Would you rather be deaf or blind?

[Smashingdoozy]

[NathanDavis]

to become? blind...

I met someone truly special, very special that ended up blind, and we would talk about this sometimes, it really made me think a lot and consider these things, also made me see how much she valued words, loved words and also how much it mean for her to touch... which can be in way, how they can "see" the world

so she asked me to go back in time, my memories... which were the ones that were more meaningful to me, what did I like the most, what did I love the most... what did I enjoy the most

among some other things, the one thing that came to me right away, was my favorite moments with most of my friends, especially my best friend from childhood, before he passed away... his laughter is what I remember the most, and that was our favorite thing... I also remembered most of the best moments with my girlfriends were when we would talk endlessly for hours and hours, at nights

so I realized that yeah, there is really some wonderful and beautiful sights in the world, and people as well... all of that is great, however... most of my more meaningful connections with people were through our words, their words, spoken words so I would not want to miss that kind of bonding, tough choice either way though...

[RJJ33666]

I would rather be blind. And I have given this some thought. Its not that being blind is better than being deaf, but when you are deaf you lose more touch of your environment than when you are blind. When you are blind your ears do compensate for many factors, in fact if you work on your senses more then you could be able to do much more than normally possible. This is usually contributed to the fact that one of the most heavily used sense is now not available and now the body has to adapt to this situation hence bettering the other senses. On the other hand, when you become deaf, you still have the same changes but on a slightly lower level as you still have your eyes which are heavily used to keep in touch with our reality hence the body doesn't feel the extreme need to sharpen the other senses. Plus deaf people are seen to develop worse psychological problems because of not being able to communicate from hearing hence giving them the sense of alienation.

[ChrisMaster69]

Deaf, I can manage without sound, music would be a bitch, however without seeing my daughters smile and eyes, would be so hard.
okay that’s the soppy answer.

update something less soppy later lol.

[Smashingdoozy]

At least you can feel music

[ChrisMaster69]

@Smashingdoozy yes very much so, this was poignant on this years Strictly in the UK.

https://youtu.be/QejOzrlovTQ

@harleigh90 I know you will have felt it.

[Harleigh90]

@ChrisMaster69 Of course ❤

The soppy bit about J got me 🥺🥰

[mstbooblover]

Although being musician, instinctively I prefer by far being deaf than blind. Actually the real answer is more tricky. Blind people still can have easyly a social life and seem to develop other ways to perceive the world. Deaf people on the other hand have far more problems with social life, although nowadays there's the sign language. Nevertheless, loosing sight would be a real torture to me.

[TheMajesticKing777]

You would make me choose between deaf and blind, ima go with deaf because I can't even imagine living if I can't see, how will I walk and shit, at least if I'm deaf I don't gotta listen to anyone's shit

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Most individuals feel the loss of vision would be the worst ailment that could happen to them over hearing loss and other physical conditions.

[ohshee]

Very hard question because I need to see things to understand them and I need to hear things to feel them there's no way I could pick

[exitseven]

Deaf. I could still function pretty well if I could not hear but would find it difficult to function if I could not see.

[TallAnon]

Deaf, if I couldn't look at a screen, most of my work and hobbies would be void. Being deaf would suck, but I can work around it. Being blind also seems a lot more scary in general.

[Jamie05rhs]

I'd rather be blind! Because men are visual creatures, as you know. If I was blind, it would be much easier to find a wife.

[Redstang88]

Dead no question. Already halfway there, and not being able to see would severely what you could do

[hostboy__fastestlaps]

That's like asking would you rather be autistic or depressed...

[Smashingdoozy]

In what sense?

[hostboy__fastestlaps]

Nobody wants to be either of them. I say this as an autistic person, but still I'd rather be deaf because I wouldn't know what life would be like if I was blind in addition to being deaf.

[Wise4myage]

Deaf for sure. I have a blind friend and he'd love to be able to see.

[Deathraider]

Deaf. I would definitely try to learn to lip read people.

[Pterodon]

Blind. Helen Keller said her worst disability was being deaf because it was alienating

[EmbraceThePain]

Who would seriously choose to be blind over deaf?

[User_69]

There is no option except two of these you should choose one of them :)

[crmoore]

Deaf, probably. But I'm not certain.

[Charliefretz329]

I’m a little of both. So…. Poo

[Bklynbadboy12]

Shit I'm already blind

[Agape93]

Deaf

[Sarahslater3738]

I’d rather be skinny

[Andres77]

Deaf.

[loveslongnails]

Deaf.

[soe11]

Non of them

[KrakenAttackin]

Deaf for sure.

[msc545]

Deaf

[Xtendable]

Deaf

[CubaPirate]

I can't hear you lol

[simpleguy34]

Deaf

[User_69]

Deaf absolutly.