered dried berries?

Chocolate covered dried berries. Espresso beans yeck

Travel to the south pole in an Antarctic hike expedition, or travel to the north pole aboard a sturdy ship?

North pole? I don't know why. I can see plenty of iceholes around here.

Orchestral Queen or Orchestral Pink Floyd?

Pink Floyd.

Lazy Saturday with the fam (or friends) or get all the weekly errands/chores done and out of the way?

I typically don't get much done on Saturday.

Be sent back in time to the Battle of the Somme or the Bataan Death March?

Battle of the Somme.

Get caught getting extra special services at a massage parlor in Florida or get caught cheating college admissions procedures on behalf of your children?

Hmmm, I wish this were truth or tooth, I would just share a tooth fact now.

Anyhow, I suppose extra special services at a massage parlor in Florida? At least if I were in Florida it would likely mean I was on vacation... so that's something.




Eat a half rotten apple or a half rotten tomato?

Oh ick yuck I guess a rotten apple?

Take me out to the ballgame - do you prefer regular popcorn or cracker jacks?

Cracker Jacks.

Four strikeouts and a home run, or five singles?

Five singles makes it farther.

Watch all the Fast and Furious movies in one sitting or listen through every Nickelback album in one sitting?

leetic wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:01 am Five singles makes it farther.

Watch all the Fast and Furious movies in one sitting or listen through every Nickelback album in one sitting?

I don't mind either, but I prefer music, since I can do other things, so Nickelback it is.

Be fluent in five languages or hold world records in five things?

Five languages. World records can be broken, as long as I use my language skills they're mine forever. (Plus I'm halfway there already )




Have diarrhea for a week, or vomit daily for 5 days?

(Can you tell there's been a stomach bug going around lately? I have remained clear of it so far )

I don't mind the trots. Vomiting is bad for the esophagus.

I once ate 40 prunes on a dare in college. I missed all my classes the next day.

Six string or twelve string?

Twelve.

BC/AD or BCE/CE?

BC/AD. The latter makes even less sense than the former.

Study Jesus or study dinosaurs?

I personally don't think studying one precludes studying the other... however I have to choose, so I'll go with dinosaurs. I feel like I have more left to learn there, and learning is good.




April Fool's or Halloween Tricks?

April Fool’s, because they’re typically more light-hearted.


Skydive or bungee jump?

Bungee, I've already done a few skydives.

Would you rather have a sloth or monkey sitting on your shoulder speaking for you?

Roxy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:04 am Bungee, I've already done a few skydives.

Would you rather have a sloth or monkey sitting on your shoulder speaking for you?

Sloth, much less likely to steal things from me, & easier to catch if it did.




Which meal would you give up for life, lunch or dinner?

Lunch easily, I often skip it or just have a small snack or two in the afternoon

Would you rather eat spicy food for every meal or sweet food for every meal

Sweet food. Sometimes spicy food upsets my stomach for the rest of the night.

Eat pizza or stromboli?

Pizza!!

Would you rather have velvet worms for fingers or scorpions for toes?

Scorpions for toes, so that way my physical functionality is less affected when I chop it off. Besides, when I replace it with some sort of robotic apparatus my feet will stop complaining they hurt on long days AND I can finally not be restricted by shoe size (Finding the right shoe I like for US-size 13.5 or 14 wides is a bit tough ;-;)

Would you rather

-Live in a imaginary world that could have anything in it at your will BUT other people?
-Be reborn in the same world, same time, but different circumstances (such as parents, place, etc?)

To clarify, you wouldn't have a choice as to what circumstances you get in option 2.

Imaginary world with no other people. I could easily go all Tom Hanks and spend my days talking to a volleyball.

Would you rather give up your ability to hear or your ability to taste?

Oof. Tough choice. I tend to have slight issues with hearing in general, so there's points to take that, but I also tend to be a picky eater as well. I would have to say remove my ability to taste; that way (I hope) I don't actually taste things whenever I try one of those seemingly very interesting or very healthy foods/drinks/smoothies and not feel the immediate urge to throw-up. I'll miss the great taste of my favorite brands for pizza, chocolate milk, tea, cheeseburgers, and fries though.

