Have you ever found yourself in a conversation, perhaps at a sleepover or a casual hangout, where someone throws out a question that makes everyone pause? A question that's a little strange, a bit awkward, and forces you to pick between two really tough, maybe even a little gross, options? Those are what we call Egregious Would You Rather Questions, and they're a fantastic way to spark hilarious debates and discover what your friends are really made of!
What Makes a Would You Rather Question Egregious?
Egregious Would You Rather Questions are the kind that push boundaries and make you think, "Wait, I have to choose *that*?" They're not just simple choices; they're designed to be tricky, often involving slightly unpleasant or highly improbable scenarios. The fun comes from the sheer absurdity of the options and the mental gymnastics required to pick one. People love them because they're a low-stakes way to explore extreme hypotheticals and see how others react. They're perfect for breaking the ice, testing friendships, or just having a good laugh at the ridiculousness of it all.
These questions often tap into our deepest fears, our weirdest preferences, or our most stubborn convictions. They can be used to:
- Gauge a person's sense of humor.
- Reveal hidden personality traits.
- Spark lively debates and discussions.
- Simply pass the time in a fun and engaging way.
The importance of these questions lies in their ability to create shared experiences and encourage imaginative thinking, even if those imaginations are filled with slightly bizarre imagery.
Bodily Functions and Minor Discomforts
- Would you rather sneeze uncontrollably for 24 hours or have an unstoppable itch you can never scratch?
- Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to shout?
- Would you rather have to eat everything with your feet or only be able to eat food that has been stepped on?
- Would you rather have a permanent unibrow or have to wear a clown nose every day?
- Would you rather always feel like you have a pebble in your shoe or always feel like you have an eyelash in your eye?
- Would you rather have to sing everything you say or have to dance everywhere you go?
- Would you rather sweat gravy or cry mayonnaise?
- Would you rather have a permanent stomach ache or a permanent headache?
- Would you rather have to lick a public bathroom floor once a day or drink a cup of your own earwax once a week?
- Would you rather have fingers as long as your legs or legs as long as your fingers?
- Would you rather always smell like rotten eggs or always taste like dirt?
- Would you rather have to wear socks with sandals for the rest of your life or have to wear a Speedo to every formal event?
- Would you rather have your nose run constantly or have your ears constantly drip?
- Would you rather have to say "oink" every time you sneeze or "moo" every time you laugh?
- Would you rather have to wear a diaper in public every Tuesday or have to wear a sign that says "I'm a poopy head" every Thursday?
- Would you rather have to eat a bowl of live earthworms or a plate of raw, unfertilized eggs?
- Would you rather have to constantly feel like you're going to throw up or have to constantly feel like you're going to pass out?
- Would you rather have to wear itchy wool underwear every day or have to wear a prickly cactus hat?
- Would you rather have to chew every piece of food 100 times or have to swallow every piece of food whole?
- Would you rather have to lick your own armpits every morning or have to lick your own feet every night?
Awkward Social Situations
- Would you rather accidentally send a very embarrassing text to your boss or accidentally send a very embarrassing text to your crush?
- Would you rather trip and fall in front of everyone you know or have your most embarrassing childhood photo displayed publicly?
- Would you rather have to wear your underwear on your head for a whole day or have to sing a song about your most embarrassing moment every time you meet someone new?
- Would you rather accidentally walk into the wrong bathroom and see someone naked or accidentally call your teacher "Mom" or "Dad" in front of the whole class?
- Would you rather have to admit to your entire family that you still sleep with a stuffed animal or have to confess your biggest secret to a stranger on a crowded bus?
- Would you rather have your parents find your secret diary or have your crush find your embarrassing fan fiction?
- Would you rather have to give a speech at your own funeral while you're still alive or have to give a wedding toast at your ex's wedding?
- Would you rather accidentally butt-dial your ex and leave a long, rambling, nonsensical voicemail or accidentally tag your boss in a meme about being lazy on social media?
- Would you rather have to tell everyone you meet that you're secretly afraid of butterflies or have to pretend to be a mime for an entire week?
- Would you rather have your awkward childhood nickname shouted out every time you enter a room or have to reenact a scene from a terrible reality show every time you answer the phone?
