Poll: Blind, Deaf, or Dead?

[Ekonk]

I love music, but I'm going to art school, and that would be pretty impossible when blind. I'll have to sacrifice the music.

 

[monkey_man]

without seeing, i'll end up dead sooner or later, because i would get hit by a truck or something. nd when i am deaf, i probably end up dead by a car or something too, because i am not carefull enough. besides, with the options dead and deaf , games would s***. so, i'll go with death

I'd go with deaf. I've always wanted to learn sign language! : D

you can learn that now, you know it's just not very usefull (but you can communicate with the deaf, that would be sweet).

 

[dex-dex]

i would go with being blind
i like music too much
and i like living too much to die

and i could always take playing a musical instrument

 

[rokkolpo]

i'd rather go blind than never being able to experience music.
and dead is a bit.....meh.

blind aint so bad, you'll lose all prejudices towards people.
one could say you would become enlightend.

 

[pelopelopelo]

Deaf. Sound is fantastic, but sights are better.

I can still watch DVDs with the subtitles on, and I'm not much of a fan of radio.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Deaf. SUBTITLES, *****!

 

[Turbo_Destructor]

Music is my greatest passion, and even without eyes I could still enjoy it and play my guitar, so I would have to go for blindness. And also I can still talk to people and interact with them, which is harder for deaf people unless they can lip-read

 

[Gralian]

Most definitely deaf. I'm terrified of death and being blind would be pointless - you wouldn't able to see anything and your world would consist of entirely blackness. Everything you get enjoyment from, even watching porn television would be stripped from you. At least with being deaf and maintaining your vision, you have at least SOME peripheral awareness. The only positive i can see with being blind is that i would still be able to listen to music, which is very important to me.

Hell, if you were deaf you could even still play video games! Most have a subtitle option y'know.

 

[Cucumber]

I'd go with deaf. As long I still have my vision intact, I could always pursue goals I've had that doesn't require hearing. Writing, Drawing, so on.

And I'd still be able to lurk forums

 

[TheFacelessOne]

I would choose dead, but seeing as I'm terrified by it, I choose deaf. I can still enjoy things (though to a lesser degree) with subtitles.

 

[bobknowsall]

Well, death is the one that would take the least adjustment, obviously.

I'd probably go with being blind, then hope that I could get a transplant. I know that's cheating, but I'm not the type to sit around and accept whatever hand fate deals to me.

 

[I Resurection I]

Deaf, I couldn't live I couldn see

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I pick smell. I really don't care about smelling.

But out of those, dead. No way I could live without either.

 

[The Lizard of Odd]

I find it funny that people think they would actually choose death over one of those two. If you were standing there, actually being forced to look at the needle that does the job, I'm pretty sure survival instinct would kick in and more people would choose a disability.
I'd be pretty screwed either way. I'm an artist, writer, and musician. My creativity is a huge part of my life, and my career.
As painful as I think it would be...I think I'd rather go deaf. There are methods of still interpreting sound and music after deafness, and having heard music before, I think I could still imagine it in my mind, and write it out for others. Plus, I think we are closer, medically, to finding a way to reverse deafness than replacing eyeballs. It would completely derail my current career, but so would blindness I think, so I have some backup plans I could move on to.
Unless, of course, I could get replacement eyes that look awesome. Even if they do only see black & white.
http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chapterone/chapterone/

 

[Totenkopf]

Dead. You can return from the dead, but you can never reclaim your eyesight or audition. Just kidding, but still "dead".

 

[FetaFrosch]

If I had to decide I would rater be blind that deaf ( I just NEED music in my life!)

 

[Marter]

Deaf. Interaction is easier if you can still see, especially when that interaction is with electronics.

 

[ZephrC]

I find it hard to take seriously the idea that someone would actually choose death. That seems awfully stupid to me.

It would be a hard choice for me between deafness or blindness. Being deaf would obviously be much easier in the short term. It's not too difficult to build a life without sound, but without being able to see even the simplest things would have to be relearned. Blindness also completely omits more options, such as video games... or driving. I would seriously have a hard time not being able to drive. Music is awesome, and I'd hate to lose it, but I'd lose more by being blind.

On the other hand, long term it seems to me that being deaf would make the world feel hollow. Life would be the same but worse, if you can see what I mean. Blindness would change everything. Independence would be extremely difficult, but I kinda feel like I'd rather start over than just have everything be worse, you know? Being blind would be a challenge. It would suck, but so would being deaf, and despite the fact that blindness is pretty much completely worse than deafness, I feel like I would probably end up being a happier, healthier person if I were blind.

I dunno, I'm probably over-thinking it, but I'd choose to be blind.

Also, there is no universal cure for either blindness or deafness, because there is no universal cause for blindness or deafness, so it's pretty silly to pick one of these because it'll be cured soon. It doesn't help to have a replacement ear if your cochlear nerve is destroyed.

 

[Hobbit in Denial]

I chose deaf. Reason is simply due to the fact that i can still see my g/f without having to hear her moan at me. Positives all round then

 

[Jedoro]

I'll take dead. Most things, I can do without, but I can't just up and lose a part of myself if I have the option.