View Full Version : Would You Rather Be Blind Or Deaf?
The Spartan (Returns)
07-20-2006, 17:18
id rather be deaf as seeing is believing. and seeing has many benifets. (such as the babe thread) while hearing..meh.
UltraWar
07-20-2006, 17:28
Gah!
Louis VI the Fat
07-20-2006, 18:46
Neither really, but I think being deaf is less of a burden.
How the visually impaired manage despite their handicap is utterly beyond me. Amazing and hats off to them. :2thumbsup:
yesdachi
07-20-2006, 19:36
Living without sight would be difficult for me.
blind.. I need to hear music. (serious!)
:juggle2:
Craterus
07-20-2006, 21:23
Well, I really can't choose.
I can't imagine being blind, never seeing the special people and the special places ever again.
But a life without music would be hell too.
I'll keep thinking about it.
Kralizec
07-20-2006, 21:31
I'd rather be deaf. Deaf people still can learn to read lips, and deafness seems easier to live with generally.
Having to live without sight seems terrible, and I'd rather not think of it.
Kekvit Irae
07-20-2006, 22:50
Deaf. My spouse is deaf, so it's the obvious answer.
Deaf people can... drive a car, watch a movie or TV with subtitles/CC, have l33t skillz at games, read a book without the assistance of braille, walk across a busy street at a crosswalk without needing a specially trained dog.
None of which a blind person can do, which is why SSI Disability (in the US) pays special attention to those who are blind, as it is far more debilitating to every day life than one who cannot hear.
A common question but it can be thought provoking.
My best friend's parents were both deaf. You could not believe the speed they would attain in their conversations while using sign langauge. Remarkable that that level of versatility in communication exists.
My mother was a volunteer at a major school and center for the blind for about twenty-five years. She translated hundreds of textbooks into braille for the center. If there was a mistake, she had to redo the whole page, white out doesn't work. She read braille by sight, not touch. We always had huge stacks of braille paper in the house. Best paper to draw on you'll ever find. She also read textbooks to two blind students in our house. One was getting a bachelors in something, never knew, but the other fellow got his doctorate in literature. Very impressive.
She also read novels onto tape for the school library. It was interesting hearing my mother say "***!" every time I walked into the house for years because of this. I'd walk in, slam the door, and she'd say "****!" while hitting rewind on the tape machine so she could re-record the sentence without SLAM! Hey ma." interjected into the story. I'm sure I got in a few good books though. :2thumbsup:
My right ear hasn't worked at all since I was born and my left has had it's moments because of too much saw noise, so I have a small idea of deafness. In the end, I would rather be deaf.
In the end, I would rather be just fine.
Avicenna
07-21-2006, 00:39
Deaf.
Not much of a music fan, and I really don't know how I'd get on without sight.
Alexanderofmacedon
07-21-2006, 00:51
Deaf.
No sight equals no computer, no hot women to appreciate (not in that order).
Just seems like seeing would be more important than hearing. Maybe I'm wrong. :book:
Papewaio
07-21-2006, 02:01
We always had huge stacks of braille paper in the house. Best paper to draw on you'll ever find.
Now that has to go on a list for irony.
Big_John
07-21-2006, 02:16
eyes allow you see and appreciate beautiful things. but beauty isn't confined to sight. i think i'd rather be able to hear music than see stuff. a beautiful woman feels as beautiful as she looks, and a breathtaking mountain is as breathtaking to climb, as it is to regard.
Forgot to add something in my post. My mother's opinion was that she would have preferred being blind to deaf. She thought deaf people were inherently more isolated, lacked casual interaction (so often based on talking), and had more difficulty being involved in social groups.
When I was a rent-a-cop in Montreal, we had a bunch of construction guys sitting in the lobby taking break one night. One was deaf. Everyone was bantering back and forth except the guy who couldn't hear. He sat and ate and just looked around. I guess this was the kind of situation she was referring too.
DemonArchangel
07-21-2006, 02:36
As an artist, I could NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, EVER go blind.
So if I had to choose, I'd probably go deaf.
Divinus Arma
07-21-2006, 02:40
Forgot to add something in my post. My mother's opinion was that she would have preferred being blind to deaf. She thought deaf people were inherently more isolated, lacked casual interaction (so often based on talking), and had more difficulty being involved in social groups.
When I was a rent-a-cop in Montreal, we had a bunch of construction guys sitting in the lobby taking break one night. One was deaf. Everyone was bantering back and forth except the guy who couldn't hear. He sat and ate and just looked around. I guess this was the kind of situation she was referring too.
