Blind or Deaf?

[stu]

So if you could choose to lose either your hearing or your sight which would it be? Everyone I've asked so far has said they'd rather be deaf almost immediately, but I think I'm leaning more towards blindness.

I don't know exactly why, but it seems like you'd be more cut off from the world if you were deaf. For one, you lose your ability to speak clearly, and two, you can only see in front of you, but you can hear everywhere. I think what intrigues me about being blind, is the enhanced ability you'd gain as far as smelling and hearing. There are good arguments for being deaf, like being able to read this forum, but I still can't make up my mind. Please put some thought into this before answering. Which would you choose?

[B20civic]

i thought you were being funny and asking if we were deaf or blind. so i said blind. then after i voted, i realized you weren't being funny :(

[CT9A]

I think that I'd rather be deaf. It seems like there's so much more a deaf person can do that a blind person can't.

[garria]

id rather be deaf because i was almost there once. i learned how to read lips. as far as speech, i had a strong accent so people didn't know. well i smoked so much that i cured myself. HAHHAAAHHAAAAAAAAA TAKE THAT U STUPID DOCTORS!!!!! and now i only smoke every other blue moon, known fact that weed makes u dumb.

[dsmwillyb]

I'd rather be deaf - I already can't smell so there... but I would hate runnnin into stuff and esp. NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE... IDK if I could live without that...

[Mr. NoSkills]

known fact that weed makes u dumb.

now i know this isn't the topic of this post, but would you care to go into a bit more depth on that? i'm not attacking you or anything, i'd just honestly like to hear/see the "facts" that shows weed makes you dumb.
i know quite a few people who smoke and they're some of the smartest people i've met. some have the "book" smarts, and some have the "street" smarts. i wouldn't call any of them dumb.

[HONDA GHANDI]

Id rather be deaf. That way I wouldnt have to listen to anyones shit. Especially you Stu. Oh also because I was blind for a few days after an eye surgery and I could hear people making fun of my bandages (fucking cocks). It is true that your other senses are heightened.

[SpeedStar91]

There are other ways of communicating besides speech. Writing for example. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you can replace hearing with other sources of communication. Sign language is another. Plus I'd think that you'd have more trouble with hearing than seeing.

[RiceBurner00]

Id rather be deaf

Off topic, I stutter when I talk, not like t-t-this, I just get blocks sometimes, its weird, anyone else have a stuttering problem?

[Mr. NoSkills]

Id rather be deaf

Off topic, I stutter when I talk, not like t-t-this, I just get blocks sometimes, its weird, anyone else have a stuttering problem?

my friend pat is the worst at that shit.
like sometimes it almost hurts. a story that should take like 4 minutes takes 8 minutes and then half way through it he heads off on another topic...
"so i was uhhhh driving home tonight and this uhhh umm guy like uhhh just fucking uhhhh then i had some water and uhhhh..."
hehe

[David]

I studder soometimes and it pisses me off, the stupid t-t-t thing. It makes you sound like such a retard :cry:

anyways back on topic, I would rather be deaf, you would miss out on so much if you were blind.

[chris_venturini]

i stutter sometimes too, most people dont notice it but i get so embarassed when it happens.

[Weston]

I'd have to go with deaf... not being able to see would be a million times worse. And as Seinfeld once said, you'd never know if there were bugs in your food. :rofl:


now i know this isn't the topic of this post, but would you care to go into a bit more depth on that? i'm not attacking you or anything, i'd just honestly like to hear/see the "facts" that shows weed makes you dumb.
i know quite a few people who smoke and they're some of the smartest people i've met. some have the "book" smarts, and some have the "street" smarts. i wouldn't call any of them dumb.

I don't know anything about the scientific evidence for either side, but I do know what I've seen... I know two people who were pretty smart, then they smoked weed every day for a while, and became noticably slow in the head when they weren't high. They also seemed pretty depressed and all they wanted to do is smoke. Maybe it's not chemically addictive, but it certainly has it's power over people.

I'm not interesting in debating; that's just what I've seen for myself, and that's why I stay away from that shit.

[02AccordV6]

I would rather be deaf. knock on wood neither ever occurs, but u can do so much more with sight than sound. Like play golf and drive. I couldnt survive if I couldnt do either of those.

[CXhatchboy520]

:werd: My favorite thing to do is work on cars and drive them. If I couldn't do either of those, i'd go insane.

[stu]

Eujon, is the Pat you are talking about the one from my Macro class?

[Ashton]

I love to see there boobs jiggle up and down... but i love hearing the moans too.... damn thats a fucked up choice stu.

[stu]

I would feel a little safer being blind than deaf I think, well maybe.
You can only see in front of you, but you can hear everywhere. However, if someone was like hasseling my girlfriend, it'd be harder to protect her. To say the least, I would get over losing my sight alright I think. I'd say there was something in my eye a lot though, and make numerous other Blind jokes.

[Mr. NoSkills]

Eujon, is the Pat you are talking about the one from my Macro class?

yes, yes it is.
on that note, i'm sure you know what i'm talking about haha.