Answer These Very Serious Morality Questions and We'll Guess Your Relationship Status!

By: Alex Wittman

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Imagine you've got your Air Pods in and your current fave bop is blasting while you're walking down the street. We'd obv be listening to Lizzo, but what matters is that you're with us so far. Got it? Okay, so you're strolling and NOT scrolling. Because your face isn't buried in your phone (for once), you notice a wallet laying on the ground. Whaaaaaat?!

You're shook, but you pick it up. When you open the wallet, you see there's $1,000 in there. Cold, hard cash. So, my dude, what's your next move?

This morality scenario is just the tip of the iceberg. We created a whole freaking quiz with serious-AF questions like these because we want to know how you'd handle yourself. Are you finna keep that money to spend on those Nikes you've been eyeing, or are you headed straight to the police to turn it in? Be straight and answer all our questions honestly for a special bonus.

You know we wouldn't stress your moral compass for nothing: At the end of the quiz, we'll guess your relationship status. Are you up for it? Then let's get this party started. Whether you knew it or not, you've been studying for this morality quiz your whole life, and it's about to get lit.

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The night before your best friend's wedding, you learn their fiancé is cheating on them. Since there's no doubt about the immense shadiness going down, what do you do?

Speak up at the ceremony because I'm NOT holding my peace

Confront the cheater and force them to tell
Hope it's just a pre-marriage thing and let it go

Discreetly tell my BFF and let them decide

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You're on your way into the bank when a robber runs out with a bag of money. If he gives you $1,000, will you point the police in the opposite direction?

Umm, duh, I've got bills to pay!

No way; the police need the truth.
It def depends on if anyone got hurt during the robbery or not.

How far am I from the bank? Did CCTV see me?

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Your boss just told you you're getting a promotion, but if you accept, your BFF gets fired. What do you do?

Turn it down! Friendship over everything.

Start looking for a new BFF because that promotion is mine!
Talk to my BFF and ask what I should do

Take the well-deserved promotion and help my BFF update their resume

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You and bae are on a ship that hits an iceberg, putting you two in the frigid water à la Jack and Rose. Since you can't both fit on the door, whaddaya do?

If they say I should live, you can trust I'm on that door.

I could never live with myself if they died, so I'd make them take it.
We'd give the door to someone else and go down together.

The door might not hold us forever, but we'd float and look into each other's eyes until the inevitable.

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So, you're a doctor with three patients. All of them will die without treatment, but if the third dies, you can save the others with their organs. What do you do?

Do nothing and pray for a miracle

Give the third patient the medicine (let the other two die)
Let the third patient die and do the organ transplants for the other two

Dip and leave medicine forever

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There's a car accident, and you seriously injured a passing pedestrian. When you get out of your car, the other driver thinks they're at fault. Do you own up to it?

If they believe it, let's go with that.

I might be able to talk myself into believing they actually did it.
Idk, dude, I think I'd decide in the moment.

I'd def need to own up to what I did.

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You're at the beach with your spouse (whom you wanna divorce). Nearby, you see your first love (whom you still love). Later, both are swimming and get caught in a riptide. You can only save one. Who do you help?

I'm going after my first love.

Why are we getting divorced? That matters!
Do we have kids? Should I save their parent?

Obv, with all our history, I have to save my spouse.

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You have a thing for your BFF's bf/gf but have never acted on your feelings. When they break up, they slide into your DMs. Are you open to starting something up with them?

Omg, yes! Sounds like all my prayers have been answered!

Maybe just one small hookup to get them out of my system ...
I would def have to talk to my friend first.

No way, I'm loyal to my friend.

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You've got bad credit-card debt. You don't how you'll pay it off when some random person offers you the money. You just have to slap five strangers in the face. You game?

Yes, I'd slap 10 people for that kind of money!

No way, I'd rather declare bankruptcy.
I'd do it but find some way to give the people I slap some money.

I don't think so, but I'd probably regret it.

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You're forced to choose between sending your beloved dog to the pound and never seeing it again or kicking a puppy. Which do you do?

I'd kick the puppy.

I'd send my dog to the pound.
OMG, this is the worst question in the quiz so far.

Tbh, this choice would kill me.

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An evil genius kidnapped you, and you're now trapped on his remote island. With no hope of rescue, he makes you choose from one of the following options to secure your release. What do you decide?

Push a button that kills 1,000 random people instantly

Push a button that speeds up climate change by 100 years
Push a button that makes all drinking water toxic

I think I'll just live out my days on the remote island.

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You and your baby are part of a group on the run from zombies. Everyone is hiding in complete silence. You look down and see your baby is about to cry. What do you do?

I'd smother my baby to save the lives of everyone else (and myself).

I couldn't kill my baby, so I guess everyone is going to die.
I'd run out of the cave with my baby, even though we'd get eaten alive.

I would toss my babies to the zombies as a distraction.

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You and your partner want kids but haven't been successful. The stress is destroying your marriage. The doctor suggests an experimental but expensive treatment. Do you try it?

No way, nothing is worth financial insecurity.

I'd keep trying using other methods but might come back to it.
I'd leave it up to my partner.

Absolutely; anything to save my marriage.

