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[AnathemicOne]

Just a little thought experiment. I asked the same question to my younger brother and suprisingly came to differing opinions, context: I'd rather lose hearing over sight. As much as I love music and shit (I really enjoy orchestral tracks) I believe sight is just too damn important to function throughout life at the basic level, plus gaming.

So what's GAF'S mixed and/or majority opinion?

 

[Tagyhag]

Lose hearing of course.

Sight is the last sense I'd lose.

 

[zsynqx]

I'd rather lose hearing.

 

[BLunted]

I'd lose hearing. Dunno if I could live without sight at this point in my life. Feel like I am too old to adjust.

 

[Strangelove77]

Id rather lose sight. Music is my favorite art form and I'd prefer to still enjoy it.

Plus, have you ever seen a movie with the sound off? Not for me.

Also, touch+sound beats touch+vision every time.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

If I lose sight will I gain daredevils abilities?

Hearing of course.

 

[PARANO1A]

Id rather lose sight. Music is my favorite art form and I'd prefer to still enjoy it.

Plus, have you ever seen a movie with the sound off? Not for me.

Have you seen a movie with the video off?

 

[Newt]

That's kinda of a dumb question. Sight is the primary sense, it takes priority over the rest.

 

[Premium Quality]

I'd rather lose hearing. My memory is still good enough that I can still hear my favorite songs in my head.

 

[Strangelove77]

Have you seen a movie with the video off?

Yeah I actually have. Pulp Fiction works pretty well that way actually.

 

[x3sphere]

Hearing. Losing my sight is up there with the worst things that could ever happen to me.

 

[DJ_Lae]

Sight is the absolute last sense I'd want to lose, so I'd toss hearing in a second.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Have you seen a movie with the video off?

Yea wtf?

Sight>>>>>>>>>

 

[Einchy]

Hearing.

Only a madman would ever pick to lose their eyesight.

 

[T'Zariah]

How is this even a question?

Hearing loss I can still function and do some normal activities.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Sight no contest.

 

[fr0st]

That's kinda of a dumb question. Sight is the primary sense, it takes priority over the rest.

If were only counting the "5" then it'd be feeling/touch but in this case its probably sight.

 

[Tagyhag]

If were only counting the "5" then it'd be feeling/touch but in this case its probably sight.

I'd still rather lose feeling.

Just have a machine that turns me over when I sleep every few hours I don't care.

 

[Soriku]

I'll keep my sight, but damn losing music would kill me inside.

 

[dead souls]

I love music, but sayonara hearing.

 

[Rorschach]

Hearing and it's not even close. I listen to music/podcasts day and night, but I'd still rather see.

 

[Permanently A]

Lose my hearing for sure. Can still watch TV, play games, only thing I can't do is listen to music anymore. Take away my sight and I literally have to relearn how to do everything, and some things are no longer possible to do.

 

[Einchy]

Yeah I actually have. Pulp Fiction works pretty well that way actually.

Are you honestly trying to say that you'd have a better time experiencing a movie by the sounds alone than from just visually watching it with subs?

 

[Mortemis]

Have you seen a movie with the video off?

I have no idea why, but I nearly choked laughing at this post.

 

[Amon37]

Hearing, not even a contest.

 

[Alchemy]

100% hearing, I don't need to hear my computer to use anything but audio creation software or consume music. Everything else requires sight and I can roll with subtitles on stuff.

 

[Strangelove77]

Are you honestly trying to say that you'd have a better time experiencing a movie by the sounds alone than from just visually watching it with subs?

Honestly, I'd probably stop any kind of film/tv/videogame consumption. I can find other ways to entertain myself.

 

[OricWindstar]

I can't imagine many would choose sight, but as a artist / graphic designer, there's really no contest for me.

 

[Tesseract]

hearing, i don't even have to think about this

 

[Diprosalic]

i already play games on mute so bring it on deafness.

 

[Poimandres]

Music is almost certainly my number 1 passion in life... But I would lose hearing over sight no question!

 

[umop_3pisdn]

I think losing your hearing has more social costs than losing your sight, because most people communicate through speech, so I don't think it's as easy of a decision as most people think.

 

[ipitydatfu]

losing sight will fuck up your sleep cycle badly. so yea, id keep my sight.; unless you wanna be like daredevil or something.

 

[Einchy]

Honestly, I'd probably stop any kind of film/tv/videogame consumption. I can find other ways to entertain myself.

So you'd give up films, tv, video games and being able to have a normal life for music?

Your life would get exponentially harder as a blind person.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

I've already lost most my hearing so that for sure, especially after watching my mum go partially blind and feel her pain as her world been turned upside down.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Hearing, sadly..

 

[Kozak]

This is a tough question.

I'd just rather die tbh.

 

[TatteredHat]

Hearing, it's not even close. I'll miss listening to music but not being able to see would be the worst.

 

[User 479360]

Hearing, it's not even close. I'll miss listening to music but not being able to see would be the worst.

This

I really feel for blind people.

 

[breakfuss]

I'll keep my sight, but damn losing music would kill me inside.

This. Music is life to me. But shiiiit, I need my sight lol.

 

[nabe_shogun]

I'd rather lose hearing. Even though I love music, I pretty much need my sight. Without it I basically couldn't live my life, whereas without hearing, it would suck, but I could get by.

 

[Subpar Scrub]

I'd lose hearing. Atleast you can still see new places and be self sustaining instantly if you're deaf.

Even though I listen to music for like 5 hours a day. I'd really miss that.

This is a tough question.

I'd just rather die tbh.

I hate the Gaffers who comment "I would/want to die" in every thread. It's incredibly irritating.

 

[KRod-57]

Lose hearing of course


It would suck that I could no longer listen to music, but at least I'd be able to play video games and browse the web

 

[breakfuss]

I think losing your hearing has more social costs than losing your sight, because most people communicate through speech, so I don't think it's as easy of a decision as most people think.

I'd rather see who I'm fucking soooo I think you're wrong buddy.

 

[Big Baybee]

Hearing, I already know ASL.

 

[Lothar]

Have a totally blind from birth sister.

Hearing, easy.

Still, if you guys are talking about something minor like enjoying a movie with the sound off vs a movie with the video off, there are actually plenty of dialogue heavy movies that I would rather watch with the sound off than the video off. If you think about it, you might feel the same. Pulp fiction for example. My sister loves that movie for Samuel L Jackson. Would she love it as much without hearing him? I don't think so.

 

[akira28]

I need to be able to see.

 

[JHoNNy1OoO]

Lose hearing, no contest.

 

[umop_3pisdn]

I'd rather see who I'm fucking soooo I think you're wrong buddy.

Ok but I don't see that changing the virtual social isolation that probably comes with going deaf.

 

[Littlefang]

As much as I love music, it's sadly much easier to function without hearing than it is to lose your sight.