i'd rather drive on the left side of the road

means that you would rather drive into oncoming traffic then to do something

ugly person : wanna kiss??
me : i'd rather drive on the left side of the road 🙄

I’d rather watch a chimpanzee scroll through Instagram

Your idea stinks

I’d rather watch a chimpanzee scroll through Instagram than go to your neighbors house to watch game of thrones Jerry.

rathered

to have lost respect and status as a journalist by failing to validate information that turns out to be false, especially when the failure appears to be the result of bias

He really rathered himself with that piece on the president. The letter he cited was totally bogus.