If you had to give up 1 of your 5 senses to save a loved one, which sense would it be (Smell removed as an option)?

[Hastsezini]

I removed smell because it seemed like the easiest option to give up without repercussion.

Let me know why you chose that sense, and also what sense could you not live without?

A - Hearing

B - Sight

C - Touch

D - Taste

[AARON9890]

Sight is one of the most important things to me, I couldn't bear to miss seeing what's happening around me. I'd also miss seeing my loved ones faces again. Hearing isn't far behind sight in regard to importance for me as I have passion for music production and love music so I would be very unhappy with losing that sense. Again not being be to hear the voices of people closest to me would make me upset. Touch is important mostly for loved ones in both sexual and non sexual scenarios. For my siblings I'd miss being able to hug them and for a spouse I'd miss sexual contact between myself and them. While I'd miss being able to taste my favourite food and drink, I'd still be able to cope without this senses compared to the rest.

[Anno_Domini]

As a guy who was born without the sense of smell, I'm kind of insulted by that. Imagine never knowing what food flavors taste like, or what flowers smell like... Never waking up to a house filled with the aroma of coffee and food. Never even knowing what the fuck a "smell" even is. I can't even conceptualize what is like to smell something.

[Anno_Domini]

People get extremely depressed when they lose the sense of smell. They lose interest in eating and life in general.

[Hastsezini]

So would you trade one of your other senses to just be able to smell everything you mentioned above?

For me it was easy, I have allergies and my nose is usually stuffed up during the spring, I figured that was one I would easily select to get rid of. I wanted to make the poll more difficult by removing the one sense I don't regularly use. The other senses get used way more significantly. Just my take.

[TheINTJ]

Voted D - Taste. It doesn't have as much cons as the others.

I'm kinda okay with missing out on music, but I need hearing to converse with people. Life would just be too inconvenient and frustrating without it.

I would be able to do hardly anything on my own without sight, not to mention I wouldn't be able to draw anymore. :(

No sense of touch would include feeling no pain as well, no? That'd be quite dangerous.

[Hastsezini]

Great post, thank you

[samhradh_leannan]

I'd definitely be the most willing to give up taste. I love food, but taste would be by far the easiest to live without. Olfactory senses are linked closely with memory so I wouldn't want to give up my sense of smell.

[FallOutBoy2001]

Taste.

Not being able to hear or see, oh my. I get eye drops to dialate my eyes when I go to the eye doctor and I spend the entire day trying to regain normal vision and panicking because I can't see anything clearly. I have pretty shit differential hearing (being able to distinguish noises like my name being yelled in a noisy room) but I can still hear fine

[Oram52]

I love food so don't think I'll be able to live without my sense of taste. I picked hearing, but I would never be able to enjoy music, birds chippering, hear my unborn kids.

Sigh, guess I'll just choose taste Lol

[Hastsezini]

Can't really see yourself without the other 3 huh? lol

[Oram52]

Not at all haha
I mean sight is how we get most information and how we interact with our surroundings, appreciate beauty, able to identify things. I would love touch because first thing that came to me was my girlfriend, and I would like to have that sense, its one intimate way of me connecting with her. How would I feel her lips?

[Hastsezini]

Lack of touch would eliminate sex almost completely. Would be shitty. But you are right about sight, so many things are taken in by sight alone. I'd want to see my daughters have grandkids and see what they look like, but that's me.

[SnowHearth]

In my family we have what we call "Blind Day," which basically is to spend 24h doing our everyday actitivities without our sight, we cover our eyes and do everything that way.

[Hastsezini]

How did this start? This is intriguing.

[SnowHearth]

It's a long tradition, that has beend through generations.

[Hastsezini]

Wow that's pretty cool. Hats off to you.

[SnowHearth]

We're introduced to the tradition from an ealry age, so by now I'm able to do almost everything with out using my sight. The few things where eyes are needed are to identify colours, read non-braille books, and use our gadgets...

[Hastsezini]

Makes complete sense. Pretty cool. Keep the tradition going.

[MindYourEyes]

I'd go on hearing because I already know sign language XD and the other senses will probably grow more sensual n all.. so I've heard! 😱.

[Hastsezini]

Wow. How fluent are you? You wouldn't miss music or anything?

[MindYourEyes]

I would die XD I love music and going to shows alot!. But I'll remember and I can go with the beat. XD. Fluent since I was born!. Both my parents are deaf so I've got it covered x)!.

[Hastsezini]

Ah that makes sense. I used to be fluent when I was younger but then I was no longer friends with anyone I could use it with so I lost the skill, still no some words and the alphabet but that's about it.

I'm such a huge music fan I don't think I could part with hearing. That and I love the sound of laughter, makes me laugh too.

