Play a Game of 'Would You Rather' and We'll Guess Your Age

By: Zoe Samuel

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Kids these days! Some say they're absolutely hopeless techno-addicts who only care about their phones and simply do not appreciate what their ancestors have done for them. Others say they're a great improvement on their selfish parents and grandparents who burned the atmosphere, indebted the nation and were mostly opposed to all the civil rights reforms that they now claim are proof of how great their generation really was.

The truth is that both are right and both are wrong: unless you're so old that you fought the Nazis, your generation probably has its fair share of absolutely terrible people as well as its reasonable peppering of truly excellent people.

Still, how you face the changing times does tell us a lot about which generation you belong to. Some people would rather hunker down and pretend the world isn't changing, while others are happy to embrace the change. There are people of all types at all ages, but let's be honest, they do tend to cluster. Indeed, if there's one demographic factor that predicts a person's political leanings more strongly than race, class, gender, religion or income, it's age. So take this quiz and we'll figure out what yours is!

Would you rather eat something too hot or too cold?

Too hot - too cold might kill me.

Too cold - I can always warm up.
Cold - I think frostbite isn't as bad as burning!

Hot - I can handle it!

Would you rather the fridge or the dishwasher stop working?

Fridge - it still has a warranty.

Dishwasher - the fridge is more expensive.
Dishwasher, since I don't have one, so it's the same for me.

Fridge - I only eat out.

If a meteor hit your house, would you rather it take out the bedroom or the living room?

Bedroom - I can't get up the stairs anyway.

Bedroom - all my good art is in the living room.
Living room - I'm too depressed to get out of the bedroom.

Living room - I don't own anything that's in it.

Would you rather forget your phone lock code or your own address?

Phone lock code, since I do not have a cell phone.

I guess I could look up my address, so that.
Address - I move every six months anyway.

Address - I live in dorms, I can ask someone.

Would you rather get an unpleasant treatment for a disease you turned out not to have actually had, or get the same unpleasant (but successful) treatment and actually survive the disease?

Survive the disease - that'd be surprising for me.

Treatment for a disease I didn't have - at least then I can't get it again.
First one, then I can sue for malpractice!

I'd rather survive because that's badass.

Would you rather lose 10 pounds instantly or find $2,000?

Find $2,000. I actually want to gain some weight.

Find $2,000. I am fine with my body.
Lose 10 pounds. I can make money but I just can't shake the weight.

Lose 10 pounds. I hate my body.

Would you rather lose your home or your savings?

Savings. Already lost my home.

Savings. My home is where all my equity is.
Home, since I don't own it.

I have neither, so I guess home?

Would you rather win the lottery now or have a brilliant idea that makes you the same amount of money, but over 20 years?

Lottery now, I need money.

Brilliant idea - I want to win properly.
Win the lottery. I hate being poor.

Have a brilliant idea - I can wait.

Would you rather date the wrong person for four years, or be single and miserable about it for four years?

Be single. I'm used to it.

Date the wrong person. At least it'd shut my mom up.
Be single. All my friends are.

Date the wrong person. At least I'd get sex.

Would you rather drop your phone in the toilet after a number two, or in a puddle of your own puke?

Probably toilet

Probably puke
Definitely puke

Definitely toilet - that's so funny.

Would you rather get a terrible zit on your nose before giving a talk, or on your groin area before making love to a new person you're really excited about?

Groin zit, I can just turn the lights off.

Groin zit, ain't nobody looking that closely.
Nose zit. I would die if I had the other one.

Nose zit. Everyone's got one.

After passing out at a party, would you rather wake up to find your eyebrows have been shaved off, or that they have been drawn on in permanent marker?

Drawn on in marker. It'd be funny to tell people.

Drawn on - I could exfoliate.
Shaved off - I can draw them on myself really well.

Shaved off - think of the cred!

Would you rather have one earlobe much longer than the other, or one front tooth slightly bigger than the other?

Earlobes, since I already do.

Earlobes, since I bet nobody would notice.
Tooth, since I can just never smile.

Tooth, since it would be a quirky and cool feature.

When treading on something in bare feet in your kitchen, would you rather it be surprisingly sticky or surprisingly spiky?

Sticky. I can't deal with spikes.

Spikes. That's just my kids' toys.
Sticky. Less pain.

Spikes. I know what sticky things are in my kitchen.

Would you rather forget your boo's birthday or have them forget your birthday?

If I remember I have a boo, I'm good.

