A ramdom would you rather? I heard a while ago and was conflicted about

[Sam]

I really like hypothetical questions and I remember reading this in a YouTube community tab a while ago and I NEED to know what MelonLand thinks about this because I personally think both options are absolutely horrible and I had a really hard time answering (but endedp up deciding the human because I'm deathly afraid of insects and would die of a heart attack if I saw that many cockroaches all in the same place)

[Melooon]

(replying to the fact this is coming from YouTube culture and what it means there) I think the root of the question is inherently hostile or anti-human, because its assuming a negative association with the presence of a person in a basement. For all I know that person could be my dad working on a cool project, and even if it were an unknown human, it could be a lost and confused old person, it could be someone sheltering from the cold and intending no harm.

A friend of mine once had a break in where someone got into their house during a storm and stole a raincoat, but did no other damage and they left before anyone in the house was awake, and they even left a note apologizing for taking the coat.

Of course the worlds not all lovely, but I think the culture of zombie media and horror films is deeply flawed and the way it trains people to demonize unknown people is really sad.

Sorry if that's a bit heavy for your silly question thread, but I do think its worth thinking about with these sorts of things 

[RNotteLovesOwls]

i think i'd rather find a human. now (provided this is one of those "next poster answers then writes a new prompt" games), let me continue the game with a more innocent question:

would you rather: gain the ability to fly, or to turn invisible?

[Kiko!]

I was surprised at the polling results. People would rather a human in the basement than roaches? I mean an infestation would be pretty rough but I have dealt with them before and, although they're hard to get rid of, they're pretty harmless. Just very annoying and gross.

Considering the fact that the human isn't specified, I am taking the initiative to say that the human is someone I do not know. Now, humans are unpredictable, especially strangers. So, seeing someone in my house, in which I had no knowledge of them being there, would be genuinely terrifying. The person could be armed and have the intent to kill. I am a 154 tall female with no upper body strength. If it were to come down to a fight, there would be small chance I would win. If they were harmless, there would have to be a whole thing about why they're in my house and calling the police and having to deal with squatters rights. ('murica baby) Just a lot of hassle.

On the flip side, I could just call an exterminator.