Blind, Deaf, or Dumb?

[bobtheenchantedone]

Blind. Hands down.

I don't know why, but blindness has always... interested me? Something like that. I don't want to sound like... sheesh, what do I mean? I don't want to treat any disability as if it were cool or exciting. That's not what I mean. I've tried writing blind characters in stories before because the disability is interesting to me.

Also, I'm half blind already. Also-also, one of my most important features (in my opinion) is my singing voice, and being deaf or dumb would mean giving that up and I couldn't have that.

[Unit of Energy]

I would be mute, because honestly I probably talk too much anyway. But I love music and I love movies and plays and I plan on being an interior designer, so being blinder than I already am is not a good Idea.

[Damasta]

Blind people lose things. Deaf people lose people.* SSA would be an incredibly difficult burden to bear. I agree with the writers that being mute would be the least burdensome trial to deal with.

*I say this because I went on a date with a deaf girl, once. I don't know sign (neither did the other people in the group), so she had to rely on lip-reading. And she could speak well enough to be understood. When it got dark, she couldn't see anyone's lips anymore to read them, and fell out of the conversation. I felt bad that she was excluded, but there wasn't much that could be done about it until we went back to her apartment.

[Proteus]

Blind people fascinate me. I get along with them really well-- perhaps better than most normal people? I'd rather be dumb though-- I'm better at appreciating things and listening than speaking or singing. I know I'd miss speaking, but my mouth already gets me into enough trouble as is. I express myself more fully in written words anyways.

[Marduk]

Yes, mute would be by far the best choice. As much as I love speaking in public, teaching, and singing, I feel like this world has a lot more to say to, and teach, me, than I have to say to, and teach, it. You lose too much information about the world if you are blind or deaf.

[Dead Cat]

One random short story idea I had a while back was about a society where there is an additional sense to the main five (hearing, touching, tasting, smelling, seeing) which I called "oshive." The story is told from the perspective of the only one who was oshiveless. I'm a little busy to finish that or the other pile of ideas I have bouncing around, but maybe someday.

Personally, I am quite content without oshiving anything. As for sight, sound, or speech, I'll deal without the speech.