Would you rather go deaf or blind?

I'd prefer blindness. Living in a constant and total silence (something I never felt, actually...) for the rest of my life scares me. And it wouldn't be able to speak with anyone too...

Ricochet wrote: Blind! Deafness,in the context of loving music and of constantly having music "by my side",would kill me.

I was going to say deaf, and then I read your comment, and I realized that I would be lost without prog rock.

Blind. Not being able to hear/play music would kill my spirit and soul.

We had an argument about this very subject last year in psychology.
I would hands-down rather be blind than deaf.

Blind, easily.

cuncuna wrote: Blind. The visual part of life is the less meaningful, compared to be able to hear conversations, music, etc. In fact, if I had to choose between all senses, still I would dather go blind. Taste great food, (wich involves taste and smell), touch someone else, be able to have communication; it all seem much more relevant than appearances.

You know, the results of this poll really blow my mind.

If you are blind, you will always be dependent on someone else for the simplest things, like cooking, going to the supermarket for food or the mall for clothes - or anywhere else for that matter.  Never be able to travel on your own, and what's the point anyway if you can't see where you're going?

If you are deaf, although not ideal you could still at least communicate via sign language or lip reading and reading and writing, and be much more independent than if you were blind.

How about work and income?  I would think it would be easier to get something if you're deaf.  At least you could travel to work on your own.

So, you prefer blindness so you can sit around and listen to prog all day?  And then do what else?  Think of all the things you couldn't do - I think you'd get bored pretty fast.  To each his own, but I think it's insane to prefer blindness over deafness.

moonlapse wrote: You know, the results of this poll really blow my mind. If you are blind, you will always be dependent on someone else for the simplest things, like cooking, going to the supermarket for food or the mall for clothes - or anywhere else for that matter.  Never be able to travel on your own, and what's the point anyway if you can't see where you're going? If you are deaf, although not ideal you could still at least communicate via sign language or lip reading and reading and writing, and be much more independent than if you were blind. How about work and income?  I would think it would be easier to get something if you're deaf.  At least you could travel to work on your own. So, you prefer blindness so you can sit around and listen to prog all day?  And then do what else?  Think of all the things you couldn't do - I think you'd get bored pretty fast.  To each his own, but I think it's insane to prefer blindness over deafness.

Well here's a quandry... take for example Evelyn Glennie; one of the greatest living classical percussionists, yet profoundly deaf:



If I were deaf, I couldn't hear her; yet if I were blind, I couldn't see her... and she's such a hottie!

But not to be able to read (yes, audio books are available, but it's not the same), never to see another movie (a huge loss, in my case), to lose photography forever (both my admiration of the greats, and my own considerably poorer efforts)... and yes, as Peter says, to never see my wife or family/friends again.

Don't get me wrong, the loss of music as part of my life would be (at first) crippling, but on balance, if I had to choose... well, it's goodbye Pallas for ever!

...or does Pallas come under loss of taste?

Blind any day – deaf people can't listen to prog metal!