Good point. However, the blind are still more reliant on others than the deaf. So I guess your choice may also be affected by your family-social situation. Of course, if you had very close ties to a large family, everyone would learn sign language.
I know that I would, and I make damn sure that everyone else learned it, no matter who was the disabled in our circle.
My vote still goes to "blindeth sucketh moreth".
Papewaio
07-21-2006, 05:41
At least a deaf person could still use the Org with no issues...
Samurai Waki
07-21-2006, 05:41
I'd Prefer to go Deaf. Then I could crank up the volume as loud as I wanted to just to piss off my neighbors and I wouldn't be able to tell that it was loud except for that I'd be able to feel the vibrations. and when the neighbor calls the cops over to turn down the music I would just scratch my head and shrug like I didn't really know what was going on
Deaf. My spouse is deaf, so it's the obvious answer.
How do you communicate, you can do that hand gesture talking? It always amazes me that it goes just as fast as normal speech.
edyzmedieval
07-21-2006, 12:13
Neither.
You cannot live properly and enjoy the life if you were blind OR deaf. All these things(seeing, hearing, feeling...) have been created to construct a natural balance of the human body. The dissapearance of one of these important features of the body makes you totally inapt, even if you could go on with life as normal as it can be.
So, GAH because I don't want to choose. If I were in a situation like this, I'd probably choose death because I can't imagine myself being blind OR deaf. It would be something I wouldn't accept or believe.
The Spartan (Returns)
07-21-2006, 15:36
anyway, if i was deaf, people can always write signs so i know what they were saying.
Neither.
You cannot live properly and enjoy the life if you were blind OR deaf. All these things(seeing, hearing, feeling...) have been created to construct a natural balance of the human body. The dissapearance of one of these important features of the body makes you totally inapt, even if you could go on with life as normal as it can be.
If I were you I'd duck. Because when that moment of enlightenment hits you and you realize how far off the truth you really are, it may knock you clean out.
If I were you I'd duck. Because when that moment of enlightenment hits you and you realize how far off the truth you really are, it may knock you clean out.
I agree.
I was trying to reply to this several times, but the matter seems too complicated to answer in short and my position is hard to put into words.
I´d also say this may belong into the backroom.
Kekvit Irae
07-22-2006, 00:20
How do you communicate, you can do that hand gesture talking? It always amazes me that it goes just as fast as normal speech.
That "hand gesture talking" is called sign language.
Uesugi Kenshin
07-22-2006, 00:38
I think I'd have to go with deaf. One of my High School's guidance counselors is blind and he gets around really well (and can even use a computer because of a program that speaks to him), but I just don't think I'd be able to trust other people to help me get around that much, and I really like my independence, which I think would be easier to keep if I was deaf than if I was blind.
Zalmoxis
07-22-2006, 04:41
Gah.
edyzmedieval
07-22-2006, 18:17
If I were you I'd duck. Because when that moment of enlightenment hits you and you realize how far off the truth you really are, it may knock you clean out.
Huh? How come? :inquisitive:
Huh? How come? :inquisitive:
Because enlightenment, like a sledgehammer, often changes ones mindset with a disconcerting blow that requires the thinkee to accept fundamental changes to his point of view.
edyzmedieval
07-22-2006, 22:25
I still don't get it. :shame:
You commented about my post, and I asked what was the problem? Was something wrong that I said? :embarassed:
Cowhead418
07-22-2006, 22:25
Definately deaf, you can do so much more, and you can still admire the physical beauty of a woman.
(Language - Beirut)
I still don't get it. :shame:
You commented about my post, and I asked what was the problem? Was something wrong that I said? :embarassed:
It's not a big deal, just a learning experience.
You wrote, "The dissapearance of one of these important features of the body makes you totally inept." I can understand where you're coming from, but in the end you're as wrong as I was when I thought the same thing.
I've met people who either could not see or could not hear who have done things beyond my experience and capabilities, and when face to face with them, guess who was the one feeling inept? ~;)
I´d also say this may belong into the backroom.
As long as we do not stray into the sometimes nasty this & that-edness of organized religion, we can handle the deep questions of life and existence here. :scholar:
Kagemusha
07-23-2006, 04:30
I would rather be healthy.But if i would get blind or deaf,atleast i would still be alive.
In the contrary to what edyz has said, I believe that difficulty on the scale of sensory deprivation can really help to create a person that is really more self-actualized than most people with all their senses. Extreme difficulty in life or living life from a standpoint that is much different than average can really change a person for good (or bad, as the case may be).
