(January 2, 2018 at 2:08 pm)c172 Wrote: During he past year, my sight has crashed. I'm not near what I think of as blind yet, but my bifocals sometimes ironically need to come off in order for me to see writing or other things adequately (it could be a glasses problem, but I've had them for almost a year). As somebody who already has massive mobility issues, blindness might be the last nail in my coffin, whereas hearing is something I'd likely not miss as much.

 Your sight problem could be diabetes. It can cause your sight to be very strange at times.

GC

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(January 2, 2018 at 2:22 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Can I pick deaf in one ear and blind in one eye?

 If it came down to it pick different sides it would give you better balance to many things.

GC

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(January 2, 2018 at 6:21 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: Not only could I handle being deaf, sometimes I envy the deaf. I don't like noise.

If I lost my sight, I would take whatever steps were necessary to end my life. I absolutely cannot imagine living blind and I sure as hell wouldn't want to.

 That's just stupid, my grandfather was completely happy as a blind person, a disease took his sight. People can adjust as long as they love life.

  Why can't we all choose to keep both and feel fortunate we have both, hearing and seeing give us so much beauty and pleasure. I think the worst thing is to consider losing either one.

GC

We have a blind member here in the forums and she even managed to post and interact with us even without sight. Why the fuck would being blind make you want to kill yourself?

To the OP, I hadn’t replied because I didn’t know what my answer was.





I still don’t.  

I'd only kill myself if I was deaf lol. I could handle blindness.

Life without hearing music isn't worth living, for me.

(January 2, 2018 at 12:49 pm)Omnicidal Wrote: If you had to choose between being blind or deaf, which one would you choose?

Blind. I can still play guitar, still hear my woman's voice, still hear laughter.

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(January 2, 2018 at 2:08 pm)FFaith Wrote: I'd give up hearing. You don't necessarily need hearing to enjoy music. Just have your brain play back the music from your memory.

But how might you hear new music? Or make sure your instrument is tuned right?

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(January 3, 2018 at 4:18 am)J a c k Wrote: We have a blind member here in the forums and she even managed to post and interact with us even without sight. Why the fuck would being blind make you want to kill yourself?

Where has Rhonda been?

Anyone know anything?

Rhonda is blind, too? I was talking about Brokenquil.

(January 2, 2018 at 9:41 pm)Shell B Wrote: I'd say taste over touch for two reasons. 1. You're unlikely to overeat if you can't taste food, I bet. 2. Losing the sense of touch means losing sex. Yeah, pass.

Neither! Taste is an important part of sex!

(January 3, 2018 at 10:29 am)J a c k Wrote: Rhonda is blind, too? I was talking about Brokenquil.

Yup, they both are.

Shows how much I know! I thought Brokenquill was blind but Rhonda was deaf!

But then I remember voice calling Rhonda on Skype years ago so she's definitely not deaf, lol.

(January 2, 2018 at 6:25 pm)Hammy Wrote:

(January 2, 2018 at 6:15 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: I'm a keyboardist.  Trained classical starting at the age of 4, which was about 4 lifetimes ago.  I love reading, I love art and media, but . . . I have to go with losing my sight over hearing.
I could still play, I don't need to see the keys.  I also worked for a while at a resource center for the blind, so I have a working knowledge of Braille and a decent knowledge of tools and tech to assist blind folks.

I love that you're a keyboardist.

I wonder if you'd have any fun playing with one of these:





It's such a beautiful sound.

I'd definitely rather go blind than hear strange and beautiful sounds like this again.

Ah yes, I love the sounds that the Andromeda makes.       But even tho' I trained on a monster Moog modular and a Synclavier -
(did I just date myself? - sigh - ) TOO MANY BUTTONS!       My main axe (after the acoustic grand and pipe organ, that is) is a Kurzweil PC3K88.

(January 3, 2018 at 1:13 pm)drfuzzy Wrote:

(January 2, 2018 at 6:25 pm)Hammy Wrote: I love that you're a keyboardist.

I wonder if you'd have any fun playing with one of these:





It's such a beautiful sound.

I'd definitely rather go blind than hear strange and beautiful sounds like this again.

Ah yes, I love the sounds that the Andromeda makes.       But even tho' I trained on a monster Moog modular and a Synclavier -
(did I just date myself? - sigh - ) TOO MANY BUTTONS!       My main axe (after the acoustic grand and pipe organ, that is) is a Kurzweil PC3K88.

I'm glad you like the Andromeda!

It's my second favorite synth at the moment!

My favorite is the Oberheim Xpander. Ever played with that beautiful creature?