Would You Rather

I have this app that asks me these random questions in a slew of different categories. Allow myself to share some with you and my answer and reasoning...

Oh, they are all formed in the "would you rather..." kind of way.


Would You Rather…

1. Know only the month you will die
2. Know the year you will die

I easilyyyyy choose option 1. To know only the month I will die. You may disagree but let’s think about it. If I am told that I have until 2025 to live then I will absolutely die, then everything is great until January 1, 2025. Then I live the next 1 to 365 days in constant fear. Because I know I won’t be making it until 2026. Of course the counter to this argument is this: what if I find out I will die in 2070? That gives me 61 years of not having to worry. But that is too ideal.

However, if I knew just the month, let’s say October, then every year in October, I only have to live in fear for 30 days. Or 31 actually. Then come November, I know I am good for at least another 11 months. I feel that in the overall scheme of things, my way is not as intelligent on the surface as knowing the actual year. But I would rather be crawled up in my room for 30 days out of the year, every year, than knowing the exact year and staying in my room for 365. Of course, just because I am in my room doesn’t mean I won’t die because I don’t know how I will. But the chances of me getting hit by a car or shot by a stray bullet are slightly less than if I was outside.

Would You Rather…
1. Be rich but hate your job
2. Be poor but love your job

This one is definitely an “up to the person” kind of question. And honestly, there is no right answer. Cash rules everything around me (dollar dollar bill y’all), so how many of us can truly and sincerely say that he or she would pass up more money to work a job? I would. And this doesn’t mean I am making the right decision for you. But for someone like me, I just feel that I need to have a job that I can enjoy. I get bored so easily so I definitely need something to keep me engaged. I am one of those people that even though I may only be at work for 8-9 hours a day, 5 times a week, I have to enjoy that time. The people who choose the first option can (correctly) argue that work is work, it is a job and you have your free time to enjoy life and get away from work. Again, this is a fine, sound argument. But I remember when I was a kid, I used to despise doing anything fun on Sundays. For me the only good day was Saturday. If I had something fun to do on a Sunday, it was always tainted by the fact that I had school the next day. No matter what it was. This of course could be a testament to me as a person but that’s how I was. That is what this would feel like if I were to hate my job but be rich. I feel as if I couldn’t fully enjoy the pleasures that working a hateful job could give me knowing that tomorrow I will have to go back to doing it again. It isn’t because I don’t want money. Who doesn’t? It just comes down to me knowing I wouldn’t be able to work a job I hate.

Would You Rather…
1. Never hear music again
2. Never see a movie again

This is a doozy because it is suchhhhh a hard one. Most everyone who is asked this question, in the span of 3 seconds, changed their mind 9 times. It’s just the way it is. Do we give up on something like music, something that puts words and noise to our innermost feelings when we can’t? Or do we divorce movies, one of the few outlets in life where one can go escape reality for 2 hours (music is also another outlet as well)?

I tried thinking my way through this one. Very bad idea. But I thought about it logically. (As opposed to…) I asked myself a question hoping that the answer would dictate my answer to the ULTIMATE question above. I thought that maybe if I was asked the question to only listen to one cd for the rest of my life or only watch one movie for the remainder (Late Registration duh, and Alpha Dog trustttt me), then I could decide between those answers because for me, those two choices would be the epitome of what I look for in music and movies, respectively. Disclaimer: I am not saying they are the best cd and best movie. I’m saying that if I had to choose one cd and one movie…these would be it. Please allow me to come to my conclusion on my own. The emotions that flare up inside my bones when I listen to LR are not more powerful than the thoughts and ideas that are provoked by a movie like AD. And vice versa. The answer to this question is a lose-lose. Once I realized this, I discovered that I was unfairly bashing the other choice, trying to persuade myself, when in reality, it is like choosing which child you love more. And we all know the answer to that question is: you love the oldest more. That is why LR wins a photo finish against AD.

It has nothing to do with choosing Kanye. Or maybe it does. But the important thing for me to note is that music has been in my life longer than film or television has. That’s why, in the end, music wins out and movies lose. I couldn’t live without music.

Second place choices: Sam’s Town by The Killers. Sin City directed by Robert Rodriguez