Poll: Which of the 5 Senses would you lose?
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Definitely smell. I like eating things, I couldn't live without my Metal (hearing), close second is games (sight). And I like feeling things too... So really, I don't care about smell. It can go die.
Probably hearing. If I'm deaf, I don't have to put up with mouthy chavs. AND I'd get a free bus pass and more benefits.
...Where's my hot poker?
...Where's my hot poker?
But did you know that your sense of smell is as if not more important in tasting food? The tongue detects bitter, sweet, salty, sour and umami. The tongue is a very basic thing; it's the nose that gives you the flavours you pay for in exorbitant restaurants, not the tongue. Interesting, eh? (So you're not really missing out on much by saying taste, unless it also happens to apply to the nose, which is unlikely.)WanderFreak said:
On topic, I'd have to say taste, as in the mouth. I love music, and videogames, two mediums which without sound cannot be appreciated. I also love to read, and despise audio books, so sight is important. Touch is vital, as without it disorientation would pretty much be constant. My nose is also important, the previously mentioned tasting thing backing that up. So I'd have to say taste.
If I lost my hearing it would turn me suicidal, audio art in all it's forms is my true lifes passion and I have spent the last 4 years dedicating my life to music and sound
taste, taste is purely for pleasure where was all the other senses are more important. I wouldn't like to loose my sense of smell because odour is frequently a source of social stigma, not being able to tell if your deodorant is too strong or if you have BO would be pretty unfortunate. Not to mention gas leaks 
Smell, because fuck, it's smell. All it does is tell me when there's fried chicken or dead people near by, and I don't much like either of them.
And to all those giving up touch, you realize that you're losing the ability to manipulate things, right? Because imagine if you couldn't tell when your hand was touching something, how easily could you pick it up? What about wearing clothes, you couldn't tell if they were too tight or not.
And to all those giving up touch, you realize that you're losing the ability to manipulate things, right? Because imagine if you couldn't tell when your hand was touching something, how easily could you pick it up? What about wearing clothes, you couldn't tell if they were too tight or not.
I wouldn't want to be blind or deaf and I imagine it would be horrible without touch. I considered taste as losing it would make me less picky with my food but I wouldn't be able to taste nice things like marshmallows. So that leaves smell as I use it least although I would lose the ability to smell nice things. Oh well.
There aren't actually 5 senses. i think around 40 have been described and named. Things like the ability to feel heat have been added to the original 5. if it were just those i had to chose from though, it would definitely be being deaf. i love food, so smell and taste i need, if i was blind i couldnt see my wife or my childrens' faces, or game
Taste first, because my smell would compensate for it (a large amount of food "taste" is smell related) and it would be the less significant.
Then smell, I could live without smell. Then actually hearing, I chose this before touch because touch (and pain) is very important, without it I might deloped pressure sores, ulcers or have undiagnosed broken bones. Then sight last, I love seeing stuff.
Then smell, I could live without smell. Then actually hearing, I chose this before touch because touch (and pain) is very important, without it I might deloped pressure sores, ulcers or have undiagnosed broken bones. Then sight last, I love seeing stuff.
Sight, without second thoughts. it's complicated to explain why, so I'll just say: Illidan Stormrage.
Deliberate misinterpretation [http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html] is always more fun!Mimssy said:
Eh, probably smell. My nose is blocked often enough anyway, I'd hardly miss it. Not as much as most people I reckon. Who in God's name picked giving up sight or hearing over smell/taste though?
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