Them forget mine, then I can guilt them all year.
Them forget mine, then they'll buy me a bigger gift.

Forget theirs. I can always get another boo.

Would you rather get to eat five pounds of delicious chocolate right now, or magically have the discipline to go without chocolate forever?

Eat the chocolate. Life's short, man.

Have the discipline. I want to be able to go without.
Eat the chocolate. Screw it.

Have the discipline. It'd save trouble way down the road.

Would you rather accidentally say something racist or accidentally say something sexist?

Racist. All my friends are the same race as me so they might not notice.

Sexist. It's easier to apologize for.
Sexist, because it's probably based in some actual truth.

Racist, because what is race anyway?

Would you rather reread your favorite book knowing it is your favorite, or get to magically delete it from your brain so you could read it for the first time again?

I'd want to remember it. I fear forgetting.

I'd want to forget so it would be new.
I'd want to forget so I can see if it really holds up.

I'd want to remember so I don't have to read it.

Would you rather not clean your apartment for six months and live with the consequences, or have to thoroughly clean your whole apartment every day for a month even though it was already clean?

Not clean it for six months. Who cares, man?

I already clean every day.
Clean every day I guess - sigh.

I already didn't clean it for six months and I'm fine.

Would you rather do a well-paid job that hurt people (e.g., speaker for a shady politician) or a poorly-paid job that was good for the world (e.g., work for a human rights organization)?

Well-paid job. I just want money.

Well-paid job. I can sabotage from the inside.
Poorly-paid job. I can use it to get a better one later.

Poorly-paid job. I have a soul, man!

Would you rather lose your ID before going on holiday (thus jeopardizing you going at all), or lose it during the holiday and possibly get stuck abroad?

Lose it beforehand. I have insurance.

Lose it beforehand. I can pay to rush a new one and only miss 24 hours.
Lose it on holiday. Then I can miss work for a good reason.

Lose it on holiday. What an adventure!

Would you rather be in a volcano or an earthquake?

Volcano. It's a quicker way to go.

Quake. Better odds of surviving.
Quake. It's over quicker.

Volcano. Think of the video opportunities!

Would you rather eat a meat or a vegetable that you couldn't recognize?

Meat. Why not?

Veg. Unidentified meat could be people, man!
Veggies, definitely. I like veggies.

Meat! I want to try new things.

Would you rather accidentally grope your colleague's butt or accidentally email them a photo of your butt?

Email them a photo. Nobody could possibly say I did it to impress them.

Grope them. Gropes can be apologized for instantly. Email leaves a paper trail.
Grope them. You can't forward a grope.

Email them my butt. They'll laugh it off.

Would you rather drunkenly tell your neighbor or your BFF's new boo what you really think of them?

BFF's new boo. I hate that jerk.

Neighbor. I hate them and I don't care who knows.
Neighbor. I'm moving anyway.

BFF's new boo. She'll have another one in a week anyway.

Would you rather burn off all your tastebuds so you can't taste anything for a month, or constantly taste something nasty for three days?

Taste something nasty. I don't have time for a month of no taste.

Burn them off. I can't be dealing with a bad taste.
Burn them off. Might help the diet.

Taste something nasty. It might be fun.

Would you rather run over an old lady you know was a horrible person, or a person whose identity you never actually get to know?

Kill the old lady! Then take her parking spot and her boyfriend! Yeah!

Run over the stranger. If I never know who they are it means I wasn't arrested, probably.
Kill the mean old lady. She probably had it coming.

Run over the stranger. I can't put a face to that nonsense.

Would you rather have your brakes fail at 70 mph, or have them engage and you can't turn them off at the same speed?

Have them engage. What a way to go.

Have them fail. I can glide.
Have them fail. It's less likely to kill me.

Have them engage. I'm wearing a seatbelt.

Would you rather always just miss the first bus or train but arrive on time, or always get the first bus or train but be late once a week?

I'd rather get the bus or train so I can sit, even if it means being late regularly.

I'll take the stressful but punctual commute please.
I'd rather miss it, then I can read while I wait for the next one and still be on time.

I don't mind being late. I'd rather get the bus or train.

Would you rather get sick and suddenly have to take a crap in your boss' office, or same situation in your in-laws' living room?

Boss. I'm retired anyway and that jerk deserves it.

Boss. My in-laws would never let me hear the end of it.
In-laws. I want them to know who's boss.

In-laws. My boo's parents have a horrible rug and it's about time someone helped them see that.

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