I hope this thread doesn't offend anyone, if it does one of the mods can close it. I thought about this the other day - if you had the choice and had to pick one, which would you pick out of being blind, deaf, or paralyzed (quadraplegic - sp?)? I would pick paralyzed as I think it would be the easiest to adjust to - granted none of these three choices are good ones, but I would miss hearing and sight too much over not being able to walk. Thinking about this gives me appreciation for those people who are blind, deaf, and/or paralyzed and what they have to do each day of their lives. It also makes me thankful to God that he has blessed me with sight, hearing, and the ability to use my legs. Too many people take these simple things for granted, IMO.
I wouldn't want either, but being deaf is the lesser of the three evils, IMO. The world is a wonderful thing to see, and I couldn't stand seeing only black (or whatever the color is?) and having to guess what's around me. I would regret losing sight even moreso as long as there are girls out there like Spears, Pam, Electra, etc. No, I'm not just into fake girls, but they were the first ones that came to mind. I gotta be active, I would hate not being able to move freely. True, handicaped people can participate in wheelchair games, but I just can't fathom being without the full use of my body. I would miss lots of good music and the voices of those I love if I was deaf, but I'd prefer this over the other two.
Do you see "none of the above" as an option? You have to choose one, Tex. I figure you would least like to be deaf. Being deaf would be the worst one for me because I could not imagine what it would be like not to be able to hear any music whatsoever.
Sorry dude. I wouldn't at least like to be any one of them. Thanks for letting me play. I'll leave the ballfield now.
Then why did you respond in this thread if you are not going to answer? Just read it and move on. If most people feel like you, the thread will be pushed to the bottom of the forum anyway.
Wrong forum. Move to the hangout. they discuss farts, belching and other topics that are fairly similar. Manny is this really the type of thing you think about all day?
Quit acting like you are so much better than Manny. Some of the non D&D Posters are just as smart as you are, believe it or not.
Quit acting like you are so much better than Manny. Some of the non D&D Posters are just as smart as you are, believe it or not Probably so. It is a matter of what interests one.
God - it really is true that all you think about is bashing this country non-stop; so much so, that you would equate serious handicaps with trivial things like farting and belching. Do me a favor, jerkoff, place me on ignore, if you truly feel this way.
Just ignore them, Manny. There has been far worse than this thread on the bbs. I have been around people with one or all of the above. No matter what, I find that they are some of the most well adjusted people out there. They know how to appreciate what they have, not dwell on what they don't.
My cousin in Houston went blind from meningitis a few years ago and seems to have adjusted really well to this. He goes to school and even works in wood-shop.
Although I have a good idea that you are being serious here, rimmy - I still never know for sure with you. But what you said is exactly what I was trying to convey at the end of my first post in this thread. Nobody chooses to be deaf, blind, or paralyzed - but how one handles that is something that I think so many people who don't have those handicaps take for granted. Maybe it was an ill-advised thread, but I thought it would be interesting to discuss. And like rimmy said, they know how to be thankful for what they have; I think many people could learn from the attitudes of handicapped people.
Deaf, no question. In a (hyphenated) word: self-reliance. Plus, think of all the money I could get on eBay for my hundreds of CDs, my three Discmen, my two MP3 players, my stereo, and my 8-track mixing board! (I'd have to put a chunk of it into a new TV, though, since I don't have closed captioning on mine.) FWIW, I also think this should've been in the Hangout.
One can be blind, deaf and paralyzed without actually being blind, deaf, and paralyzed... just take a look at the folks in the White House. (That should keep this in D&D.) And by the way, the only logical answer is deaf. It would have been a much tougher question if the choices had been limited to the other two.
Forum cop glynch notwithstanding, I didn't know for sure what forum to place it in but I thought putting it in a more serious place like D&D would spark more thoughtful discussion. But I guess it is not a requirement to have this thread in this forum.
I couldn't handle not being able to move and I REALLY couldn't handle not being able to listen to music. I chose blind.
I'm already pretty deaf and it's not that bad. You always have an excuse for not doing things you don't wanna do, "Oh honey, I didn't hear you ask me to clean the catbox." I miss a lot of dialog at the movies though. Thank god for Closed Caption on the Sopranos and West Wing.
Kimble hit it with the self-reliance bit. You can get by much more easily being deaf, then if you were blind -- and being paralyzed would necessitate help in almost all your daily activities. Hard to imagine a world without sound, though, isn't it? If we can get a Sam/Bama debate going on who caused the disability, and who should be responsible for caring for it, perhaps this thread will 'fit in' with usual script of the D&D. But I don't think that's necessarily a good thing. (And perhaps as the usual subjects are blind in their partisanship, deaf to other arguments, and unable to move from their established positions, this debate is strangely appropriate here!). We could use a little variety. Thanks.
I have a deaf cousin... he turns the volume and the bass way up, positions himself right next to the speakers, and rocks out to the vibrations.
