pointless/unrealistic questions/choices

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my friend/co-worker just asked me who I'd rather ruled the world: steve irwin or jason donovan

my friend/co-worker is not c-man, btw

I was talking abt this w/ cathy, the other day -- asking and being asked for answers/opinions to/on pointless/unrealistic questions/choices is fun and those who refuse to take part are rubbish. I suppose it is only fun if you know the person quite well, though, I suppose -- ally c is particularly rubbish w/ this

the usual "level" of the questions/choices is way above the above, btw, but he suggested I ask ILX abt it even if I am not

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)

Who would you rather date, someone who doesn't like pointless questions or Darth Vader?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:42 (twenty years ago)

It depends on how closely the pointless question correlates with mine own interests. I wouldn't even hear the question above.

However, if someone challenged me to name a song with a girl's name in the title for every letter of the alphabet... wa-hey! Get in!

(BTW, I thought this thread was going to be in relation to all the navel-gazing/dating threads on ILX today.)

― Boris and the Johnsons (kate), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:46 (twenty years ago)

no, this is abt hypothetical situations, sorry

the point is, though, that, thought there is no point, you can reason an answer, anyway

I doubt d vader wd be v interested in pointless questions, either, so I wd probably choose the other person, depending on other factors, since there is less chance of them being a cyborg/from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away (not my bag)

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:00 (twenty years ago)

also, Darth Vader is evil.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:10 (twenty years ago)

not a major factor -- a lot of people who don't like pointless questions are probably a bit evil, too

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:12 (twenty years ago)

I like pointless questions, but not when they follow a tired old "would you rather eat a bowl of shit or have your toe cut off"-type formula.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:15 (twenty years ago)

hahaha the guys i lived with freshman year came up with some HORRIBLE ones, generally involving a choice between two creative types of horrendous genital mutilation. they'd ask these out of nowhere at the dinner table, too. it was awesome.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:17 (twenty years ago)

Alba, how much would you have had to shit until you decided you had to cut your toe off to plug it up?

― stet (stet), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:18 (twenty years ago)

I agree, that those are far and away the lowest form of this art

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:20 (twenty years ago)

it would be better measured in hours probably. better to lose a toe than die of dehydration or whatever it is that disease on the oregon trail kills you of.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:21 (twenty years ago)

(xpost obv!)

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:21 (twenty years ago)

would you rather find out for sure there is no God or maintain your spiritually "fulfilling" life that makes you happy?

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:23 (twenty years ago)

My kind of question

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:24 (twenty years ago)

More questions

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:25 (twenty years ago)

it's not ALWAYS a "would you rather...?" but I guess that that is bound to be the most popular form

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:26 (twenty years ago)

I think it's fun because you get to send your mind out into a little weird hypothetical world for a bit, and it's quite calming in an almost zen way. Or just funny.

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:31 (twenty years ago)

Which celebrity would you most like to cut off your head?

― stet (stet), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:31 (twenty years ago)

it can also be good practice for pointed/realistic questions/choices

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:32 (twenty years ago)

that is quite a good one, stet

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:32 (twenty years ago)

you'd want someone strong and preferably w/ a less transient fame

I'd probably choose chantelle, though

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

rjg how could you find out "for sure" that there is no god?

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:38 (twenty years ago)

no, that's not right!

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:39 (twenty years ago)

yeh that's the thing: do you want someone strong with the good hip swing, or do you want the last person you see to be hot? I think Emily Watson would be good, but can't decide why.

― stet (stet), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:39 (twenty years ago)

that isn't how this works

crosspost

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:39 (twenty years ago)

This does sound quite fun.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:42 (twenty years ago)

but it definitely depends on who is asking and who is being asked.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:42 (twenty years ago)

sometimes I ask my friend/co-worker questions w/out even realising!!

we are good friends, though, so it's fine

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Who would you rather date, someone who doesn't like pointless questions or Darth Vader?

classic!

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:44 (twenty years ago)

Alix and I have been playing 'fuck/kill/marry' a lot lately. As in 'out of these three people which one would you fuck, which would you kill and which would you marry'.

We got it from Man Stroke Woman, although they did not invent it.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)

people were doing that, at our office christmas night out

I said the one girl they'd offered me/a guy that's OK/a guy I knew nothing abt

it wasn't that fun, at the time, though

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

i'm sorry

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

"I don't know, that's a stupid question"

"Okay yeah but what if someone held a gun to your head and you HAD to answer the question"

I'D SAY FUCKING SHOOT ME THEN YOU MORON!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:10 (twenty years ago)

hey let's have a game of fuck/kill/marry!

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

Jesus, God & the devil

OK GO!

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

Josh Hartnett

Damon Albarn

the 'so not gonna happen' guy

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

Pointless questions give my life meaning.