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To cheer yourself up after a bad day, you go shopping. When you get home, you realize you wore a pricey coat out of the store and never paid for it. Do you keep it?

For sure, sounds like my lucky day!

No way, I'd return it ASAP.
I'd sell the coat and donate the money to charity.

I'd throw the coat away.

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Your country is involved in a war you absolutely don't believe in. When you're called upon to serve, what do you do?

Leave the country, even if it means I can never return home

Protest in the streets, even though I'll get arrested and go to jail for a long time
Go to war but refuse to participate once I'm there

Do my duty and go to war

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In the spirit of saving the environment, you decided to forgo your usual Uber and are, instead, walking. You see a wallet on the ground and find $100 inside. What's your move?

Take the cash, leave the wallet and dip

Turn the wallet (cash and all) into the police
Find the owner via social media, but say the cash was already gone

I just leave it. Someone else will know what to do.

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You didn't study for your big exam. If you fail this exam, you can kiss your scholarship goodbye. An hour before the test, you find the professor's answer key. What do you do?

Study it like my life depends on it (because it does)

Turn it into my professor without looking (maybe I'll score some bonus points)
Look at it for, like, 10 minutes before leaving it where I found it

Nothing; I can't even trust myself to pick it up.

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You and your BFF plan a hiking trip in a very remote area. No cell service, my dude. Everything is going great until your friend breaks their leg. What's your move?

Stay with my friend even if it means we'll both die

I'd probably start to leave but turn back.
Ask my friend to decide, but I know they'll tell me to go

Go for help (we shouldn't both die)

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While on vacation, you stop in an adorable antique shop and purchase an old oil lamp. When you get it home, a genie pops out and offers you a wish. What do you choose?

Wealth

Immortality
Happiness

World peace

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When it comes to money, people will do some seriously cray things. Which of the following would you NOT do for a million dollars?

There's nothing I wouldn't do for a million dollars.

Drown a kitten
Punch a baby

Tattoo a cuss word on my forehead

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Your grandma gave you her engagement ring, but it's ugly AF. You need money and are considering pawning it, but your grandma will be heartbroken. What do you do?

Sell it but never tell my grandma

Keep it and get used to being broke AF
Ask my grandma's permission to sell it

Wait until my grandma dies to sell it

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You're at an amazing party. Everyone is having fun, but you're stuck talking to someone super boring. Ordinarily, you'd dip, but this person knows the CEO of the company where you just applied. Whaddya do?

Dip, enjoy the party and look for jobs elsewhere

I'd check my watch to see if they get the hint on their own.
Chat for a bit and hope for the best

Talk as long as they want because networking is life

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It's the day of your wedding, but you've realized the person you're supposed to marry is not "the one." If you call it off, your BFF will never talk to you again. What do you do?

Make a run for it. If my BFF doesn't understand, they were never really my BFF.

Call it off, but beg my BFF to take me back. Who needs dignity?
I'd start praying I'm the one that gets left at the altar.

Go through with it. Things might work out, right?

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You're at the hospital when a terminally ill man calls out to you. He says his life insurance policy will expire at midnight and leave his family with nothing. He begs you to smother him. Do you help him?

Yes, but only if he promises me some of that cash.

No way! All human life is precious.
Maybe, if there's absolutely no chance of me getting in trouble

Definitely; it's the humane thing to do.

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All right, you and your sibling are trekking through the forest when they fall into a pit of quicksand. They're carrying the cure to cancer in their backpack, and you can only save one—sibling or backpack. Whaddya do?

Sorry, bruh, but we've got to cure cancer!

Someone else can figure out cancer. That's my sibling!
Jump into the quicksand myself, so we all go down together

Run away into the forest and begin my life as a hermit

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You are part of a project to end world hunger, and the team discovers a solution. However, you'll be feeding people genetically modified produce, and there's no telling what the long-term effects will be. How do you proceed?

Anything is better than starving to death.

Go with the GMOs as long as no one company is benefitting too much financially
Hold out on GMOs until more research has been conducted

Keep looking for another solution, even if it means people will continue to die

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In the middle of the night, your BFF knocks on your door. They've committed a crime but won't tell you any details until you agree to help them cover it up. What's your move?

Shut the door and call the police

Tell them, if they leave right away, I won't tell anyone I saw them
Say I'll help, but only to get the deets. I'll decide for real later.

Promise to help them no matter what. That's my BFF!

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This one is pretty straight to the point. You're given the choice between saving either your parents or a random baby. What do you do?

I'd save the baby.

I'd save my parents.
WTF, I need more context!

Is there an option for me to die instead?

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While you're out running, you see one of your coworkers walking his dog. The dog bites you. Your coworker begs you not to tell, but the dog is clearly aggressive. What do you do?

Idc if it's savage, but I'm getting a lawyer and getting the dog put down.

I'd call the police, so no one else gets hurt.
I'd make my coworker swear to get his dog a muzzle.

Tbh, I probably wouldn't do anything at all.

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A psycho murderer kidnapped you. He promises to let you go if you torture another one of his prisoners. If you don't, he'll offer the same deal to the other person. What's your move?

Get the torture over with, so I can go home but never tell anyone

Say no and pray the other person does the same
Keep silent

Torture the person but turn myself over to the police once I'm home

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