If you had to be one of the following what would it be?

oregonzoo
oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Blind, Mute, or Deaf?

I was watching a news story about a blind beauty contestant.. and weighing all the pros and cons of each.


I'd say deaf. Because words can be so cruel, people can talk so ugly.

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  • linz1125
    linz1125 Posts: 441 Member
    Mute. It would at least excuse me from talking on the phone, which I despise!
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    Mute. It would at least excuse me from talking on the phone, which I despise!

    I truthfully wonder if ANYBODY likes talking on the phone.
  • kendrart
    kendrart Posts: 49 Member
    Blind. I don't know what I would do if I couldn't sing or listen to music.
  • stepherzzzzz
    stepherzzzzz Posts: 469 Member
    Mute. I'm not much of a talker anyway.
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    what a horribly depressing thread :-(
  • Pimpmonkey
    Pimpmonkey Posts: 566
    Mute, I can already go without talking forever!
  • timmymon
    timmymon Posts: 304 Member
    Mute. I could not take being robbed of one of my senses. I could still write things to communicate with the world :smile:
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    what a horribly depressing thread :-(
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    It's life, and many people lead fruitful and happy ones with such issues.

    I'll bet the first blind Miss America contestant isn't depressed.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    I would go with being mute. I don't talk a lot anyway.
  • Tat2dDom624
    Tat2dDom624 Posts: 1,226 Member
    I'd rather be deaf because i want to have the opportunity to see my children grow up.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    mute followed by deaf followed by blind

    i cant imagine being blind.

    id be mute AND deaf rather than be blind.
  • SVCat
    SVCat Posts: 1,483 Member
    Mute, I have plenty of mute friends and they can communicate better than I can. Not only that, but their other senses are way better because of their "handicap".
  • kmuree
    kmuree Posts: 283 Member
    I think I'd rather be mute than blind or deaf. I would still be able to hear and see the world, and at the same time, actually think before I "speak" - aka write it out. :laugh:
  • lancemahfouz
    lancemahfouz Posts: 43
    I would say mute.. I gotta hear things around me and see where Im going. But being a mute I could do that.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Mute - I'm sure they have some app where I can type in what I want to say and it says it for me.
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    I am legally deaf so I guess I will take that...

    better the devil you know than the devil you don't...

    but there's more to it than just losing a sense. I worry at night that someone will break in and murder me and my daughter in my sleep before I even wake up...

    I'll probably never hear a man say I love you to me.

    It holds me back in my career, i don't care how many people say it doesn't or shouldn't...

    so really...count your blessings and wish for none of these.
  • EveryoneElseIsTaken
    EveryoneElseIsTaken Posts: 144 Member
    Mute. I could still write, hear, and see all of the beautiful things I see everyday that give my life meaning.
  • stevepierson
    stevepierson Posts: 119
    I am legally deaf so I guess I will take that...

    better the devil you know than the devil you don't...

    but there's more to it than just losing a sense. I worry at night that someone will break in and murder me and my daughter in my sleep before I even wake up...

    I'll probably never hear a man say I love you to me.

    It holds me back in my career, i don't care how many people say it doesn't or shouldn't...

    so really...count your blessings and wish for none of these.

    Thank you for sharing this perspective.... It's easy to talk about, but another thing to live it...
  • s1lence
    s1lence Posts: 493
    I would have to say if I had to choose; I would go mute. There are so many different ways of communicating, but losing my eyes would devastate me. I have always had a fear of losing my eyes and my left hand - I draw, paint, craft, write in order to express myself. If I couldn't do that I might as well be in a crazy ward.
  • weeblex
    weeblex Posts: 412 Member
    Mute. It would at least excuse me from talking on the phone, which I despise!

    I truthfully wonder if ANYBODY likes talking on the phone.
    The woman in front of me in the store seems to, at every store
  • CStone17
    CStone17 Posts: 37
    Mute for sure, because learning would be more complicated when deaf or blind. I love reading and hearing brilliant people speak.
  • smiley245
    smiley245 Posts: 420 Member
    Hard choice but I would go with mute.....I couldnt live with out hearing my childrens laughter or seeing them smile
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