- Would you rather have to go to school dressed as a giant hot dog or have to perform a dramatic reading of a grocery list?
- Would you rather accidentally propose to your best friend or accidentally reveal a secret that causes major drama?
- Would you rather have to wear mismatched shoes every day for a year or have to wear a sign that says "I'm awkward and proud" every day?
- Would you rather accidentally send a love letter meant for someone else to your principal or accidentally share a really embarrassing karaoke video of yourself?
- Would you rather have to explain to your boss why you were wearing a cape to work or have to explain to your parents why you have glitter all over your car?
- Would you rather have to give a presentation on your least favorite subject while wearing a chicken costume or have to lead a yoga class dressed as a historical figure?
- Would you rather accidentally admit you still watch cartoons to your crush or accidentally confess you talk to your plants?
- Would you rather have to interrupt a serious meeting to announce you need to use the restroom or have to loudly sing show tunes every time you feel stressed?
- Would you rather have your most embarrassing dance move go viral or have your most awkward dating story become a meme?
- Would you rather have to explain to a police officer why you're wearing a dinosaur costume or have to explain to a librarian why you're doing a drum solo?
Weird Superpowers
- Would you rather be able to talk to inanimate objects but they only complain or be able to fly but only at the speed of a snail?
- Would you rather have the power to instantly know the answer to any trivia question but only about cheese or be able to teleport but only to public restrooms?
- Would you rather be able to control your own dreams but they are always nightmares or be able to control the dreams of others but they always involve you singing badly?
- Would you rather have the power to turn invisible but only when you are wearing a bright pink tutu or be able to read minds but only of squirrels?
- Would you rather be able to communicate with plants but they are all very judgmental or be able to control the weather but only for a 5-foot radius around you?
- Would you rather have the ability to perfectly mimic any sound but only sounds made by farm animals or be able to levitate but only when you are singing opera?
- Would you rather be able to perfectly replicate any food you've ever tasted but it always comes out tasting slightly of sadness or be able to talk to animals but they all speak in riddles?
- Would you rather have the power to make anyone laugh uncontrollably but only when you're trying to be serious or have the power to make anything you touch slightly sticky?
- Would you rather be able to talk to your reflection but it always gives you terrible advice or be able to become a human-shaped cloud but only when you're sad?
- Would you rather have the power to instantly learn any language but only if it's an ancient, dead language or be able to control the volume of your own voice but it only goes from a whisper to a deafening roar?
- Would you rather be able to see 5 minutes into the future but only events involving pigeons or be able to control your own hair growth at will but it only grows outwards?
- Would you rather have the power to make perfect toast every time or be able to instantly fold any laundry but it always comes out wrinkled?
- Would you rather be able to breathe underwater but only in a swimming pool or be able to turn into a houseplant but only when you're bored?
- Would you rather have the ability to predict the stock market but only for novelty socks or be able to communicate with insects but they only talk about crumbs?
- Would you rather be able to control your sneezes but they always produce glitter or be able to control your hiccups but they always sound like a kazoo?
- Would you rather have the power to make any object disappear but it reappears in someone else's pocket or be able to make any object appear but it's always slightly damp?
- Would you rather be able to understand all music but only if it's played backwards or be able to communicate with rocks but they only share their geological history?
- Would you rather have the power to make yourself glow in the dark but only when you're really embarrassed or be able to change your eye color at will but it's always a shade of beige?
- Would you rather be able to speak fluent dolphin but only about kelp or be able to control your own shadow but it has a mind of its own?
- Would you rather have the power to make any food taste like your favorite flavor but it only lasts for 10 seconds or be able to instantly know the true intentions of any inanimate object?
Life-Altering (and Slightly Horrible) Choices
- Would you rather live without music or live without movies for the rest of your life?
- Would you rather have to fight one horse-sized duck or one hundred duck-sized horses?
- Would you rather always have to wear shoes that are too small or always have to wear gloves that are too big?
- Would you rather have to eat your own body weight in spiders or your own body weight in ants?
- Would you rather have your most embarrassing memory be replayed on a giant screen every day or have to live in a world where everyone only speaks in rhymes?
