72 Funny This or That Pairs That Get an Argument Started

These this or that funny questions are built for one purpose: finding out which of your friends will go to the mat over something completely ridiculous. Each pair looks harmless until someone announces their answer and the table turns on them. Six rounds, seventy-two pairs, and at least one friendship under strain by the end.

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How to Play

Read a pair out loud and give everyone three seconds to shout their answer. No explaining yet: just pick a side. Once the room has split, open the floor for thirty seconds of chaotic defence, then move on. One person reads, everyone answers, nobody sits out. The rounds escalate from mildly absurd to genuinely unhinged, so play them in order for the best build. Print the card decks, cut along the lines, and deal them face-down so the reader can flip and go without scrolling.

Round One: Trivial but Divisive

These pairs sound like nothing until half the room gasps at the other half’s answer. More this or that questions live here if you need a warm-up lap before Round One.

1. Cereal first or milk first?
2. Fold the toilet paper or scrunch it?
3. Sleep with socks on or socks off?
4. Butter on toast before or after toasting?
5. GIF pronounced with a hard G or soft G?
6. Top sheet: yes or absolutely not?
7. Shower in the morning or shower at night?
8. Phone face-down on the table or face-up?
9. Eat the crusts or leave them?
10. Open presents slowly or tear them apart?
11. Say “you’re welcome” or “no problem”?
12. Sneeze loud and proud or stifle it?

Round Two: Food Opinions People Defend

Food preferences feel deeply personal, and these pairs expose exactly why. More party game ideas are worth bookmarking alongside this one.

1. Pineapple on pizza: love it or ban it forever?
2. Ketchup on scrambled eggs or never?
3. Cake or pie?
4. Chunky peanut butter or smooth?
5. Cold pizza for breakfast or reheat it?
6. Well-done steak or medium-rare?
7. Ketchup in the cupboard or the fridge?
8. Eat the skin on a kiwi or peel it?
9. Dip the fries in the shake or eat them separate?
10. Raisins in cookies: welcome or betrayal?
11. Soup: meal or side dish?
12. Eat dessert first or last?

Round Three: Household Arguments

Every household has at least one of these fights on rotation, and now the whole party can weigh in.

1. Dishes washed immediately or left to soak?
2. Toilet paper roll over or under?
3. Thermostat wars: freeze or roast?
4. Make the bed every morning or skip it?
5. Lights off when you leave a room or leave them on?
6. Shoes off at the door or wear them inside?
7. Grocery bags: reusable or plastic?
8. Hand-wash delicates or throw everything in the machine?
9. Keep the kitchen sponge forever or replace it constantly?
10. Decant snacks into bowls or eat straight from the bag?
11. Sleep with the window open or sealed shut?
12. Volume on a round number or does it not matter?

Round Four: Absurd Pairs

There is no practical stakes here, only pride, and somehow that makes people louder.

1. Fight one horse-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized horses?
2. Only be able to whisper or only be able to shout?
3. Hands that are feet or feet that are hands?
4. Never be able to sit down or never be able to stand up?
5. Speak every language but read none or read every language but speak none?
6. Hiccup once a minute forever or sneeze once an hour forever?
7. Be two feet taller or two feet shorter?
8. Time travel to the past only or the future only?
9. Know the exact date of every historical event or know the lyrics to every song ever written?
10. Lose all your photos or all your text messages?
11. Never be cold again or never be hot again?
12. Eat one meal you love for every meal forever or eat a different random meal every time?

Round Five: Unpopular Opinions

These pairs are designed to drag a confession out of someone who thought they were the normal one in the group. For more questions that spark a real conversation, the Would You Rather questions list runs deep.

1. Libraries or bookshops?
2. Working from home or working in an office?
3. Texting or calling?
4. Dogs or cats?
5. Summer or winter?
6. Mountains or beach?
7. Early bird or night owl?
8. Silence during a film or commentary from someone who has seen it?
9. Paper books or e-reader?
10. Birthdays: big celebration or quiet ignore?
11. Surprise parties: love them or deeply unwelcome?
12. Reply to messages immediately or let them sit?

Round Six: The Funniest Round

Save this for last. By now, trust is gone and anything is possible. Party games for adults worth adding to the rotation are right there if the night still has legs.

1. Find out your friends all talk about you or find out your enemies all love you?
2. Narrate your own life in a documentary voice or have dramatic movie music follow you everywhere?
3. Everyone can hear your thoughts for a day or you can hear everyone else’s for a day?
4. Involuntarily moonwalk everywhere you go or involuntarily do jazz hands when excited?
5. Your most recent search history shown to your boss or your most recent texts shown to your parents?
6. Be the funniest person in the room but no one laughs or be serious but everyone finds you hilarious?
7. Forget every embarrassing thing you have ever done or remember every embarrassing thing everyone else has ever done?
8. Your guilty-pleasure playlist revealed to everyone or your guilty-pleasure TV show?
9. Age but look young or stay young but look old?
10. Know what every animal is thinking or know what every stranger on the street is thinking?
11. Have a laugh that clears every room or a sneeze that starts a standing ovation?
12. Go viral for something dumb or be completely unknown forever?

How to Keep It Moving and When to Stop

The thirty-second defence rule is the whole engine. When someone defends their answer for longer than thirty seconds, they lose the round on principle, and everyone moves on. Keep a timer on your phone and enforce it mercilessly. The reader should already have the next card flipped before the noise from the last pair dies down.

Stop after Round Six or whenever someone starts getting genuinely annoyed, whichever comes first. Six rounds of twelve is the right ceiling: ninety minutes of this lands differently than two hours of it. If the group is still going strong after Round Six, switch to a different format. The Would You Rather questions list is a natural follow-on that keeps the energy without repeating the format.

One practical note on printing: run the card sheets on cardstock, cut them along the lines, and use a binder ring to keep each round together. Stack the rounds in order before the party starts and the whole evening runs itself.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many players do you need for this or that funny questions?

Four is the practical minimum because you need enough people to actually split the room. It plays well up to twenty or so, and larger groups just get louder, which is fine.

Do you need any special equipment to play?

Nothing at all if you read from the screen. Print the card decks if you want a physical version, and a phone timer helps enforce the thirty-second defence rule.

How long does one full game take?

Six rounds of twelve pairs at thirty seconds each runs roughly sixty to ninety minutes with natural arguing time built in. Shorter if the group is decisive, longer if they are not.

Is this appropriate for all adults, including mixed-age groups?

Yes. Every pair is PG-13 and nothing touches alcohol, politics, religion or anything that makes an aunt uncomfortable. It works from a birthday dinner to a work Christmas party.

Can you play just one round instead of all six?

Absolutely. Each round stands alone. Drop Round One into a dinner party as an icebreaker, or save Round Six for the end of the night when the group is warmed up.

How do you print the card decks?

Print each sheet on cardstock for best results, cut along the grid lines, and use a binder ring to keep each round together. Laminating is optional but makes them reusable.