[MindYourEyes]

Really? Whaaaa that's cool. Well better then nothing :) aw man you made a great point on that. especially when you laugh and then the other person laughs harder and it just bounces off each other!. Now I just might change my mind... XD

[Hastsezini]

Lol, your right. Always makes me laugh harder. What would you give up if it wouldn't be hearing then?

[MindYourEyes]

XD laugh attacks are what keeps me going!. Ah I guess taste. XD I mean I think I've enjoyed food long enough. Plus I spend a lot more on that anyway hahaha! For that taste!. So I'll go with taste XD

[Hastsezini]

Makes sense. Pun originally not intended. I'd have to go for taste too, cause I don't think I could give up any of the others either. Favorite food you'd miss?

[MindYourEyes]

XD Japanese food..! And Vietnamese ahhhhhhhh so damn good >.< you?

[Hastsezini]

Steak, pizza, hibachi, man so many choices...

[MindYourEyes]

._. Damn it. Food is a drug

[Hastsezini]

Yep, good thing you'd get rid of taste, lol.

[MindYourEyes]

Probably become mega fit hahaha XD!

[Hastsezini]

Definitely. You could eat fit foods all the time and not have to worry about whether or not it tastes good. The "Tasteless Diet" haha

[AzureGirl]

I could probably go without hearing, I'm already half deaf anyway. I don't think I could live without sight.

[Hastsezini]

Then wouldn't you want to keep the hearing you have? Just a thought.

[Grungenoreos]

Lmao most people picked taste. Not me! I luuurrv food and I couldn't live with not being able to taste it.

[Hastsezini]

What sense would you have picked?

[John_Doesnt]

I had a similar poll in my psychology class. People all chose sight as their most important and smell and taste as their least important. It all revolves around which smell our species relies on the most.

[akadatank44]

Most of the flavor and food is from the your sense of smell. It would be sight for me. Hearts important cuz I wanna hear her moan 😉 lmao plus taste and smell is good for eating which I love food.

[Hastsezini]

Sight really? Wouldn't miss your eyesight?

[akadatank44]

Yeah haha out of those. I'd rather eat and smell great than see. I know what colors are not like their gonna change 😜

[mrfoox]

Eugh it's a hard question, but probably taste. I don't wanna be without sight/sound bc i love playing video games man

[CheerGirl38139]

It would suck because I love food, but I'd have to pick taste.

[Hastsezini]

Seems to be the house to answer now. Good choice

[Pnahha]

I would give up my hearing because I already use sign language ☺️ What about you?

[Hastsezini]

Probably taste, because I wouldn't want to sacrifice any other sense.

[thorthorley]

I voted taste. Why would anyone want to lose their sense of touch? 🤔❓

[Hastsezini]

Not sure. It would definitely be a bizarre feeling.

[skaikrasha]

I'd give up taste. It would suck, but it would suck less than the rest of the options.

[Hastsezini]

Makes sense. Loved your reasoning, haha.

[meatballs21]

I'd give up hearing. I know ASL (and so does my gf). I need my sight.

[06CuriousMind]

taste forsure. didn't even have to think about that one haha

[EllieLexis513]

Taste, it'll help me stick to my diet anyway :P

[Hastsezini]

That was one of my arguments as well, lol.

[April10]

I would give up taste

[Hastsezini]

Seems to be the go to for most people so far.

[anonman32]

it seems like people are gonna die.

[Hastsezini]

Well played lol

[PT1911]

Sight.

It'll just heighten my other senses

[APRU5]

Taste isn't that important.

[Imafreespirit]

taste

[Hastsezini]

Why taste?

[Imafreespirit]

coz i can't imagine a life without the others xD haha and taste... i mean the pleasure of eating is good and all but i could live without it and hey! i could avoid eating unhealthy stuff without suffering lol

[Hastsezini]

See I thought the same thing. I think I would get tired of ice cream if I could never taste it. Man dieting would be sooooo much easier without taste. Good thing I'm fit and can eat steak whenever!

[Imafreespirit]

Exactly! Haha would be useful for a chocolate lover like me 😛 lol
Oh I love stake, thanks now I'm hungry -.-

[Hastsezini]

Yeah chocolate might be the death of me. I'm all set, already eating lunch. Haha sorry.

[DarkHumorRUs]

Smell dude.

[Hastsezini]

Smell wasn't an option for this question.

[DarkHumorRUs]

Why not? In real life it'd be an option?

[Omar5881]

Taste unfortunately

[Hastsezini]

Seems to be the go to so far.

[Omar5881]

Well I was torn between touch and taste at first 😂

[Hastsezini]

Yeah I hear ya, but I could never give up touch. Lol

[Omar5881]

Yep that's what I thought 😂

[Melcart23]

Taste