Would you rather

-No tables
-No chairs/stools

MartinGG99 wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 2:29 pm Oof. Tough choice. I tend to have slight issues with hearing in general, so there's points to take that, but I also tend to be a picky eater as well. I would have to say remove my ability to taste; that way (I hope) I don't actually taste things whenever I try one of those seemingly very interesting or very healthy foods/drinks/smoothies and not feel the immediate urge to throw-up. I'll miss the great taste of my favorite brands for pizza, chocolate milk, tea, cheeseburgers, and fries though.

Would you rather

-No tables
-No chairs/stools

No chairs/stools. Without tables, it’s more difficult to play games and put puzzles together. I sit too much at work as it is.

(Also, bold choice on no taste. I had COVID and lost my sense of taste for a few days. Having eating reduced to temperature and texture was unnerving, because some things I eat have strange texture that flavor distracts from.)


Would you rather see the world without color or hear the world in mono?

This is also a hard choice, because I value both seeing the world in color and hearing the world in a way that allows me to tell where the sound is coming from quickly (I presume that's what hearing in mono removes?). After thinking about it for awhile, I think I tend to get larger overall benefit from seeing the world in color.

Biggest down-side I could imagine is if there was some sort of emergency that I needed to be aware of around me immediately, it would be hard to tell. That said, most of the time when I'm hearing digital sound effects they're mono or stereo in such a way I wouldn't mind it being mono. Actually, heck, sometimes I wish I could make my music mono without cutting an instrument out (or at least I haven't figured how to do so in the way I wish) and so I hope hearing the world in mono would do that; its a pet peeve of mine if an instrument in a song I like is only on one side of the audio or another when using earbuds. Though I realize its probably not as simple as this, and inevitably some of my audible experiences are going to be different and initially disorienting (beyond expectations) as such.

As for seeing in the world in color, well, I think this is kinda self-explanatory but additionally if I ever want to get into creating art for practicing good mental health I would imagine it would be better doing it in color.

Would you rather

-A longer alphabet (in other words; English having more characters/symbols)
-A shorter alphabet (less characters/symbols)

Totally not inspired by your quest as shown in your signature. But seriously, I do wonder if there's a preference here after putting thought into the possible real consequences of each.

I would opt for a shorter alphabet. I've read the dictionary, and there are too many archaic spellings that lead to confusing attempts to write out. As a result, some words could be shorter, though some might end up longer as well. Shortening the English alphabet would also allow us to finally change the key settings on our keyboards. The QWERTY and home rows are relics of the swing-arm typewriter era to prevent jams that no longer happen.

Would you rather spend eternity trying to convincing people in Heaven that they are really in Hell, or spend eternity trying to convince people in Hell that they are really in Heaven?

I think I always opt for the first option. If it were a bad thing then I would guess that wouldn't happen in heaven in the first place, though I'm not a theologist or religious (in most concepts of "being religious"). I could go for the second option, as a matter of helping people, but there are some people who I don't wish to help and I imagine this "would you rather" doesn't give me much choice in the matter.

Would you rather

-Social advancements
-Technological advancements

Both options don't entirely exclude the other; just a higher priority or strength in such an area.

MartinGG99 wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 8:33 am I think I always opt for the first option. If it were a bad thing then I would guess that wouldn't happen in heaven in the first place, though I'm not a theologist or religious (in most concepts of "being religious"). I could go for the second option, as a matter of helping people, but there are some people who I don't wish to help and I imagine this "would you rather" doesn't give me much choice in the matter.

Would you rather

-Social advancements
-Technological advancements

Both options don't entirely exclude the other; just a higher priority or strength in such an area.

Technological advancements. Social advancements are subjective, technology is objective.



Would you rather a donut or a muffin in the morning?

It depends entirely on the donut and muffin I'm deciding between, as well as my disposition that morning. I love a good blueberry muffin, but it has to be moist. Otherwise, I will probably opt for the more accessible donut option.


Attend the Game 7 of the World Series or Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals?

World Series. The intensity of every single pitch would be hair-raising.

Visit the coordinate center of the Amazon Rainforest or the coordinate center of the Sahara Desert?

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 12:57 pm World Series. The intensity of every single pitch would be hair-raising.

Visit the coordinate center of the Amazon Rainforest or the coordinate center of the Sahara Desert?

Rainforest because a) the wildlife of the Amazon would be a sight to behold and b) the lack of everything of the Sahara would not.

Have easily-breakable vines for arms that take a month to regrow back
Or
Have 3.5ft-wide industrial treads for legs with a max speed of 3.5 mph?

Industrial treads for legs. I hate healing; I’m a miserable patient.


Pie or cake?