MEME: THIS OR THAT

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MY 'THIS OR THAT' MEME

I made up this meme because I started wondering about preferences and why they happen.

Which of the following do you prefer?

Feel free to choose and reply to this post. Also, please add your own thoughts and choices, or replace any existing ones and repost this in your own journal.



Love or sex
Boys or girls
Sun or clouds
Summer or winter
Spring or fall
Television or movies
News or sports
Children or old people
Dogs or cats
House or apartment
Dial-up or high-speed
Books or magazines
Grass or pavement
Wood or metal
Mountains or ocean
EPL or La Liga
Argentina or Brazil
Real Madrid or Barcelona
Tea or coffee
Toast or cereal
Muffins or cookies
Milk or cream
Sugar or honey
Chocolate or cinnamon
Wine or beer
Coke or Pepsi
Makeup or natural look
Religion or atheism
Metaphysical or existential
Single or double
White or black
Never or always
Naked or clothed
North or south
Bus or train
Ride or walk
Brush or comb
Hot or cold
Bland or spicy
Chelsea or Arsenal
Manchester or Liverpool
Bread or toast
Guitar or piano
Soloist or choir
Watercolor or oils
Rock and roll or alternative
Folk or country


Okay, that's my original list. Feel free to add to it!

Comments

[blue-eyed-miss.livejournal.com]

Love or sex - Love
Boys or girls - Boys
Sun or clouds - Sun
Summer or winter - Summer
Spring or fall - Spring
Television or movies - Television
News or sports - Sports
Children or old people - Children
Dogs or cats - Dogs
House or apartment - House
Dial-up or high-speed - High-Speed
Books or magazines - Books
Grass or pavement - Grass
Wood or metal - Metal
Mountains or ocean - Ocean
EPL or La Liga - Premier League
Argentina or Brazil - Argentina
Real Madrid or Barcelona - Real Madrid
Tea or coffee - Tea
Toast or cereal - Cereal
Muffins or cookies - Cookies
Milk or cream - Milk
Sugar or honey - Sugar
Chocolate or cinnamon - Chocolate
Wine or beer - Wine
Coke or Pepsi - Pepsi
Makeup or natural look - Natural Look
Religion or atheism - religion
Metaphysical or existential - Existential
Single or double - Double
White or black - Black
Never or always - Always
Naked or clothed - Clothed
North or south - South
Bus or train - Train
Ride or walk - Walk
Brush or comb - Brush
Hot or cold - Hot
Bland or spicy - Spicy
Chelsea or Arsenal - Arsenal
Manchester or Liverpool
Bread or toast - LIVERPOOL !!
Guitar or piano - Paino
Soloist or choir - Choir
Watercolor or oils - Watercolour
Rock and roll or alternative - Alternative
Folk or country - Neither

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

We have quite a few the same! Not hard to understand I guess.
These things are always interesting to read...

[sunshinelucy.livejournal.com]

Love or sex- Sex (based on the fact that I've never been in love)
Boys or girls- Boys
Sun or clouds- SUN
Summer or winter- Summer
Spring or fall- Spring
Television or movies- Movies
News or sports- Eeehhh... that's hard! I like parts of both
Children or old people- Children... plus my grandparents
Dogs or cats- Dogs
House or apartment- Apartment right now
Dial-up or high-speed- High-speed
Books or magazines- Books
Grass or pavement- Grass
Wood or metal- Wood
Mountains or ocean- Ocean
EPL or La Liga- LAAAAAAAA LIGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA x infinity
Argentina or Brazil- ARGENTINA
Real Madrid or Barcelona- REAL MADRID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (lol, sorry)
Tea or coffee- coffee
Toast or cereal- ooh, cereal
Muffins or cookies- cookies
Milk or cream- milk
Sugar or honey- honey
Chocolate or cinnamon- cinnamon
Wine or beer- wine
Coke or Pepsi- Coke
Makeup or natural look- I like makeup
Religion or atheism- for me? Atheism. For other people- whatever rows your boat.
Metaphysical or existential- Existential
Single or double- ... double double
White or black- neither
Never or always- always
Naked or clothed- clothed
North or south- North
Bus or train- train
Ride or walk- walk
Brush or comb- Brush
Hot or cold- hot
Bland or spicy- bland
Chelsea or Arsenal- Arsenal
Manchester or Liverpool- Liverpool, I guess
Bread or toast- toast
Guitar or piano- piano... or guitar. I dunno. I like both
Soloist or choir- Soloist
Watercolor or oils- watercolour
Rock and roll or alternative- rock and roll
Folk or country- both!

That was fun! I know I cheated on a lot of them, but I have issues with definite answers, lol.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Very interesting that for quite a few things, you do NOT have a preference! One thing I found was that most people WOULD prefer one thing over the other. But I know it's hard when given only two choices. It would have been ok to type in the thing that you would prefer over the two choices I gave, because not all are opposites. Like for instance: Guitar or piano are both lovely to listen to, but so is harp music, so if you preferred that, you could have typed in "harp". LOL.