My favouritest is one I used to ask in interviews with bands and which subsequently became a staple of any interview with the radio station:

Would you rather smell like a goat forever or be followed round by a goat forever or else you'll die?

― uptoeleven (uptoeleven), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:16 (twenty years ago)

I also remember an occasion when I add indulged in some mushrooms of the hallucinogenic variety and my housemate asked me if I'd rather have kittens as hands or a badger attached to the side of my head.

Quite a head-fuck that one.

― uptoeleven (uptoeleven), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:18 (twenty years ago)

Choices are the mark of a dictatorship, paradoxically.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

oh you!

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:27 (twenty years ago)

kittens as hands, obviously! except then you couldn't pet them :(

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Oh no, I'm more about the badger on the head. Think how useful it could be to have something to talk to and give alternate opinions (except I bet badgers would be curmudgeons) - and I need my hands for things.

― Boris and the Johnsons (kate), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:47 (twenty years ago)

i still, several years later and with a consistency of mind somewhat less akin to that of a popcorn maker than it was at the time, have no answer to that question. there are so many different factors to consider. are you a cat person or a badger person? are you dextrous with your feet? do you have strong neck muscles? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!

― uptoeleven (uptoeleven), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

i'm allergic to cat fur so it's a no-brainer for me

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:53 (twenty years ago)

would you rather be given pointless questions, or unrealistic choices?

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:58 (twenty years ago)

Which celebrity sex tape would you like to see?

― stet (stet), Thursday, 23 February 2006 05:03 (twenty years ago)

edward kittenhands

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Thursday, 23 February 2006 05:28 (twenty years ago)

Would it be beastiality if you masturbated?

(Narrowly avoiding the obvious)

― PlayfulPuppy (playfulpuppy), Thursday, 23 February 2006 06:58 (twenty years ago)

If you're wanking with kittens as hands i suspect the legal rammifications would be the least of your worries.

― uptoeleven (uptoeleven), Thursday, 23 February 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

fuck/kill/marry is boring, unless people are giving elaborate and funny reasons, then it might be good.

It does annoy me when people can't enter into the spirit of the hypothetical situation.

I think I ask questions quite a lot, in general conversation, and if I talk to a person that doesn't like being asked questions they get annoyed. And I am always asking people to guess things, like what I've got in my bag or what page of my book I'm on. Like, for a while, whenever I had been to sainsbury's and bought a four cheese sauce or a four cheese pizza I would make RJG guess the cheeses. I know that it is probably boring, but I get a bit offended if the person doesn't guess at least once. They don't have to keep guessing til they get it right, but they have to humour me with a couple of guesses before I tell them.

― Cathy (Cathy), Thursday, 23 February 2006 16:08 (twenty years ago)

what is the best use of time for someone who can't make new memories due to a head trauma?

― is it a pointless question?, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

masturbation

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 19:39 (twenty years ago)

I would ask my coworkers things like "If you HAD to snort some cocaine while you were serving a customer, but you didn't want them to know, how would you do it, considering you had time to prepare first". It's more creative than the either/or kittenhand situation and you can ask ten different people and get ten different responses. That is, if they don't start to hate you first.

― chrisco (chrisco), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 21:25 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

if i got a fertilised sparrow egg and hatched it in my flat and there were no other birds around and it never ever saw another bird and had no reason to ever fly (easy access to food and water), would it know to fly? would it even try it or would it be content just walking about?

― NI, Friday, 1 February 2008 02:55 (eighteen years ago)

I'd imagine someone has figured out the answer by now

― Hurting 2, Friday, 1 February 2008 02:57 (eighteen years ago)

If I got a dead sparrow behind my bed in the corner, how the hell did that happen? (Seriously, this happened.)

― Abbott, Friday, 1 February 2008 02:58 (eighteen years ago)

He fell of the bedside table?

― Kerm, Friday, 1 February 2008 02:59 (eighteen years ago)

fell off

― Kerm, Friday, 1 February 2008 03:00 (eighteen years ago)

he could not fly but was not content just walking about

― Hurting 2, Friday, 1 February 2008 03:01 (eighteen years ago)

hahaha

― Abbott, Friday, 1 February 2008 03:11 (eighteen years ago)

aw c'mon, does anyone know?

― NI, Friday, 1 February 2008 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

he'd fly-by in a low-ride.

― darraghmac, Friday, 1 February 2008 17:00 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

u make them

― .gif of the magi (Lamp), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 21:53 (fifteen years ago)

if u cld only have one of a blanket or a pillow to sleep with for the rest of your life which would it be?

― .gif of the magi (Lamp), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 21:53 (fifteen years ago)

My down comforter.

― I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 21:54 (fifteen years ago)

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