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Blind or deaf?
    #18962737 - 10/11/13 06:37 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Imagine you're rushed to hospital in a severely life threatening state and the only way for you to save your life is for them preform critical surgery, which you agree to. The procedure begins and everything is going fine....Until they hit a stumbling block; they can either preserve your vision at the cost of your hearing, or vice versa..

They wake you up from anesthesia and pose the question to you; "We can save your life, but at a cost; we must either cut this way, which will save your vision, but cost your hearing, or we can cut another way which will save you your hearing at the cost of your vision, if you do not decide you will die"... What is your response? Which do you save? How do you justify your choice to yourself?

I highly doubt (and hope) this situation would ever actually arise, but I'm curious as to which sense you value more and how you would justify the destruction of one to save another.

Which do you save?
What's your choice?
You may choose only one


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: Cepheus]
    #18962746 - 10/11/13 06:43 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I chose hearing.

My entire life, ive had crappy hearing already, so when it comes down to it, Im used to it but I would think being blind would be really rough.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: VivaLaMushie]
    #18962758 - 10/11/13 06:48 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I voted I would save my vision.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: 11nova]
    #18962787 - 10/11/13 07:02 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

So wait, the poll is which one we would keep or which one we would get rid of?  I voted i would keep my vision.  Music and DJing are important, but I think there is no question that it far outweighs losing your vision. There is always art, graphic design and lasers!  Fuck, even deaf people are DJing now!


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: ilus]
    #18962792 - 10/11/13 07:05 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Id save my vision.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: VivaLaMushie]
    #18962814 - 10/11/13 07:12 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I'm torn between the 2 thoughts.. A life without music, art and being able to freely communicate with anyone seems difficult.

It seems to me that being deaf would impair communication more than being blind. I'm leaning towards saving my hearing. I'll elaborate shortly :yesnod:.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: Cepheus]
    #18962839 - 10/11/13 07:20 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

My biggest fear is losing my vision.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: Cepheus]
    #18962842 - 10/11/13 07:21 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I'd save my vision, pretty easy choice IMO. Being blind would increase your risk of accidental death and limit your independence dramatically. Being deaf would be shitty too, but not nearly as bad.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: psi]
    #18962847 - 10/11/13 07:23 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I wouldn't mind not being able to hear everyones bull shit.

If you are blind, you wouldn't be able to use the Internet.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: VivaLaMushie]
    #18962856 - 10/11/13 07:26 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Loosing the internet is a great point.  That pretty much seals the deal.  I guess if you lost your vision you would only see inner beauty. :naughty:


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: ilus]
    #18962862 - 10/11/13 07:28 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

And becoming deaf after 20-30 years, I think it'd be easier to deal with than if you were young. I am assuming that it wouldn't be too hard to talk still? You'd probably he screaming the words, haha, but atleast you could still yell things like "stop! " and "RAPE!"


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: VivaLaMushie]
    #18962866 - 10/11/13 07:29 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Yeah there would still be plenty of options for communication if you were deaf. You'd already know how to speak, and you could learn to read lips. Inability to hear music would be a big downside though.

Blind people can use the internet though, they can use text to speech programs to read everything out to them for example. Or there's this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: ilus]
    #18962868 - 10/11/13 07:30 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

i'd choose my hearing.  I like to talk with people and hear things.  except for reading i don't really give a shit about seeing stuff. 
It would be fun to be on welfare and just like, take a long time to go to the grocery store and stuff.  I'd get books in braille and shit.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: psi]
    #18962873 - 10/11/13 07:31 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I wouldn't care at all about music, honestly.

And I don't mind reading subtitles.

Those programs for the blind are great and all...but it wouldn't he the same.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: VivaLaMushie]
    #18962879 - 10/11/13 07:35 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Yeah obviously you're sacrificing some major stuff either way, but when you're blind you're in a world of invisible dangers. Fuck that.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: Cepheus]
    #18962922 - 10/11/13 07:58 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I'd keep my vision. I'm practically deaf in one ear from hand gunning without hearing protection, playing with explosives and :rockon: . . . :peace:


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: vinsue]
    #18962976 - 10/11/13 08:32 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I picked hearing, it would suck, butbeing blind would suck more.

No driving, no internet, no independence, no thanks.

I am already ~80% blind in one eye and it sucks.

I'm also pretty deaf from guns and fireworks, but that's not as bad.

Losing music would probably be one of the worse things, and the fact that I would drive myself mad with my thoughts.

Would you still be able to have CEVs if you're blind?

And can't they fix hearing?

If there was nothing they would do I would get myself some stem cells and spend a lot of time figuring out how to fix myself.

If that didn't work honestly either one would most likely lead to my suicide shortly there after.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: Cepheus]
    #18962985 - 10/11/13 08:37 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Unclear poll.  Do we vote for what we lose or save?

That said I would choose for saving my vision.

Losing my hearing would suck bigtime but I would stay independent.  Losing my vision, I cant even imagine going through life with a stick and a seeing eye dog.


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: vinsue]
    #18962987 - 10/11/13 08:39 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I have thought about this be for its scary :paranoid:
met some one that became deaf she could speak normal before but now
she speaks jiberish don't know if it happens for every one most people will start to sound different and wont be able to pronounce a lot of words
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sign languid would suck having to resort to it all the time and very few people know how to do it
would probably save my vision but I don't know what I would do if I couldn't hear sounds they are so trippy :trippinbawelz:

I would have a hard time too that shit is tough


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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: Asante]
    #18962992 - 10/11/13 08:41 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

It's supposed to be which one you save I believe. If I went blind I'd probably move somewhere with no cars, like a small island or something.


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