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Would You Rather020: The fancy footwear conundrumWe're back! After a few weeks away... wait, my calculator was broken. That looks like half a decade away... whoops. Regardless, we have returned!Join Chris, Caitlin, Jeshua, and Sean as we dive foot-first into this week's hot topic: footwear. We discuss the perks, problems, frustrations, and everything in-between (yes, including toe cheese) of the 'age-old' debate of toe shoes vs. socks-with-flipflops.So grab a snack and a tasty beverage, tighten up your driving mittens, and let's do this thing!---If you're not already, subscribe to our newsletter at wouldyourather...
2026-02-2434 min
Feedback Friday by Really Good Emails107. - Would You Rather | Feedback FridayWhat opportunities are there when sending survey emails? Test including the first question of your survey as a series of buttons in your email to increase survey participation and completion. The low friction action of making the selection in the email sets folks up to be more willing to make their first choice and, having already made their first choice, complete the rest of the survey.
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2021-03-1930 minWould You Rather019: Let's Build a Spooky HouseSorry everyone, it's been a while... I know. We're not going to bother editing and uploading the streams from Twitch for the previous couple episodes... because they're like 1.5-2 hours of audio. If you really missed us, checkout the YouTube link in our emails.Now, let's get to it. [3:35] This week we had some rather one-sided results. Apparently no one wanted to self-waterboard themselves by bobbing for apples with a facemask. We totally understand. And apparently a Zoom-based haunted house is just a scary movie.[7:17] We take a few minutes and come up...
2020-10-0638 minWould You Rather018: Planning a world of super hero mammaliansThis week we take a super cute safari into the wild world of mammalian super heroes!Here's some highlights from our journey together... the TL;DR of audio if you will:(1:56) - An early sidebar in to the physical attributes of good and evil(8:48) - Let's get educated on small land mammals(9:45) - An age old moral dilemma... and a new podcast idea!... and of course we finally decide on scenario for the week.Until next time, stay classy!
2020-08-2622 minWould You Rather017: Bears, Bees, and Jellyfish, please!This week we dig in to our favorite responses from the previous question about bee and jellyfish stings. Chris reads a delightful response... a tale of bees, bears, and jellyfish from one of our listeners, Zach. Also, Jeshua is late to the party, because baths are fun!
2020-07-3030 minWould You Rather016: Brainstorming - How many bees?!We're back! This week we took to Twitch to stream our planning session for the next issue of the newsletter. We explored the pros & cons of being stung by either a jellyfish or SOME bees, and decided that would be our next scenario for you fine folks to chime in on.Make sure you subscribe to our newsletters to put in your vote each week at wouldyourather.fun!Stay Classy!
2020-07-2125 minWould You RatherBrainstorming - Let's try something crazy.One of the most fun parts of Would You Rather is coming up with the scenarios. That being the case, we thought we'd share some of our process and see if you liked it.If, by some strange happenstance you do, let us know!Check out the super fun newsletter.Connect with us:Tweet us at @itsratherfunCheck out all sorts of fun stuff at our Facebook page.Sign up for the newsletter.
2019-02-2812 min
Would You Rather014: Bon VoyageThis week Chris, Elzie, Sean, and our good friend, Jeshua, discuss the idea of a getaway to the moon or somewhere on earth.Check out more about this scenario here.Modifiers from this time around:What if you could take 1 person with you? What if you had to go alone?There is also no oxygen on Earth either.What if there were no more people on earth because they’re all in moon settlements?Highlights:Elon Musk's moon prison.Jeshua plans a moon heist.Space diapers, space toilets, and space poop.
2019-02-1423 min
Would You Rather013: Now that's using your noggin!A relatively tiny crew of Caitlin, Elzie, Sean, and Chris gather to discuss whether it would be better to only be able to consume (and get all your nutrients from) gingerbread or eggnog.Modifiers from this time around:What if you could make your choice taste like whatever you want it to?Highlights:Caitlin's a little tired (from making cookies)... and a little sassy.Elzie proposes a rooster-based replacement for the censorship bleep.Sean and Elzie wretch when thinking about eggnog.We don't know how eggnog is made.Connect with us:
2018-12-1918 min
Would You Rather012: I see you thereKeenan joins us (Caitlin, Schuyler, Sean, Elz, and Chris) for the first time to talk about whether it's better to have eyes in the back of your head or see with your eyes closed?Modifiers from this time around:What if you always had to see when your eyes were closed or could only have one set of eyes open at a time.When your eyes were closed you could have x-ray vision and the eyes in the back of the head could shoot lasers.What if you had eyes in the back of your head...