But great and fascinating answers nonetheless!

[helena22herrera.livejournal.com]

Love or sex - love,
Boys or girls - boys,
Sun or clouds - sun,
Summer or winter - summer! I really miss already, although it's still not that cold outside...
Spring or fall - the end of spring,
Television or movies - movies,
News or sports - sports,
Children or old people - old people,
Dogs or cats - cats!
House or apartment - apartment,
Dial-up or high-speed - high-speed!
Books or magazines - magazines,
Grass or pavement - grass,
Wood or metal - wood,
Mountains or ocean - ocean,
EPL or La Liga - La Liga,
Argentina or Brazil - Argentina,
Real Madrid or Barcelona - none of these clubs xD
Tea or coffee - tea,
Toast or cereal - cereal,
Muffins or cookies - neither,
Milk or cream - milk,
Sugar or honey - sugar,
Chocolate or cinnamon - a difficult choice... cinnamon,
Wine or beer - wine!
Coke or Pepsi - pepsi,
Makeup or natural look - make-up,
Religion or atheism - atheism,
Metaphysical or existential - existential,
Single or double - double,
White or black - black,
Never or always - sometimes! never,
Naked or clothed - clothed,
North or south - south,
Bus or train - train, in case it's not metro.
Ride or walk - walk,
Brush or comb - brush,
Hot or cold - hot,
Bland or spicy - spicy,
Chelsea or Arsenal - I am not into english football... but because of Arshavin, I'll name Chelsea.
Manchester or Liverpool - Liverpool,
Bread or toast - bread,
Guitar or piano - guitar, although I can play piano.
Soloist or choir - soloist,
Watercolor or oils - watercolor,
Rock and roll or alternative - rock'n'roll.
Folk or country - folk.
:)

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Lots of answers were the same! (I just realized I did not post mine!)
LOL...I will guess that you do not like Arshavin!
It is always interesting to read the answers....

[helena22herrera.livejournal.com]

I just hate Arshavin. I hated him when he played for Zenit (and I hate Zenit), when he plays Russian NT and moreover during that "Santa Barbara" with his leaving Zenit for another club. Moreover, each time Russian footballer plays for foreign club, it's always like: "The club of Arshavin", "The club of Zhirkov" and so on. So, choosing between "the club of Arshavin" and "the club of Zhirkov" is more like choosing between Arshavin and Zhirkov for me, cause Arsenal and Chelsea are two clubs I like a little bit because of some reasons... I like Zhirkov a little bit more... xDDD

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Oh I know, when I hate a player it almost ruins the team he is on for me!!! I usually cannot watch them play in that case!

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Interesting meme! :D

Love or sex - sex
Boys or girls - boys
Sun or clouds - sun
Summer or winter - summer
Spring or fall - fall
Television or movies - movies
News or sports - sports
Children or old people - old people
Dogs or cats - dogs
House or apartment - apartment
Dial-up or high-speed - high-speed (duh!)
Books or magazines - books
Grass or pavement - grass
Wood or metal - wood
Mountains or ocean - ocean
EPL or La Liga - La Liga
Argentina or Brazil - Argentina
Real Madrid or Barcelona - Real Madrid
Tea or coffee - tea
Toast or cereal - toast
Muffins or cookies - muffins
Milk or cream - milk
Sugar or honey - sugar
Chocolate or cinnamon - chocolate
Wine or beer - beer
Coke or Pepsi - Coke
Makeup or natural look - natural look
Religion or atheism - atheism
Metaphysical or existential - existential
Single or double - double
White or black - black
Never or always - always
Naked or clothed - naked
North or south - south
Bus or train - train
Ride or walk - walk
Brush or comb - comb
Hot or cold - hot
Bland or spicy - spicy
Chelsea or Arsenal - Arsenal
Manchester or Liverpool - Liverpool
Bread or toast - bread
Guitar or piano - guitar
Soloist or choir - choir
Watercolor or oils - oils
Rock and roll or alternative - rock'n'roll
Folk or country - folk

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

MOST of my flist answered the same to most of the choices!
But I think you are the ONLY one who preferred 'naked' to 'clothed'! I suppose if I wanted to analyze this as a psychological test, I could try to find out if everyone thought of these choices as applying to themselves, or if they 'externalized' them and attributed them to other people they could watch or something! LOL.

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

Really? That is interesting! :D

I must admit I didn't really follow a line there. Some questions I attributed to myself, some I externalised. The naked/clothed one I externalised, obviously. XDD

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

LOL. I love it!

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

That's interesting!
But too many things I cannot decide.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

It's interesting that some people have an instant response to one or the other of the choices, while others cannot decide. Maybe there is another choice in some of the categories. But it's a fascinating view into the differences between people who would otherwise seem to be much the same.

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Some I can easily decide but others I can not decide.

black or white? clothes = black, the walls in my flat = white
hot or cold" in winter = hot, in summer = cold

I guess you understand my problem *smiles*

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Yes, I understand. It's also not just in the questions but in our perception of what is being asked. For instance, 'Black or White' can mean so much more than just the colours being applied to things. Some people might see it as a preference for people, based on their skin colour. Others might see it as a way of thinking - negative or positive. Even more might perceive it as an absence versus a totality: as in black being the absence of all colour and white being the presence of all colours mixed together.

