[lostalex]

blind. 100%

for so many reasons. communication is so audio based. I need to be able to talk to people and hear their response. I think sounds are so much more beautiful than sights.

I really don't understand why so many people would rather be deaf. To me it's an easy decision.

I could not live in silence. I hate silence. Silence scares me. I need sound far more than i need sight.

[Josy]

What a cheerful thread

I would rather go deaf though I hope I never have to experience either one.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

blind. 100%

for so many reasons. communication is so audio based. I need to be able to talk to people and hear their response. I think sounds are so much more beautiful than sights.

I really don't understand why so many people would rather be deaf. To me it's an easy decision.

I could not live in silence. I hate silence. Silence scares me. I need sound far more than i need sight.

I love silence.. not saying I would love it continually, but I think I could live with it easier than I could than living in darkness. Darkness scares me!

[lostalex]

[Angus]

It would depend if you were born blind or deaf or both. You don't miss what you never had, and you would probably learn to interact with the world with whatever senses you were born with. However, if I were to lose my sight now, I don't think I could cope with life. At least with sight you get visual cues to help navigate the world. Being blind is a major handicap, being deaf is the lesser of two evils.

[Angus]

It would depend if you were born blind or deaf or both. You don't miss what you never had, and you would probably learn to interact with the world with whatever senses you were born with. However, if I were to lose my sight now, I don't think I could cope with life. At least with sight you get visual cues to help navigate the world. Being blind is a major handicap, being deaf is the lesser of two evils.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Lee.

I love silence.. not saying I would love it continually, but I think I could live with it easier than I could than living in darkness. Darkness scares me!

it wouldn't be real darkness though. the silence would be forever. no more music. no more talking, no sound ever again?? i'm sorry, that would be intolerable for me. you'd have to learn a whole new language, sign language, and almost nobody understands that language.

Atleast being blind, you could still communicate with everyone in english.

I definitely need sound and hearing and speech.

would you rather watch a TV show just the audio or just the video? I'd want the audio. you can still understand the story if you could only hear a TV show, watching a TV show without the sound, you'd have no idea what was going on, and you wouldn't understand the story at all.

[thesheriff443]

i would go deaf as you can use sign or lip read,plus read and write also if you think about it!,we are not talking on this forum.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

it wouldn't be real darkness though. the silence would be forever. no more music. no more talking, no sound ever again?? i'm sorry, that would be intolerable for me. you'd have to learn a whole new language, sign language, and almost nobody understands that language.

Atleast being blind, you could still communicate with everyone in english.

For all the world is filled with war and poverty and famine and cruelty and disaster, I still find it an amazingly beautiful place, and I haven't seen enough of it yet. I couldn't cope knowing that I'd never see a beautiful sight again or any of my loved ones faces.

We're all different though

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Lee.

For all the world is filled with war and poverty and famine and cruelty and disaster, I still find it an amazingly beautiful place, and I haven't seen enough of it yet. I couldn't cope knowing that I'd never see a beautiful sight again or any of my loved ones faces.

We're all different though

you would miss seeing danica in nuts if you where blind.

[lostalex]

yes, we all value different things. to me, communicating orally in the english language is most important. and music both creating it and listening to it is vitally important.

[lostalex]

i suppose it's like asking whether you'd rather lose your hands or your feet.

If you are a writer like stephen king, i'm sure he'd say his feet. but if you are a runner like usain bolt,. he'd probably say his hands.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

you would miss seeing danica in nuts if you where blind.

Now, that's a good point!
But on the other hand, if I was deaf, I would never have to hear the likes of Cher Lloyd or Justin Bieber!

Originally Posted by lostalex

yes, we all value different things. to me, communicating orally in the english language is most important. and music both creating it and listening to it is vitally important.

Yeah, I'd miss music.. I listen to music almost constantly.

In fact I think there should be a "neither" option in this poll. Deafness and blindness must be hellish!

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

i suppose it's like asking whether you'd rather lose your hands or your feet.

If you are a writer like stephen king, i'm sure he'd say his feet. but if you are a runner like usain bolt,. he'd probably say his hands.

For some reason you've just made me think of that Stephen King book/film about the writer who Cathy Bates holds captive and breaks his ankles
What's the name of that again??

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Lee.

For some reason you've just made me think of that Stephen King book/film about the writer who Cathy Bates holds captive and breaks his ankles
What's the name of that again??

Misery (aptly named)

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Misery (aptly named)

That's the one! -shudders-

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Lee.

That's the one! -shudders-

made my ankles feel funny!

[lostalex]

When i die, i imagine sounds fill the afterlife, i think the visual aspect of human life will be largely irrelevant. That's just me though. I imagine sounds and feelings. I'm not very interested in the visual.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Lee.

That's the one! -shudders-

Kathy Bates was amazing. have you seen Fried Green Tomatoes?

[Firewire]

I'd rather be deaf. I pressed blind by accident.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

made my ankles feel funny!

Aw,mine too! It was such a good film though considering it was filmed almost entirely in one room with just two actors! Kathy Bates was terrifying!

Originally Posted by lostalex

When i die, i imagine sounds fill the afterlife, i think the visual aspect of human life will be largely irrelevant. That's just me though. I imagine sounds and feelings. I'm not very interested in the visual.

Think how much your life would have to change if you suddenly became blind though? Youre house would probably need adapted, you would need a dog, nipping down to the shop for cigarettes would become a big deal...

I've just thought of a story I read a while back of a woman who had been blind since birth and somehow got her sight back; she didn't know what anything was, and the only way she could tell, was to close her eyes and feel it. She said she was highly amused by noses!

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Kathy Bates was amazing. have you seen Fried Green Tomatoes?

Yeah she was! And no I haven't seen Fried Green Tomatoes, I dont think anyway! What's it about?

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Lee.

Yeah she was! And no I haven't seen Fried Green Tomatoes, I dont think anyway! What's it about?

it's really good. it's a period piece about women in the 30's in small town America. It's one of the few movies hollywood has ever made about lesbians, it was awesome. Idgy was amazing. you need to watch this movie. It's one of my top 3 movies.

Youtube video

[MTVN]

At least if you're deaf you can still sorta do everything though and be fully independent, being blind would hinder so many more everyday activities

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

it's really good. it's a period piece about women in the 30's in small town America. It's one of the few movies hollywood has ever made about lesbians, it was awesome. Idgy was amazing. you need to watch this movie. It's one of my top 3 movies.

Youtube video

I shall put it on my "to watch" list right now!

It's obviously the original trailer... right at the end it say "available on videocasette" heehee