- Would you rather be able to communicate with animals but they all hate you or be able to fly but only if you're carrying a live chicken?
- Would you rather have to wear a suit of armor everywhere you go or have to wear a giant bubble around you?
- Would you rather have to relive the same day over and over again for a year or have to skip forward one year in time immediately?
- Would you rather have your nose grow longer every time you lie or have your ears get bigger every time you tell the truth?
- Would you rather have to constantly smell like feet or have to constantly taste like old gym socks?
- Would you rather be able to control your own dreams but they are always about your worst fears or be able to control the dreams of others but they are all about embarrassing moments?
- Would you rather have to eat every meal with a spoon, no matter what it is, or have to drink every liquid from a bowl, no matter how inconvenient?
- Would you rather have to walk everywhere you go, but you can only walk backwards, or have to drive everywhere, but your car can only go 1 mph?
- Would you rather have to wear a shirt made of sandpaper or underwear made of barbed wire?
- Would you rather have to answer every question with a song or have to ask every question with a riddle?
- Would you rather have to fight a giant cockroach with a tiny sword or a tiny army of ants with a giant spoon?
- Would you rather be able to control your own voice but it only comes out as opera or be able to control your own movements but you can only move like a robot?
- Would you rather have to live in a house made entirely of cheese or a house made entirely of raw meat?
- Would you rather have your most embarrassing public moment happen daily or have your most private thought broadcast to everyone you know weekly?
- Would you rather have to communicate with a specific alien race that only eats socks or have to live with a pet that is a sentient, talking mold colony?
Food Frights
- Would you rather eat a live spider or drink a glass of blended cockroaches?
- Would you rather eat a whole raw onion like an apple or eat a jar of pickled eggs in one sitting?
- Would you rather have to eat everything you ever eat with a fork that is also a toothbrush, or have to drink everything you ever drink from a shoe?
- Would you rather eat a sandwich made of dirt and worms or a pizza topped with live maggots?
- Would you rather have to eat a gallon of expired milk or a pound of rancid butter?
- Would you rather eat a whole lemon with the rind on or a whole grapefruit with the peel on?
- Would you rather have to eat a bowl of live grubs or a plate of slimy, raw snails?
- Would you rather eat a whole rotten banana or a rotten egg that you have to crack yourself?
- Would you rather eat a hot dog with mustard that tastes like earwax or ketchup that tastes like nose snot?
- Would you rather eat a bowl of mixed candies that are all made of spicy peppers or a dessert made entirely of bitter herbs?
- Would you rather have to eat every meal while standing on your head or eat every meal with your eyes closed?
- Would you rather eat a sandwich filled with toenail clippings or a burger topped with hair?
- Would you rather drink a glass of raw sewage or a glass of your own sweat?
- Would you rather eat a whole uncooked potato or a whole uncooked sweet potato?
- Would you rather have to eat only beige-colored food for a month or eat only foods that are slimy for a month?
- Would you rather eat a raw garlic clove like candy or a whole raw chili pepper?
- Would you rather eat a bowl of unpeeled, raw garlic cloves or a bowl of unpeeled, raw ginger root?
- Would you rather eat a pizza with anchovies and pineapple or a pizza with sardines and marshmallows?
- Would you rather have to eat a spoonful of your own earwax daily or a spoonful of your own belly button lint weekly?
- Would you rather eat a plate of bugs covered in hot sauce or a bowl of live earthworms in yogurt?
Body Modifications (Permanent and Awkward)
- Would you rather have a third eye in the middle of your forehead that can only see in black and white or have your ears permanently replaced with small trumpets?
- Would you rather have to wear giant clown shoes every day or have your feet permanently turned into flippers?
- Would you rather have your nose permanently smell everything at 1000 times its normal strength or have your tongue permanently taste everything at 1000 times its normal strength?
- Would you rather have your fingers and toes permanently fused together or have your kneecaps removed?
- Would you rather have your teeth replaced with tiny piano keys that play a note when you bite down or have your fingernails replaced with sharp claws?
- Would you rather have your hair turn bright purple and stand on end permanently or have your skin turn a permanent shade of neon green?
