Preferences. In many occasions along our life we are going to have to choose between two or more options , something that can be from something with considerable effects in our life (for example our profession) to something as trivial as choosing what to make us to eat today. Choices are frequent in our daily lives, even if we do not realize it because in many cases the choice is obvious to us.

However, sometimes we may be asked questions that force us to choose between two more complex options or that require more reflection since any option can have as many advantages as disadvantages, our values and beliefs being what mark the choices we make.

In fact, different games have even emerged in this regard, often aimed at getting to know ourselves or our environment better. That’s why throughout this article we will see several questions of what do you prefer… , useful both to entertain and maintain a conversation and to make us reflect.

Brief selection of questions of what do you prefer…

Below we present a total of 33 questions regarding what is preferred, some of which are taken from various sources and games and require most of a certain amount of reflection when answering.

1. What do you prefer, to know nothing or to know everything?

This question allows us to assess whether the person in question would prefer to remain ignorant (something that has traditionally been thought to allow one to be happy in such ignorance) or to possess all the knowledge of the universe, something that nevertheless would imply a high level of responsibility regarding what to do with all that information).

2. Would you rather be eternally happy and no one else can be, or would you rather give that happiness to a person of your choice (only one) but you will never be happy?

This is a question that requires deep reflection and may be more difficult to answer than it seems.

3. Would you rather lose the ability to communicate with others or have everyone hear your thoughts?

Interesting question linked to the possibility of sharing with others from its two extremes: everything that happens in our mind or absolutely nothing.

4. Do you prefer to live in the house of your dreams but in the worst possible neighborhood (dangerous, remote and half abandoned) or in the worst house in the best neighborhood (safe, prestigious, well communicated and cared for)?

Everyone has their dream home, but the environment and the availability of services and security are also important.

5. Would you rather be a billionaire forever but never find love or find and live forever with the love of your life but in the worst possible conditions and with no possibility of improvement?

The answer to this question will depend on the values and what each person thinks about love and money.

6. Would you rather live forever and be immortal or die in less than a year with no pain and happy time left?

This question demands that we value what it would mean to live forever and what it would mean to die (even if the rest of the time we had left was immensely happy), with both options having their obvious drawbacks.

7. Do you prefer to be catapulted into the Ancient Age and have to live the rest of your life (knowing the historical events that are to come) or do you prefer the same thing to happen but have to live in the future in a thousand years?

The future and the distant past and how it was/will be lived in those temporal moments are elements that have always awakened our imagination and have caused numerous authors to imagine the possibility of time travel.

8. Would you rather do the right thing but have no one acknowledge it and everyone hates you for it, or gain recognition from others by doing the opposite of what you really think is right?

A question which unfortunately is not as hypothetical as it may seem, but which is linked to the ability to be authentic with oneself despite the consideration of our environment or society.

9. Would you rather win the Christmas jackpot (lottery prize) or have your worst enemy lose all his money?

Winning a staggering amount of money or having our fiercest enemy lose everything, that is the choice offered by this question.

10. Would you rather not be able to kiss your partner again or not be able to hug her again?

A difficult choice between two ways of showing love and sharing ourselves with the person we love.

11. Would you rather forget your whole life up to now and start completely from scratch (without remembering who you are, or the people who were important to you, etc.) or never be able to make any changes in your life (remaining as it is forever)?

He asks if we prefer to keep everything static or change everything without keeping anything, with all the consequences that this could have.

12. Do you prefer to always eat your favourite dish or to be able to vary between all the dishes that you currently dislike?

On this occasion we must take into account the possibility that our tastes may change over time , with the first one producing a sense of weariness and the rest coming to like us over time.

13. What do you prefer, that everyone looks at you and judges every moment of your life or that no one can ever see you?

Another difficult choice between not being able to be calm or having no one ever listen to you.

14. What do you prefer, a highly complicit and committed relationship but where there is never sex or a relationship based on sex and pleasure but without ever being complicit?

Sensuality and sexuality are elements that most people consider important in their relationships, although what makes a relationship such is commitment and intimacy .

