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Poll Question: if you had to choose, would you rather be blind or deaf (from now on)
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    Posted: October 08 2009 at 18:16
thats a tricky question.. think of the impact on your life...
but i definately would choose blind Wink

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 20:10

Blind, though I really would hate the inconvenience of not being able to drive. That being said, I think I, along with everyone else here, are too busy listening to their music to be deaf.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 20:18
Being in a MUSIC site, the 'Deaf' option will barely be touched...........*I predict*
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 20:20
Yeah, because I could still listen to music if I was blind, and I'd still be able to play an instrument, etc.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 20:29
Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Being in a MUSIC site, the 'Deaf' option will barely be touched...........*I predict*


Many of us are married though. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 20:35
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Being in a MUSIC site, the 'Deaf' option will barely be touched...........*I predict*


Many of us are married though. 


I see your point.............Also we got friends, parents and brothers....
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 21:11
Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Being in a MUSIC site, the 'Deaf' option will barely be touched...........*I predict*


Many of us are married though. 


I see your point.............Also we got friends, parents and brothers....


Actually Pablo...I think you missed the point entirely.  Those of us with wives have to listen to them.  Dead  LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 21:18
Voted for deaf.  Sucks to have to give up music, but I could still do my job and provide for my family.  Plus I'd rather give up hearing my kids then not being able to see them.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 21:19
Well heck, I would choose both, and throw in dumb too. Then maybe Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend could write some album about me.
 
(Not that I'd ever know it.....actually all of these options suck. Wink)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 21:23
Originally posted by Tarquin Underspoon Tarquin Underspoon wrote:

Well heck, I would choose both, and throw in dumb too. Then maybe Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend could write some album about me.
 
(Not that I'd ever know it.....actually all of these options suck. Wink)


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 21:42
This doesn't even require much thought on my part........deaf.
 
Not being able to listen to music would suck but I couldn't imagine spending my life in total darkness.Not seeing my children or grand children would suck,so I would happily give up my hearing for my sight.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 21:46
I have a family too, and even if music weren't a huge part of my life, I still think I'd rather be blind.

Seeing your kids is nice...

But being able to speak to them, hear what they are going through...I love watching my son dance and make "funny faces," but his laugh is honest to God my favorite sound in this entire universe.  I don't think I could give that up.

That or Tales from Topographic Oceans. Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2009 at 08:22
Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Being in a MUSIC site, the 'Deaf' option will barely be touched...........*I predict*


Yes, that was my thought, too but i was curious, bacause when i ask my freinds this question about 90% will choose to be deaf...
It's just a ride... <3
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2009 at 08:26
Deafness is not an option for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2009 at 08:29
Blind, definately. Apart from not being able to live without music, I believe it's much mroe terrible to not be able to hear the people close to you than not being able to see them (but still hear their voices). With deafness it's probably easier to become isolated from the world. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2009 at 11:42
Deaf easily. Ok, I love music but being blind is far too much of an inconvenience. I could still read books, use a computer, have a far easier time getting a job, and could still communicate with people (sign language, writing).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2009 at 11:47
Tough, but I'd rather be blind than deaf.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2009 at 11:50
Definitely deaf.... Music is just music in the end.... And voices, I can at least learn sign lanbguage or read cards....
 
But never again seeing the majestic nature? The people I love? I really think is ridiculous to even consider being blind instead of deaf.
 
This same poll in the normal world would probably have 90-10 in favor of being deaf instead of blind... But I guess the results are normal for a prog site...  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2009 at 11:57
I am just as deaf as I am blind.
Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it
means the loss of the most vital stimulus - the
sound of the voice that brings language, sets
thoughts astir, and keeps us in the intellectual
company of man.


- Helen Keller
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2009 at 12:01
I'm thinking of those two, I'd pick smell. Tongue
Of course for me it would be sight.
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