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Bronzie's 5Q Question Set for December 2021

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                 B I N A R Y  C H O I C E S

1. 6 weeks on a ventilator with COVID, followed by long-term 40% reduced fitness for 18 months but open freedom, or no disease but 2 more years of hard lockdown? Why?

2. US to engage China over a Taiwan invasion, or US to engage Russia over a Ukraine invasion.

3. Trump as US President again for 1 term, or Mike Pence for 2 terms

4. A year of Saturday dinners at your country's best restaurants, or a 3-day weekend of mind-blowingly fantasitic sex with your biggest crush.

5. Work 3 8-hour days a week, retire at 50 but die at 70, or work 6 8-hour days a week, retire at 70, but live to 85

Smolnet Crew Answers

Christy-o-twisty selects quality

Gemlog's non-alarmist preference for non-binary choices

Ávalos' well-ventilated responses born of strong independent thought

Clair_de_soleil's concise multi-spectral analysis

Daniel_c takes the path of least destruction

Bronzie's Answers

1. I'll go the lockdown - I'd rather my health than roll the dice with a disease where the long term effects are less than well understood. I've already done world-record lockdown time - I can endure more. Mind you - our government spent big to keep impacted businesses and individuals afloat - without that I may take a different outlook.

2. Russia. Not saying I am wishing this upon the Ukraine, or Russia, but if there was a shooting war, I honestly think the US and Europe would have a better chance of sorting this one out more cleanly. I know they presently are doing a shit job of that, but that is becuase they are not assertively enagaged.

3. Oh dear. This is a hard one. Pence worries me - I think he is smarter than he looks (and a great deal more intelligent than Trump), and hence even more dangerous as he actually has an ideological agenda. Trump is the devil we know, and possibly more easily herded. I may regret saying this, but Trump.

4. I manage to feed myself quite well, and indulge myself with foods that I quite enjoy. I'll take the sex. My suburban exile era has proven to be a bit of a boink-desert, so I could do with a bit of 7-star carnal indulgence. I choose boink-dessert.

5. Hmmm. I like the quality of life option, but I have 1000 years of interesting projects to complete. If the question is "Quality or quantity", I'll go quality.

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