Blind, Mute, Deaf

[TheThunderBringer]

For reasons unbeknownst to you; you must choose between becoming blind, mute, or deaf.

based on the chat conversation

[::SomeOtherCookiez::]

Neither of them.

I'd rather have a healthy life.

[-Ro-]

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[GameGeeks]

Out of those, I'd have to say mute. There's plenty of options out there outside of verbal communication. I could write or type with a text to speech program.

[Señor Nobody]

I've been blind once and I'm not a huge fan. I'll take mute for 500 there Jim.

[Gjallarhorn]

I'd choose to be mute. Getting by without sight in today's world, as well as keeping up most any hobby, would be difficult. In regard to hearing, it's much easy to observe media, and I do like playing guitar; it also makes learning and socializing easier. Also, being unable to hear also means it's difficult to speak properly.

Being unable to speak there are still plenty of alternatives, especially considering how much conversation goes on through digital media now, and sign language and hand gestures can make up for much of the disability. I'm not exactly the talkative sort, anyway.


That being said, sight is the one sense I would not want to lose, above all.

[Elphaba]

Can i choose neither of them? I also want a healthy life.

But if i must choose i would say mute because there are so many things I want to do (like travel the world and meet some people) to do and they involve my sight and hearing.

[Diocletian]

Not being able to sing in the shower would be devastating, but being mute would be the easiest thing to live with. I can't be blind, watching TV wouldn't be possible and I couldn't even think of a song to sing in the shower if I was deaf.

[*Tsuki*]

Oh yes, a shower would be devastating without being able to sing in it. *nods*

I'll choose mute like the rest of the people.
Even if I'm deaf, I can't speak properly so there's really no point in choosing that over being mute.
Bein' blind? Heck, no.

[Anime Forum]

Blind - No. I need my sight. Its just something I couldn't ever live without! D8
Deaf - Eh, not for me. I'd really like to hear people discuss things.
Mute - I'd wish not, but out of the three I'd have to pick mute,

[Aku no Hikari]

Hearing for me is irreplaceable. And living without vision is pretty hard, as you will need your vision in almost any sort of work. On the other hand, there are a lot of alternative ways for communication if you're mute. So I pick up mute.

Pretty much an obvious choice anyway.

[Desulishor]

mute it is. Wouldn't lose much in any case, since I spent most of my time on the computer anyways. Blind would be unbearable due to lack of anime and manga, hearing would mean the loss of music. I could still communicate via computers and by writing stuff on paper, even a voice simulator such as microsoft sam.

[Skylar1]

Deaf? Would be nice not having to hear all the annoying noises of the world, but then again I wouldn't be able to hear music. This is not an acceptable option.

Blind? Yeah.. I'm pretty sure I'd have to end myself at that point. Seriously, what WOULD I be able to do aside from the stuff that I need my sight for? close to absolutely nothing really. Video games, movies, tv, INTERNET, Anime, manga, art.... and that's just for starters. ALL of it would become meaningless to me. What a miserable existence I'd have to live.

Mute is my choice of course. I've never been the best at verbal communication anyways. I prefer organizing my thoughts like this; on the computer. Plus, none of you have ever heard my voice anyways, and we get along just fine.

[Nanobyte]

If I'd be blind, I couldn't even be on AF anymore.
If I'd be deaf, I couldn't speak properly anymore and I couldn't hear my own music.
If I'd be mute, I couldn't sing anymore.

I want to be healthy please!

[~*Red*~]

I have to say mute - since I'm not that talkative at the best of times.

[Ranshiin]

That being said, sight is the one sense I would not want to lose, above all.

How do you think I feel, being legally blind? :/


Anyway I suppose that means I can't realistically answer this since I'm already visually-impaired ... but really, if I wasn't, I would rather not be able to speak than not be able to see or hear. Apparently I get loud around my friends so I suppose it might turn into a win-win situation. xD

Plus I would have an excuse to not be social. rofl.

[blueangel06661]

Since I'm already half deaf I'd not wish to lose any more hearing since I need to be able to hear in the field I'm trying to go into for college.

I love seeing and seeing the things around me so I'd totally want to keep that.

I don't really talk much and it would give me a reason to not talk at all plus you have cellphones so I can always text what I want to say. :3

So I choose being mute.

[Eris]

I'm a very visual person, so going blind would be devastating. And my hearing is poor enough for me to have a real good idea just how annoying it is to not be able to hear stuff.

So by means of exclusion, mute it is.

[Darkseid]

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[John Watson]

I'd probably choose deafness if I had to. (Which hopefully I wont.)

Because..its easily curable. Hearing aids?? There's nothing today's modern science cant cure...except blindess! Right..?

[blueangel06661]

I'd probably choose deafness if I had to. (Which hopefully I wont.)

Because..its easily curable. Hearing aids?? There's nothing today's modern science cant cure...except blindess! Right..?

Hearing aids do not cure being completely deaf only the hard of hearing. Though you could probably get the ones they drill into your head I think those work more for the actual deaf? Plus hearing aids are quite expensive.. In the thousands for a single one.


-Has had them since kindergarten

[Skylar1]

Because..its easily curable. Hearing aids?? There's nothing today's modern science cant cure...except blindess! Right..?

This depends on what caused the blindness.

For instance, if it is the corneawiki that is damaged, this could be fixed by replacing the damaged part through transplant surgery.

However, if the blindness is caused by something, say like nerve damage in the brain or optic nerve, then probably not.

[Digital Dragon]

I would say mute as well, since of the three it is not an actual sense but more limits the senses of others to understand you. I'd make it irritating by dressing as a mime, also.

[The Butcher]

Mute.

I don't talk much anyway.

[-GAZKUL-]

i'm pretty quiet so being mute wouldn't be that bad, music is waaaay too imortant so it rules out deafness.