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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: psi]
#18963004 - 10/11/13 08:49 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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being blind doesn't make u retarded you still know not to walk in the street and stuff.
I dunno i see blind people out walking around and taking buses and going places and doing things all the time. it seems pretty fine.
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psi
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People who can see get killed crossing the street with reasonable regularity, being blind would put you at that much more risk. Enough drivers are idiots that you can be doing everything you're supposed to and still get killed.
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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: psi]
#18963042 - 10/11/13 09:07 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I would choose ti save my hearing without a 2nd thought. But ive always remembers everything I hear and don't always recognize people until they speak so j feel I'm already a little stilted toward audio regardless. Being blind might make me develop supersonic hearing like that one little black kid
Still get hit by a car though, as we all know its blind peoples only weakness
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Edited by ClockCode (10/11/13 09:09 AM)
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I have a friend who is blind (from birth). He is probably one of the most incredible and diverse musicians I know and is generally and all round decent guy. He gets baked with us, trips with us (for him its a more sensual and auditory experience although the 'feeling' behind the 'fireworks' is still there), he comes to the pub with us. Hell we're even going to a show later on tonight...
I feel he is one of the few people who actually listens to what people say as he doesn't have the aesthetic side of things to distract him from the point of the message.
Although, in terms of everyday shit like moving around, eating etc, being blind appears to be much more hassle than being deaf...
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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: Cepheus]
#18967337 - 10/12/13 06:49 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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id rather be deaf than blind! it would make for the perfect chick. all look but no listen!
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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: Cepheus]
#18968801 - 10/12/13 03:25 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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That's a hard one, but I think I'd save my vision....
Being deaf, I could still feel music in a tactile/physical sense from vibrations, so I'd still be able to dance. Though I would miss majority of the spectrum of a song.
Most of the world I'm around as it is has far too much abrasive sound anyways, I like to wear ear plugs to drown out sounds during the day because they're so damn overwhelming. So there's a lot of sounds I could easily do with out through my average day to day.
I would really miss the more subtle sounds of nature...like the sound of flowing water, birds, thunder (I can feel it somewhat), the sounds of wind, coyotes howling, the female voice, etc.
Though, I think being deaf or blind will not be much of an issue at all in the coming years....that technology stuff, ya know.
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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: Cepheus]
#18968803 - 10/12/13 03:27 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'd rather die than lose either one of those senses.
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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: openmind]
#18968874 - 10/12/13 03:47 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
openmind said: That's a hard one, but I think I'd save my vision....
Being deaf, I could still feel music in a tactile/physical sense from vibrations, so I'd still be able to dance. Though I would miss majority of the spectrum of a song.
Most of the world I'm around as it is has far too much abrasive sound anyways, I like to wear ear plugs to drown out sounds during the day because they're so damn overwhelming. So there's a lot of sounds I could easily do with out through my average day to day.
I would really miss the more subtle sounds of nature...like the sound of flowing water, birds, thunder (I can feel it somewhat), the sounds of wind, coyotes howling, the female voice, etc.
Though, I think being deaf or blind will not be much of an issue at all in the coming years....that technology stuff, ya know.
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are you a girl? the reasoning behind it is "I just wanna dance!" if youre not, its cool, but, well... you know.
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Nah, I just like to dance & move around . Funny you say that though, because I've been saying "I just wanna dance" lately to my friends, in a humorous yet serious sorta way.
I used to be all sorts of rigid and I felt the epitome of awkward when attempting to dance, thinking back to high school prom still makes me cringe ....
....now, I'll sometimes catch my self dancing & moving around a bit even if there's no music playing . It feels way too good, throw some kratom, or LSD, and/or mdma into the mix and .
MDMA and giving no shits made me fall in love with moving my body about.
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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: openmind]
#18969000 - 10/12/13 04:29 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hmm. I would save my vision. I like to be independent and I feel that without vision it would severely limit that. I wouldn't be able to drive, go for a walk, go for a swim, etc...
I mean it would be hard to live without hearing people and music and small things like hearing water... or the wind. Its things people take for granted that you'll miss so much once it is gone.
In todays age you could just carry an ipad around and type out what you want to say and have them type out if they want to talk to you.
I don't know about learning sign language...seems difficult
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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: Uzziel]
#18969206 - 10/12/13 05:34 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Death.
I couldn't do without my senses. The only thing I would not care if I lost is my sense of smell but even that can be vital at times but I would try to go on without that. Everything else is must.
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to all the people voting Vision; consider Cochlear implants.
Quote:
fapjack said: I'd rather die than lose either one of those senses.
if there weren't Quote:
Cochlear implants
i would have said the same thing.
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my buddie dances like crazy when he drinks its funny they always try to git me to do it don't like to much but it looks fun 
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Quote:
akira_akuma said: to all the people voting Vision; consider Cochlear implants.
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fapjack said: I'd rather die than lose either one of those senses.
if there weren't Quote:
Cochlear implants
i would have said the same thing.
I mean if I was to lose one or the other, and I was to make the decision outside of dying. I don't want to lose music, and I don't want to lose being able to see everything I love. Everyday until you die you would morn either or, I would just rather find out what we are all afraid to see early than live in misery. The thought of never being able to listen to music anymore makes it an easy choice.
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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: fapjack]
#18969846 - 10/12/13 08:39 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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dude, i am fanatic of music, i would die if i had to could out music. but you don't... just get a Cochlear implant. granted, you might not have the same ear for music, you once had, but you'd still be able to appreciate it, and hear quite a bit of it, actually. just certainly some frequencies would be cut out, but not enough so that you go tone deaf.
but then your sight, brah... now i wouldn't be able to live without that either... seriously, i'd fucking bash my head in, unless you know, i dealt with fucking blow.
IF THAT, i'd be sure to be stuck roaming every where for my life, never fully knowing what's going on around me. that's not actually too bad, but still, my reality would be shaken to the very core. i like my knowing things. i like knowing things first and foremost right away without needing to lean on any of my senses. aside from the more important one... sight. the thing which allows you to SEE reality.
that... is some shit that i'd give up the my hearing for... and again, Cochlear implant saves the day, in this hypothetical situation.
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Then you are in the same boat as me, the question isn't considering technicalities! I love music too much to lose my hearing and I love everything I can see too much to lose my sight. Everyone has to die, most people don't have to lose their sight or hearing.
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Re: Blind or deaf? [Re: fapjack]
#18969904 - 10/12/13 08:53 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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dude, you're missing the puzzle piece! technologically rewire your brain (metaphorically speaking) to hear again! it's easy. my mom did it, and she can hear music again. she can't make out lyrics as easy as most people, because YES, your hearing isn't exactly COMPLETELY INTACT, but... you can still hear music...
you'd rather die, then even consider this?
the force is... Strange with this one.
Edited by akira_akuma (10/12/13 08:57 PM)
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Being blind would be a kinda cool challenge, I'm already working on walking around with my eyes closed using the sound of the ambient reflections against the walls to detect the shape of room/nearby surfaces.. when I'm bored at work ... I feel like I'd probably make much quicker and more extreme progress if I were actually blind.
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