40+ This or That Questions Online
Online meetings have a rhythm problem: silence compounds, and by the third agenda item half the room has mentally left the building. This or That questions restart the room because they demand a one-word commitment — and on a video call, a commitment is the only thing louder than a muted microphone.
Every question in this set works in chat, which matters more than it sounds. Simultaneous chat voting includes the teammates who never unmute, gives the facilitator an instant read on the room, and produces a written streak the team can reference next week.
The remote-specific dilemmas — camera norms, notification habits, desk versus couch — come from how distributed work actually feels. Because everyone on the call has lived both options, answers arrive instantly, and the round never stalls waiting for someone to explain the premise.
40+ This or That Questions Online
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Remote life(91)
Work from home or Work from office
Camera on or Camera optional
Work from home forever or Work from an office forever
Travel for work sometimes or Work fully remote always
Co-working space or Kitchen table
Home office or Living room
Long commute or No commute
Muted by default or Always unmuted
Desk job or Couch job
Shared calendar or Own schedule
Home with family or Home alone
Coffee shop hours or Office hours
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Company retreat or Local meetup
Written chat or Video chat
Block focus time or Keep the calendar open
Swap time zones or Keep your hours
Same time zone forever or Live anywhere
Work from the couch or Work from a real desk
Daily video check-in or Weekly video check-in
Company stipend or Company gear
No meeting Fridays or No meeting Mondays
Coworking membership or Gym membership
Meet the team yearly or Meet the team monthly
Answer within the hour or Answer within the day
Second monitor or Laptop only
Noise-canceling or Open air
Dining table setup or Dedicated room
House slippers or Real shoes
Walk between tasks or Stretch between tasks
Shared workspace or Private corner
Neighbor chatter or Total quiet
Lunch break outside or Lunch at the desk
Standing break or Screen break
Kitchen table office or Garage office
Bright room or Dim room
Plants on camera or Clean backdrop
Work early with the team or Work late alone
Quiet apartment or Busy household
Backup internet or Backup power
Company laptop or Own machine
Monthly coworking or Monthly retreat
Standing mat or No mat
Morning sunlight or Night lamp
Door closed or Door open
Blur background or Real background
One monitor or Three monitors
Hallway desk or Corner desk
Roommate rhythm or Solo rhythm
Tidy cables or Visible cables
Window open or Window closed
Tea break or Stretch break
Same desk every day or Rotate spots
Video for standups or Voice only for standups
Home office allowance or Co-working allowance
Work from abroad or Stay in your timezone
Shared channel or Shared doc
Mute notifications or Check on a schedule
Morning overlap with the team or Evening quiet hours
Two monitors at home or One on the road
Coworker drops by or Total silence
Fixed core hours or Flexible core hours
Headphones on or Headphones off
Quiet house or Busy cafe
Daily standup or Written check-in
Home with pets or Home with roommates
Late lunch break or Early lunch break
Team retreat twice a year or Budget to visit once
End-of-day wrap-up or Start-of-day plan
Focus block in the morning or Focus block at night
Always-on video or Audio only
Kitchen table or Spare room
Camera on for big meetings or Camera off
Morning walk before work or Walk after work
Do not disturb always or Always reachable
Company offsite quarterly or Company offsite yearly
Own your calendar or Share your calendar
log on from three time zones away
keep the camera off and still be heard
schedule the meeting for the quiet hours
answer a message at the edge of midnight
keep the inbox at zero
work from a couch with perfect posture
take the walking meeting
keep notifications off until noon
ship from the kitchen table
keep the standing desk all week
make the commute zero
run the whole day on two monitors
mute the channel and still keep up
start the day before the house wakes
finish before the last call of the day
Frequently asked questions
How do you run this or that on a video call?
Post both options in chat, count down, and everyone votes at once. Then read the split aloud and move on — the simultaneous reveal is the moment the format exists for on video.
What remote-friendly this or that questions work best?
Questions about how distributed work is lived: notifications loud or silent, video on or off, focus mornings or afternoons. Shared experience means instant answers, which keeps the round fast over any connection.
Can chat voting replace speaking on calls?
For warm-ups, chat works better than rotation. Typing gives quiet teammates equal standing and avoids the latency collisions that plague rapid spoken rounds — the room feels faster than it is.
How many rounds fit in a remote standup?
Three to five, under ninety seconds total. Remote attention spans are shorter and cameras are tiring; leave the audience wanting one more rather than watching the last two answers trickle in.