Samurai Waki
07-23-2006, 04:47
Not too mention that when a person loses one sense, at least one of their other senses become highly acute. So it's not a terrible trade off. I once met a guy who was a deaf artist, he couldn't hear music, but he could he could sense the vibration of it, and man that guy was one of the best guitar players I've ever heard. I liked it better than Joe Satriani or Steve Vai.
Kekvit Irae
07-25-2006, 16:03
I would rather be healthy.But if i would get blind or deaf,atleast i would still be alive.
So you are saying someone who is deaf, for example, is not healthy? Are you saying that a deaf person could go into a doctor's office for a checkup and have the doctor say "You're deaf, no way you could be healthy, despite nothing else wrong with you"?
Having the flu is not healthy. Having cancer is not healthy. Just being deaf IS healthy. Deafness does not confine you to a bed, drinking chicken soup from a straw, nor does it kill you within a few months or years.
There are actually quite a few people who take their 'disability' as a badge of honor, my spouse included. You wouldnt have a "deaf community" if they didnt. Sounds pretty healthy to me/
That "hand gesture talking" is called sign language.
I'll just file that one under 'english terms I didn't know but should have'
Kekvit Irae
07-28-2006, 18:23
Another thing to note is the deaf community, more often than not, takes offense very easily from things such as that. Even if it's an honest mistake, most deaf people will see it as an offense due to the internet masking tone of voice and emotion in the words, such as the first time I replied to you (it was unclear weither or not you were making an insult or were just uninformed).
I was deaf at one point in my life, as well as marrying into the deaf community, so I can tell first hand how verbally violent some people can get over innocent mistakes or stereotypes.
If you wish to know more about them, put earplugs in your ears, go out and buy an American (or British) Sign Language dictionary, and ask plenty of questions. Another thing I do suggest is to avoid stereotypes.
But mylady,
Not everyone here has english as a their first language, you could also take that into consideration, when I don't know the exact words I try to describe it. No offence meant, I was just curious. And when did I stereotype? Maybe you are just a bit too eager to find offence, sorry....
Kekvit Irae
07-28-2006, 19:41
But mylady,
Not everyone here has english as a their first language, you could also take that into consideration, when I don't know the exact words I try to describe it. No offence meant, I was just curious. And when did I stereotype? Maybe you are just a bit too eager to find offence, sorry....
(it was unclear weither or not you were making an insult or were just uninformed)
And I never said you stereotyped.
Divinus Arma
08-01-2006, 05:22
If you were blind, you wouldn't ever have to see pictures like THIS:
The Horror...
https://img472.imageshack.us/img472/3692/20060317wm6.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
The Spartan (Returns)
08-01-2006, 15:25
wow! what a nice picture!
If you were blind, you wouldn't ever have to see pictures like THIS:
The Horror...
https://img472.imageshack.us/img472/3692/20060317wm6.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww young cats :knuddel:
so cute!
IrishArmenian
08-04-2006, 19:33
It would be impossible to play or listen to music if I were deaf. I choose blind.
Blind for sure.
No music? No listening? Hell no! I'll miss a lot when I'd get blind, but I'd die or kill myself if I'd get deaf.
And I'd get only worse at playing the guitar. LOL
Bar Kochba
08-04-2006, 20:23
is this going blind or going deaf. or is this born blind or born deaf?
littlelostboy
08-07-2006, 15:19
I lost 60% - 70% of my hearing when I was 5 due to high fever due to bronchitis. :furious3: So if given a choice, I would rather have all my senses. But as long as I have hearing aids, I'm just like any other normal person, I'm no different from others and I don't go to special schools (though I should take up sign language at some time). And I can speak and pronouce my words, just have some difficulty sometimes and yes, I play the guitar, so there.
Sorry if I offended you and you might be right. I probably can't get any worse~;)
Kekvit Irae
08-08-2006, 07:11
Sorry if I offended you and you might be right. I probably can't get any worse~;)
There's always something worse.
Quadriplegic? Then you wouldnt even be able to play the guitar.
Diabetic? You will have to stick yourself with a blood test needle almost daily, and a single candy bar could in fact be fatal if you are not careful.
Alzheimers? It doesn't strike just the elderly, and it doesn't just rob your memory. It can also kill.
Malignant cancer? You would have to live each day like it was your last, because for many, it will be.
The point is, no matter how you look at a disability or problem, there's always something worse. Be thankful for what you do not have, and give a prayer for those who do.
Well I meant getting worse in playing the guitar... SHould have said guitar somewhere in my second post I guess.
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