Yes, this is oddly specific

March 5, 2023 3:03 PM

Would you rather meet Fabio Jackson or spend a week with your celebrity crush? If that doesn't interest you, there are other scenarios.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (9 comments total)

Can I do both?
posted by aubilenon at 3:34 PM on March 5, 2023

(I did not calculate my total chance of survival in that case, so it's hard to evaluate if doing both would be "too much". Though I think in the second option it sounds like the quoted numbers are the survival rate of the sharks, not of hypothetical me)
posted by aubilenon at 3:35 PM on March 5, 2023

Not sure the flint lock would fire so I'll go for the Makarov in the soyeuz.
posted by clavdivs at 3:44 PM on March 5, 2023

I think this is yet another case where I would suggest finding a hobby, but it's obvious the producer already has one.
posted by ob1quixote at 8:03 PM on March 5, 2023

I made this game up once, for long trips with the kids. No doubt hundreds of others did too. We called it Which Would You Rather?
posted by hypnogogue at 8:04 PM on March 5, 2023

Someone commercialized this once as the board game Zobmondo. But reading prepackaged dumb scenarios off cards is way way way less fun than just making up your own dumb scenarios.
posted by aubilenon at 8:33 PM on March 5, 2023

I would rather fall into an underground cavern and be taken in by a subterranean culture where I’d have to fight three gladiatorial battles with a velcro tie and a stop sign.

The fights each have a 86.3% survival rate because the subterranean people have poor eyesight. However, if you win too convincingly you have to marry their ruler’s heir.
posted by oddman at 9:28 PM on March 5, 2023

My longtime celebrity crush died in January! Guess I’m stuck with the cyclist.
posted by pxe2000 at 1:59 AM on March 6, 2023

What I want to know is how would we get to the hellish and extremely detail-oriented dystopia where we had to make these choices? Would it be some kind of I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream scenario where we are the playthings of a planet-sized rogue AI? Would it be more of a Hunger Games situation? Is there a bureaucracy that sets these things up? How do they decide who gets offered which choice? How do they set up each choice? Like, as much as I would prefer not to have to choose between eating toenails or drinking spit (see tik-toks) I would also prefer not to have some weirdo come up to me and request, like, toenail clippings.
posted by Frowner at 6:55 AM on March 6, 2023 [1 favorite]