15. What would you rather do, never leave your home or never have a fixed place to consider as such?

Here again, we are faced with a complicated decision in which the need to have a home must be weighed against the need to explore and see the world.

16. What do you prefer, that everyone considers you funny and laughs at your comments and jokes but never takes you seriously or that they always take you seriously but never laugh with you?

In this case the choice would be to choose the type of consideration that others have for us. Fortunately in most cases we can find a balance.

17. What do you prefer, to be loved but not respected or to be respected but not loved?

Similar to the previous one, but in this case we will choose according to how much we care about being loved compared to being respected.

18. What do you prefer, to have permanent diarrhea or a continuous headache?

Two incredibly annoying types of discomfort that we hope we will never have to choose between.

19. Would you prefer to receive one million euros at once or to receive two million euros gradually over the years?

A question related to the gratification delay capacity, since if we chose the slower option we would end up receiving much more (although it may not have as direct an effect as the fast one).

20. What do you prefer, to watch a video in which your partner is unfaithful to you or that your partner watches a video in which you are unfaithful to him?

While it depends on the person and how much importance they place on fidelity, usually either would be a major blow to the relationship.

21. Would you rather not feel sadness again but never feel joy or live in a constant oscillation between the two?

Although no one likes to be sad, the truth is that just like joy, it is an emotion that has an adaptive meaning. The question raises the difference between living in an eternal emotional flattening or living with continuous changes in mood, the two extremes in terms of emotional stability.

22. What do you prefer, to be born and live forever as a child and never grow up or be born directly as an adult and not have had a childhood and always live as an adult?

Throughout our lives we are maturing, and unfortunately many people lose or forget the illusion and innocence they had in childhood, wishing they had remained in that innocence for life. However, the fact of growing up also has its good things, that as a child we would never experience or understand . What would you choose?

23. Which do you prefer, having an adult mind in a child’s body or a child’s mind trapped in an adult’s body?

This question is not very common, but one might wonder what we would prefer to be both mentally and physically. Although it is related to the previous one, while in the other case we asked about remaining forever being one or the other in this one we would maintain an adult body or mind while the other would be of ourselves as children.

24. What do you prefer, to know your whole future but not be able to change it or avoid it or never know what is to come but be free to choose?

A classic question that many authors have asked themselves throughout history, in relation to the idea of being able to know one’s own destiny and the repercussions that this could have on the enjoyment of our life.

25. Would you rather be caught having sex by everyone around you or would you rather catch everyone around you having sex?

A somewhat curious yet uncomfortable question.

26. What do you prefer, that no one understands what you say or that you cannot understand anyone?

Either option would cause us a great deal of difficulty. Unfortunately, in some disorders such as aphasia this type of question is no longer hypothetical but real.

27. Which do you prefer, to be able to change your mind and personality at will or to be able to change your body in the same way?

Body and mind are part of our being, being necessary to accept ourselves as we are. This question allows us to observe if there is a greater acceptance of our psyche or our body .

28. Would you rather shrink to the size of a flea or grow to the size of a skyscraper?

Both cases have their advantages and disadvantages, which must be properly assessed. Furthermore, the choice may indicate elements linked to self-esteem and the need to increase or decrease one’s notoriety.

29. What do you prefer, that no one goes to your wedding or that no one goes to your funeral?

A difficult question to answer, and depending on how hard it is.

30. What would you rather do, lie and get caught or catch someone lying to you?

The classic conflict between preferring to do it or having it done to you.

31. What do you prefer, not being able to quench your thirst whatever you drink or not being able to quench your hunger whatever you eat (without dying of thirst or hunger)?

Both feelings would be extremely annoying.

32. What do you prefer, not having to go back to sleep or being able to sleep at any time and place on a whim (without any negative health or social effects)?

Sleep is for many people pleasant , while for others it is a waste of time.

33. Would you prefer to achieve all your dreams without any effort and without knowing how or to work hard to achieve them (in the event that they could be achieved in both cases)?

This question may seem easy, but the choice of one or the other option reveals the value given to effort and learning and the changes it can generate, as well as the increase in the sense of achievement and self-efficacy.