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What would you choose? If given a choice of being blind or deaf, which would you choose?
To set my thread apart from questions threads of past(Ocean) I'll answer first. Although I think it would be easier to live an independent life being deaf(drive a car, read a lease agreement) I'd still choose to be blind. I couldn't imagine a world without music or never hearing someone tell me they love me. So which would you choose and Y? "be glad that you are free, many a man is not" | |
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sign language is incredible Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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A little of both? I dunno. Hear from one ear, see from one eye.  | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: A little of both? I dunno. Hear from one ear, see from one eye.
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RipHer2Shreds said: A little of both? I dunno. Hear from one ear, see from one eye.
At my work we are only allowed to listen to headphones with one earphone so I continaully switch sides so I don't end up deaf in one ear. | |
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lovemachine said: RipHer2Shreds said: A little of both? I dunno. Hear from one ear, see from one eye.
At my work we are only allowed to listen to headphones with one earphone so I continaully switch sides so I don't end up deaf in one ear. Can't you adjust the volume? "be glad that you are free, many a man is not" | |
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lovemachine said: RipHer2Shreds said: A little of both? I dunno. Hear from one ear, see from one eye.
At my work we are only allowed to listen to headphones with one earphone so I continaully switch sides so I don't end up deaf in one ear. Wow. No stereophonic sound for you. | |
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cborgman said: deaf
sign language is incredible But not listening to any Prince music  "be glad that you are free, many a man is not" | |
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CoJones said: cborgman said: deaf
sign language is incredible But not listening to any Prince music i havent liked most of it since the gold experience anyway Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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cborgman said: CoJones said: But not listening to any Prince music i havent liked most of it since the gold experience anyway but you never would have heard TGE to know that you liked it  "be glad that you are free, many a man is not" | |
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CoJones said: cborgman said: i havent liked most of it since the gold experience anyway but you never would have heard TGE to know that you liked it true. i have just always been amazed by sign language. it's so amazing to see Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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A month ago, I had a cold that for some reason caused one ear to go deaf. Sound was completely blocked and it felt really weird. I sat up one night and began to panic because I could feel the other ear going out. There was nothing I could do about it at 3am. I got so frustrated that I started to cry. I wanted to feel normal.
I used to ask myself what color I would miss if I went blind. Whose face? How would I feel not knowing what my son looked like at 10 years old or 20? That's when I finally got some glasses and began to pay attention to everything around me so that I would not take it for granted. I'm sure I forget but, I keep it somewhere in the back of my mind. I really did intend to answer  . I guess I will just focus on being glad that I don't really have to make that choice.Shake....shake, shake, shake. |
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I have had vision problems with one of my eyes since I was born 34 years ago and I would have to say I'd rather be deaf. There are improvements in technology that can help a deaf person to live a good life, but a life without vision would not be living. Imagine not seeing your loved one's and all the beauty of this world that God has created. I can't imagine that! . | |
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Wow this thread topic really bummed me out.  I've asked myself this question before.
I'd rather be deaf Even though I love music and listening to my loved ones. Im an artist,visuals are very important to me. I'd be depressed if I wouldnt be able to draw or paint or see things. Art before Music 
My uncle can't talk and I've imagined myself in his shoes. I think I would be fine not talking. Im quiet anyway. "Nobody makes me bleed my own blood...NOBODY!"
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Music is a poor substitute for porn | |
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i dont know. can't do without the other. i guess deaf. i wanna be able to see my babies. | |
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yeah another vote for deaf here
i think you could still feel music to some extent through vibrations... but will also echo purpleizpassion in that we can celebrate that it is a choice we don't have to make.  She couldn't stop crying 'cause she knew he was gone to stay | |
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deaf hands down | |
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deaf, If I was blind I could not look at my beautiful face in the mirror every five minutes....and wonder ghat damn I am fucking HAWT. | |
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notoriousj said: deaf, If I was blind I could not look at my beautiful face in the mirror every five minutes....and wonder ghat damn I am fucking HAWT.