This is like a psychological quiz - it depends more on the perception of the questions than on the questions themselves. It's very interesting.

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

The longer I think about the questions the less can I answer...

Okay I try to answer:

Love or sex - sex
Boys or girls
Sun or clouds
Summer or winter
Spring or fall
Television or movies
News or sports
Children or old people
Dogs or cats - cats
House or apartment - apartment
Dial-up or high-speed - high-speed
Books or magazines - books
Grass or pavement
Wood or metal
Mountains or ocean
EPL or La Liga - EPL
Argentina or Brazil - Argentina
Real Madrid or Barcelona
Tea or coffee - coffee
Toast or cereal - toast
Muffins or cookies
Milk or cream - milk
Sugar or honey - honey
Chocolate or cinnamon - chocolate
Wine or beer
Coke or Pepsi - coke
Makeup or natural look - makeup
Religion or atheism - atheism
Metaphysical or existential
Single or double
White or black
Never or always
Naked or clothed
North or south
Bus or train
Ride or walk
Brush or comb
Hot or cold
Bland or spicy
Chelsea or Arsenal
Manchester or Liverpool ä Liverpool
Bread or toast
Guitar or piano
Soloist or choir - solist
Watercolor or oils
Rock and roll or alternative
Folk or country

You can see it's less than the half I can answer. The others I cannot, maybe I like both or I don't like both or it depends on the moment.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

That's okay, though! For me it says that you are NOT too set in your ways and that you are open to a lot of different things! That is GOOD!

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Thanks,

It's interesting to read the other answers!

[micholover.livejournal.com]

Love or sex - Love
Boys or girls - Boys
Sun or clouds - both (but it depends, i like sun sometimes)
Summer or winter - winter
Spring or fall - spring
Television or movies - movies
News or sports - sports
Children or old people - old people
Dogs or cats - dogs
House or apartment - house
Dial-up or high-speed - high-speed
Books or magazines - both <3
Grass or pavement - grass
Wood or metal - wood
Mountains or ocean - both
EPL or La Liga - Bundesliga lol (anything about football, i love it all)
Argentina or Brazil - both
Real Madrid or Barcelona - both
Tea or coffee - tea
Toast or cereal - both
Muffins or cookies both
Milk or cream - both
Sugar or honey - sugar
Chocolate or cinnamon - chocolate
Wine or beer - i'd love to drink wine :)
Coke or Pepsi - both
Makeup or natural look - both
Religion or atheism - religion
Metaphysical or existential - existential
Single or double - both
White or black - both
Never or always - both
Naked or clothed - both
North or south - north
Bus or train - both
Ride or walk - both
Brush or comb - comb
Hot or cold - cold
Bland or spicy - spicy
Chelsea or Arsenal - neither
Manchester or Liverpool - Liverpool
Bread or toast - both
Guitar or piano - both
Soloist or choir - both
Watercolor or oils - both
Rock and roll or alternative - alternative
Folk or country - both

:)

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

You have lots of "both's"!!! That's good...you are not stuck in your ways! I like that. XD

[crazy-girl-86.livejournal.com]

I'm bored and have nothing to do, so I will do your meme! It looks interesting! :D

Love or sex - Love
Boys or girls - Boys
Sun or clouds - Sun
Summer or winter - Summer
Spring or fall - Spring
Television or movies - TV
News or sports - Sports
Children or old people - Children
Dogs or cats - hmm... don't care, don't like both
House or apartment - Apartment
Dial-up or high-speed - High-speed
Books or magazines - Books
Grass or pavement - Pavement
Wood or metal - Metal
Mountains or ocean - Ocean
EPL or La Liga - La Liga
Argentina or Brazil - Argentina
Real Madrid or Barcelona - Real Madrid!
Tea or coffee - Tea
Toast or cereal - Toast (but in Valenica cereals... LOL)
Muffins or cookies - BOTH!!!!
Milk or cream - milk
Sugar or honey - honey
Chocolate or cinnamon - chocolate
Wine or beer - hahah, here both, normally beer
Coke or Pepsi - Pepsi, though you get coke in general in a bar or so...
Makeup or natural look - make up
Religion or atheism - atheism
Metaphysical or existential - O_o hhmm... existential
Single or double - double. LOL
White or black - black
Never or always - hmm.... always
Naked or clothed - naked XD
North or south - south
Bus or train - train
Ride or walk - walk
Brush or comb - brush
Hot or cold - hot
Bland or spicy - spicy
Chelsea or Arsenal - Arsenal
Manchester or Liverpool - Liverpool
Bread or toast - bread, German bread.
Guitar or piano - guitar
Soloist or choir - whatever... don't care, don't like
Watercolor or oils - watercolor
Rock and roll or alternative - alternative
Folk or country - country

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

LOL. I can tell you are a MODERN woman!