- Would you rather have to wear a permanent smile that you can't control or a permanent frown that you can't control?
- Would you rather have your ears grow to be as large as your head or your nose grow to be as large as your head?
- Would you rather have your belly button permanently replaced with a functioning zipper or have your mouth permanently sealed shut?
- Would you rather have to wear a permanent, extremely itchy wig or have your eyebrows permanently drawn on in a bizarre pattern?
- Would you rather have your hands permanently stuck in a fist or your feet permanently stuck in a tiptoe position?
- Would you rather have your eyes permanently emit a faint, annoying glow or have your breath permanently smell like garlic?
- Would you rather have your ears sprout small, useless wings or have your nose sprout tiny, twitching antennae?
- Would you rather have your body permanently covered in harmless, but very bright, glitter or have your hair permanently woven with small, noisy bells?
- Would you rather have your kneecaps permanently replaced with bouncy balls or your elbows permanently replaced with springs?
- Would you rather have your voice permanently sound like a chipmunk or have your laugh permanently sound like a hyena?
- Would you rather have your teeth permanently glow in the dark or have your tongue permanently change color with your mood?
- Would you rather have your fingers permanently bend backwards or your toes permanently curl upwards?
- Would you rather have your ears be so sensitive they can hear a pin drop from a mile away or your skin be so sensitive it registers every slight breeze?
- Would you rather have your belly button permanently become a small, talking portal to a dimension of rubber chickens or have your nostrils permanently become tiny, working whistles?
Surreal and Absurd Scenarios
- Would you rather be able to communicate with clouds but they only speak in weather reports or be able to control your own shadow but it has a mischievous personality?
- Would you rather have to live in a world where everyone communicates through interpretive dance or a world where all food tastes like rubber?
- Would you rather be able to fly but only if you are being chased by a flock of geese or be able to turn invisible but only when you are singing loudly?
- Would you rather have to wear a suit made of live, but harmless, snakes or a hat made of sentient, singing mushrooms?
- Would you rather be able to talk to furniture but they all have strong opinions about your décor or be able to control your own dreams but they always involve you being chased by sentient socks?
- Would you rather have to fight a giant, sentient banana with a toothpick or a swarm of tiny, aggressive teacups with a butter knife?
- Would you rather have your memories be stored in a giant Jell-O mold that you have to eat to access or have your thoughts broadcast as opera music?
- Would you rather be able to communicate with stars but they only talk about black holes or be able to control gravity but only for small objects?
- Would you rather have to wear shoes that walk on their own or a hat that constantly whispers conspiracy theories?
- Would you rather have your shadow come to life and try to steal your identity or have your reflection start giving you unsolicited fashion advice?
- Would you rather live in a house where all the walls are made of pudding or a house where all the furniture is made of bouncy castles?
- Would you rather be able to talk to your past self but they can only give you bad advice or be able to talk to your future self but they only speak in riddles?
- Would you rather have to fight an army of angry dust bunnies with a tiny broom or an army of grumpy dust mites with a giant feather duster?
- Would you rather have your entire life story told through puppet shows by sentient vegetables or have to communicate only through interpretive dances about historical events?
- Would you rather be able to control your own sneeze but it always produces a rainbow or be able to control your own hiccups but they always sound like a duck quacking?
- Would you rather have to wear a backpack that constantly dispenses confetti or a hat that constantly dispenses bubbles?
- Would you rather be able to talk to your own reflection but it always argues with you or be able to control your own dreams but they are always about trying to fold a fitted sheet?
- Would you rather have to fight a giant, talking rubber chicken with a pool noodle or a swarm of miniature, singing garden gnomes with a watering can?
- Would you rather have your entire body randomly change colors like a mood ring or have your voice randomly switch between a opera singer and a chipmunk?
- Would you rather be able to communicate with shadows but they only gossip about light or be able to control your own dreams but they always involve you trying to find a lost button?
So, the next time you're looking for a way to liven up a conversation or just want to see what kind of wonderfully weird choices your friends will make, pull out some Egregious Would You Rather Questions. They're guaranteed to bring on the laughs, the groans, and some surprisingly deep conversations about the strange and silly things we'd rather face than the alternative!