Old, ugly or handicapped - which will it be?
By John Welford
@indexer (4852)
Leicester, England
October 10, 2015 9:14am CST
Let's suppose that your not-so-fairy godmother has offered you the choice that, from next Monday all the way to Friday, you will either be very old, very ugly or handicapped and confined to a wheelchair. After this time is up you be will returned to the state you are in now.
You have to choose one of the three, and you will only be one of them - e.g. if you are very old you will have reasonable looks and not be severely handicapped.
This is an opportunity to find out what life is like for people who are in these conditions now, so which are you most curious about? Which condition do you think would be most difficult to live with? Which are you most afraid of finding yourself in for real?
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)
• West Haven, Connecticut
10 Oct 15
Id go with ugly, being handicapped is depressing to me and being very old sounds tireding lol
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@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
11 Oct 15
@BACONSTRIPSXXX I'd also hate to be incapacitated. I think once you've experienced the joy of walking, it must be very, very difficult when it's suddenly taken from you!
@nitinnair89 (2900)
• India
10 Oct 15
Oh no @Mavic123456 and @deazil what have you done to me? 
I think I would take up all the three but in exchange that my good health to be given to a needy person in return. 
I think I would take up all the three but in exchange that my good health to be given to a needy person in return. 2 people like this
@marguicha (223809)
• Chile
11 Oct 15
I want to be ugly for some days if I will return to be as beautiful as I am
Seriously, I know what old is, and it´s not nice. It has its pains, as handicapped people have.
Seriously, I know what old is, and it´s not nice. It has its pains, as handicapped people have.
@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
10 Oct 15
I'd rather be ugly and have my youth and my health. But none of us stay young forever. So since I have to get old, hope to keep my health as long as possible. Screw good looks. I could always put a veil over my face when I'm in public.
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@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
11 Oct 15
@cmoneyspinner OMG you just made me howl out in laughter!
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
10 Oct 15
Can't I just choose none of the above? I'll be old someday. I don't think I'm ugly but I'm not gorgeous either and I'm sure when I'm really old I'll be kind of ugly, I may even be handicapped some day due to old age. So eventually I may feel all of these things... so can't I just wait until that day comes?
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
10 Oct 15
@indexer But someday I will have no choice but to experience them... so why do that now? Unless at some point in the future I can exchange a week of being old for a week of being young again.
@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
10 Oct 15
The idea was to experience one of these conditions so that you could empathise with people who have had no choice about experiencing them.
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
10 Oct 15
I'm old mentaIly, on the scale of several thousand years. I'm ugly lately, though my picture when I was younger doesn't show it. And I have been handicapped different ways for a long time. How about I get the reverse of all those?
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
10 Oct 15
@indexer Fortunately for me I'm still young enough, looks are average, and my handicapped bit is in my finger and brain. But I have been in a wheelchair in the past, had a really nasty looking face when it was black and blue and lacerated around my eye, and I think that's enough to count!
@ankit0418 (83)
• Hyderabad, India
11 Oct 15
I would like to go with ugly as I would have good health
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@Tita417 (1228)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
11 Oct 15
Ugly would be the least for me so I would rather be ugly than old and handicapped. Ugly there's lots of makeup to cover it up. Handicapped you can't join any tournament as if I had joined one that was a joke and old you can't do things that you'd like to do like shopping and tournaments and haha
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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
10 Oct 15
lol! i cant even imagine that as i miss my college for one week. But otherwise i would have accepted being handicapped as i spend almost 15 hours infront of my pc. Even using computer it wont matter that whether you have legs or not. But if i dont have a pc, i wont even tolerate of being handicapped.
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@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
10 Oct 15
The question had more to do with which you would most like to find out about as opposed to which you could tolerate.
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
12 Oct 15
I would choose "ugly," because I can live without people 'looking at me' 
Not that I'm 'curious' about any of them. I've BEEN handicapped, and at least by the time I'm 'bed-ridden' again I'll be 'too old to want to get out and do the stuff I could when I was a kid.'
Not that I'm 'curious' about any of them. I've BEEN handicapped, and at least by the time I'm 'bed-ridden' again I'll be 'too old to want to get out and do the stuff I could when I was a kid.'
@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
11 Oct 15
Go on then, i'd go with being old. At least that way I get a glimpse into how it'll be in the future LOL
@sallypup (61643)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Oct 15
What is ugly anyway? Disfigurement or all the parts of the face work- your nose may not be beautiful but it is not plugged up. Good enough to me. Handicapped? Wheelchair bound? That would be the pits. My husband is sight impaired. He knows he has limitations but don't try anything. He is quite capable of smacking you back and can build fences with the best of 'em.
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