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I would rather be deaf. if you were blind then you would not be able to tell the babes from the ugos. You could wind up with a dog instead of a beauty. But if you were deaf you would not have to put up with any nagging or boring conversations. | |
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If I had to choose one or the other I would choose to be blind. I could live without seeing but I love music far too much to never hear it again. | |
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Spats said: I would rather be deaf. if you were blind then you would not be able to tell the babes from the ugos. You could wind up with a dog instead of a beauty. But if you were deaf you would not have to put up with any nagging or boring conversations.
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I helped both a blind boy and a deaf boy with their studies at university. After working with them for one year, I would rather be blind than deaf. The blind boy's social skills were so much better. The deaf boy just didn't fit in society.
However, this opinion is based upon a very reduced observation. So maybe I really don't know... | |
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MarieLouise said: I helped both a blind boy and a deaf boy with their studies at university. After working with them for one year, I would rather be blind than deaf. The blind boy's social skills were so much better. The deaf boy just didn't fit in society.
However, this opinion is based upon a very reduced observation. So maybe I really don't know... that' part of the reason i would choose deaf. i like the isolation of not having to communicate with a broad part of the population. sign language limits you to a a small and exclusive group. for some, it would be harrowing, for me it would be an easy trasition. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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i'd rather be deaf...it would mean the sacrifice of music, but u can remember the good music, seeing as, music today isn't worth remembering...
i would die if i lost sight...i love to see different things, vivid colours, textures, shapes, sizes what can i say, i'm a visual artist  | |
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If you were blind would u still go to a Prince concert? | |
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This is a macabre topic but one I have pondered before.
As much as I love music, and SOUND, if forced to choose I would definitely choose being deaf over being blind. I wouldn't feel so out of control as I would were I deaf. The loss of sight is a horrifying concept to me. Once, at an eye exam, they did a test where a very, very bright flash of light was used to photograph the vessels in the back of my eye and, due to an eye condition I had at the time, it took longer than usual for my eye to readjust back to normal after that bright flash. Those few minutes where my eye was totally blinded -- I mean, as in everything was BLACK. I could see nothing out of it -- was sooo frightening, and loss of control of a sense almost made me panic. And that was only one eye. I cannot imagine what it must be like to function in a world of absolute, undending darkness. [Edited 2/25/06 12:46pm] | |
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WillyWonka said: This is a macabre topic but one I have pondered before.
As much as I love music, and SOUND, if forced to choose I would definitely choose being deaf over being blind. I wouldn't feel so out of control as I would were I deaf. The loss of sight is a horrifying concept to me. Once, at an eye exam, they did a test where a very, very bright flash of light was used to photograph the vessels in the back of my eye and, due to an eye condition I had at the time, it took longer than usual for my eye to readjust back to normal after that bright flash. Those few minutes where my eye was totally blinded -- I mean, as in everything was BLACK. I could see nothing out of it -- was sooo frightening, and loss of control of a sense almost made me panic. And that was only one eye. I cannot imagine what it must be like to function in a world of absolute, undending darkness. [Edited 2/25/06 12:46pm] when i was a kid, my father hit me in my left eye with a very tightly packed snowball, and it wounded my eye a bit, and i had to wear patches over both eyes for 3 weeks while it healed. it was hell on earth. i couldn't read, which was the one thing i ever wanted to do as a kid. i couldn't watch tv, all i could do was sit there and wait in a hospital room for three weeks. the crap part is they predicted at the time my vision would probably deteriorate some as an adult, and the other day i notice my long distance sight is getting a bit hazy. i am probably goign to have to start wearing glasses in the next few years. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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origmnd said: If you were blind would u still go to a Prince concert?
Hell yeah! I wander my ass up to the stage I mean who's going to keep a blind guy from getting that close. Uh nevermind, I'm sure there are a few folks out there that would trip me or something if I got too close. "be glad that you are free, many a man is not" | |
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