Would You??

[Lykren]

First violin, intimacy is cool.

Piano repertoire is better, but I wouldn't say its expressive range is greater. The guitar player has more direct control over tone production. I think they're about equal.

Would you argue in favor of the objective superiority of your favorite painter? If so, how?

EDIT: Warren Beatty!

So, would you argue?

[Calidore]

apparently you don't understand "you have no actual way of knowing this"

or "your "argument" is only supported by a shortage of public evidence to the contrary, which doesn't preclude it from actually existing."

make a thread out of it---and no need to ask me if its okay to quote me.

Obviously you haven't realized yet that some folks' opinions are more than mere opinions.

Solo! I want aaaall the glory.

Would you rather learn guitar or piano?

I've tried guitar, and I kind of like it, but being able to play some stompin' old-school R & B piano would be awesome.

E: Wouldn't become a vegetarian 'for' a spouse, although I could eat vegetarian food some of time.

Piano. I used to play the guitar actually, not well enough to play much classical rep, though. But if I can choose to play one of those really well, I'd choose the piano, no question. The expressive range and repertoire are infinitely superior.

Would you rather be a the first violin of a string quartet or the concertmaster of an orchestra?

I tend to like orchestral works more than quartets, so that one.

Would you rather play a board game or a card game?

[Lykren]

Board game, so long as it's skill only!

Argue?

[Pike Bishop]

No, I would argue for the discursive superiority based on historically and consensually standards of aesthetic superiority. Pure objective superiority is a metaphysical myth.

Would you use a parachute packed by one of your anonymous high schoolmates and use it without knowing the contents, considering all of your negative and positive high school relationships? In other words, do you think you were a nice enough guy to feel safe doing so?

[Lykren]

Nope. I'm scared of heights!

Would you date a pro chess player?

[Pike Bishop]

No, I prefer my women--like my wife--to be more conceptual than analytical.

Would you stand up for a fellow colleague to your boss' abuse of him/her at the peril of your professional job?

[North Star]

Sure.

Would you date a serial composer?

[Pike Bishop]

Before I got married, perhaps. She would also have to be well-educated in the Humanities, since I wouldn't want to talk music all day.

In what order would you give up literature, music, and film/tv if you had to give 1-3 of them up?...and why?

[North Star]

I wouldn't

film/tv, literature, and music last. I'd still have photography, painting (and other related art forms) and theatre left, though

Would you go to a Stockhausen concert if someone gave you a ticket?

[Lykren]

Film, I have less energy for that one anyway. Then music. Literature demands attention.

Same Q.

EDIT: Nahhh.

Would you leave an SO to go to a world-class university?

[tonywalt]

good question, I'm past university, but I might/would do that because of the 'brand recognition' and networking advantages that a world class university gives.

Would you take a decrease of 25% in income to do the thing you really love?

[Pike Bishop]

I teach English at a small college for a living; I've already taken more than that from the get go...

If you knew your best friend cheated on his wife, who is also your friend, would you tell her?...and if you didn't, would you be able to look her in the face the same way again?

[North Star]

Tonywalt's question is way too easy, but then again, he does live on Cayman Islands If I was that interested in money, I'd really love making money in any case.

If you knew your best friend cheated on his wife, who is also your friend, would you tell her?...and if you didn't, would you be able to look her in the face the same way again?

Uh... I'd probably say to my best friend that he should tell his wife, or I'd do it. I sure wouldn't be able to look the best friend in the face the same way again.

Would you like to learn a new language, and if so, which?

[Lykren]

Yes, Japanese, and then French. I'm very nervous that I'm too lazy to do either though.

Same Q.

[Dark Muse]

I am currently working on learning Irish Gaelic, so yes.

If you were dating someone and got along really well and were attracted to them and they confessed that they were transsexual (had an operation to change thier gender) would you continue to date them?