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[โ€“] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 50 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

What is the ideal number of children dying from preventable diseases each day, sufficient to make you feel happy in yourself?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 28 points 5 days ago

Average Health Insurance CEO

[โ€“] RandomVideos@programming.dev 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

How tall does a hat have to be for you to want to wear it?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 14 points 5 days ago

At least 2 meters.

[โ€“] daggermoon@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Why were you tweeting that Chris Brown did nothing wrong?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago

I dislike rihanna, because people worship the ground she walks on, even though she's kinda a shitty person. Love her music though.

[โ€“] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 33 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

What is your favorite pizza topping?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 32 points 5 days ago
[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 21 points 5 days ago

I threw up a little in my mouth.

[โ€“] andrewta@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Which would you rather do, save a kid from a burning building or spend your time or playing with a cat?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] MTK@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Did you ever kill anyone? If so, how many did you kill and did you ever feel like you could have done something different?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 15 points 5 days ago

I would say about 40. A shovel would help.

[โ€“] ParlaMint@lemmy.ml 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Who had some really good ideas but died, sadly, too young before they reached their full potential?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

You awful, awful person.

[โ€“] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 29 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Would you shoot a puppy, if so why?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 30 points 5 days ago

Yeah! I think they're cute.

[โ€“] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Given the opportunity, would you expose yourself sexually to a group of kindergartners?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] s3rvant@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 days ago

These secondary reaction comments are my favorite; this one got me laughing good

[โ€“] ParlaMint@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 days ago
[โ€“] SuluBeddu@feddit.it 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

What's your favourite pizza topping?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] SuluBeddu@feddit.it 7 points 4 days ago

I wonder what's worse :(

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago
[โ€“] Notorious_handholder@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Which country do you think causes the most problems for everyone and should probably be nuked off the face of the planet?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 9 points 5 days ago

Probably sudan or one of those countries.

[โ€“] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I've never been good at these. How many babies do you think should be thrown into mount Etna each hour as a sacrifice to appease the Volcano God?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] serfraser@sopuli.xyz 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Reasons Lemmy is better than Reddit?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 19 points 5 days ago

I am irrationally angry.

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 22 points 5 days ago

I don't know any.

[โ€“] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Why do you throw litter out of your car?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 23 points 5 days ago
[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 16 points 5 days ago

God fucking dammit.

[โ€“] MTK@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

If you had to choose a utensil to wipe your butt with (no toilet paper) which would you choose?

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[โ€“] Alice@beehaw.org 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I'm pregnant and it's yours. :( What do you want me to do?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 13 points 5 days ago
[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 11 points 5 days ago
[โ€“] Maven@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

What was your favorite way to convince people to vote for Donald J Trump in the recent US election?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago

Interrupting people extremely often.

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm going to be honest, this seemed to have worked.

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