2018-12-1126 min
Would You Rather011: Super PowersA very special 10 year old guest joins Graham, Sean, and Chris on the podcast to discuss the merits of super speed vs super strenght.Modifiers from this time around:What if you could only use super speed going backwards?What if you had super speed but had to sleep 18 hours a day?What if you constantly sneezed while using super strength?What if smoke came out of your ears while using super strength?Highlights:Elz is hilarious and does a couple accents!Connect with us:Tweet us at @itsratherfun
2018-12-0714 min
Would You Rather010: Making every day taco TuesdayThere's a full house this week as Caitlin, Schuyler, Sean, Chris, Graham, and Inessa gather round the ol' podcasting fire to talk about whether it would be better to eat all your food in taco shells or in smoothies. Hilarity ensues.Modifiers from this time around:What if you could keep 1 item outside of your smoothie?What if you had to eat either your tacos or smoothies with chopsticks?Highlights:None of us know anything about chopsticks (except Graham).Are savory smoothies really just soups by another name?We spend too much time...
2018-11-2018 min
Would You Rather009: Like a centaur, but less so.After an extended and unexplained (let's say mysterious) hiatus, Chris, Caitlin, Schuyler, and Sean are finally back talking about the hottest would you rather questions. This week, the crew debates whether it's better to be a half human half chicken, or a half human half slug.Modifiers from this time around:What if your slug slime let you slide around really fast like iceman?What if the animal part was your top half and the human part your bottom half?Highlights:3 out of 4 of us have no idea how slugs move.Caitlin offers...
2018-11-1417 min
Would You Rather008: You have the chance to tip the scales!This week Caitlin hosts and Sean, Graham, and Chris fight about whether it's better to have or be a dragon (spoiler alert, the only thing EVERYONE agrees on is that Falkor stinks).Modifiers from this time around:What if you could have a dragon that would be uncontrollable or be a very small dragon.Highlights:Well, we recorded this episode one full time first and lost it due to technical difficulties. So if you don't think this was funny, just assume we used up all our jokes the first time through.Graham shares...
2018-08-2314 min
Would You Rather007: Where'd You Go? Oh... There You Are.Chris, Sean, Graham, Inessa, Caitlin and Schuyler try to figure out which would be better, to be a giant or to be invisible.Modifiers from this time around:What if you were invisible but cast a shadow?You’re invisible, but REALLY loud?What if you could turn either being a giant or being invisible on and off?As a giant, you could choose to hover around 10’ off the ground, so you’d never actually have to crush people.Highlights:The crew discusses Shaq week.Caitlin says giants don't have friends.Some deep conver...
2018-08-1621 min
Would You Rather006: I'm Not Crying, You're Crying.Chris, Sean, Graham, and Schuyler try and get to the bottom of which is preferable, sneezing fire or crying slime.The question this week comes courtesy of the brilliant Than, whose organization Unseen is doing inspiring work supporting organizations combatting human trafficking.Modifiers from this time around: * What if fire propels you backwards but slime was in no way washable? * What if the fire was purely cosmetic? * What if the slime was edible?Tweet us at @itsratherfunOr check out the best Russian propoganda around at our Facebook page.
2018-08-0817 minWould You Rather005: Fantastic BeastsGraham, Sean, Inessa, Caitlin, and Chris get into some deep discussion about whether 'tis better to be a humongous hamster or an itty bitty rhino.If you like what we're doing here, please leave a review on your podcast player of choice.If we've changed your mind, or you think you can change ours, connect with us on Twitter or Facebook.
2018-08-0119 minWould You Rather004: The One with the MaskFull disclosure, Chris called in from vacation for this week's episode and his audio sounds terrible. He also screwed up the newsletter this week, but hopefully we can give him a pass since he's living la vida loca.Today, an expanded crew of Graham, Sean, Inessa, Caitlin, and Chris debate the question of would you rather have a mask that let you see with anyone's eyes or speak with anyone's voice.Completely without context, here's something you should check out: BoBoPatch is Born.If you like what we're doing here, please give us a...
2018-07-2728 minWould You Rather003: You're Money or Your Money.This time around, Schuyler, Graham, Sean, and Chris debate the merits of a compliment vs $100 dollars, the going rate of different types of compliments, plus Schuyler gets a compliment from J.K. Rowling…ish.This week's question was submitted by Austin Saylor. He has an amazing lettering animation course at AustinSaylor.com.Sign up for weekly Would You Rather scenarios and submit your own answers at wouldyourather.fun.
2018-07-1827 minWould You Rather002: A dog head and a human body or a human body and a dog head.This week, Schuyler, Graham, Sean, Reid, and Chris tackle the hard question of whether they'd prefer a human head and dog body, or a dog head and human body.All sorts of interesting questions emerge. Do you have your human consciousness in both scenarios? Are the dog heads to scale?Make sure to check out Austin Saylor's amazing lettering and animation work at AustinSaylor.comFind out more on the Would You Rather website.
2018-07-1121 minWould You Rather001: 8 eyes or an elephant trunk?Eyes, a neat book from Mike Smith (@mesmithdesign): http://www.dadsigner.com/product/eyes-book/A very nice tweet from @jakebarry: https://twitter.com/jakebarry/status/1013964610918068224See you laterz.
2018-07-0316 min