Which one would you rather be: Deaf or Blind?

[paulpablo]

I'd hate to be either.  But I'd have to go with being deaf.  I think I may just be a more visual type of person but the answer just comes easily to me, I barely have to even think about it.

Instinctively being deaf would be my first choice just because of survival instinct, I think it's natural to be more afraid of being in a situation where you can't see rather than where you can't hear.  

There's good looking women, the visuals of sex, non verbal communication, beautiful views, being able to read (I don't know brail) being able to watch a film with subtitles.

I used to actually be online friends with a few deaf people because I'd go into a chatroom that would play music rather than have talking on the room mic.  So people who can hear would listen to music and people who were deaf could follow along with the room convo without worrying that they're missing out on what's being said on mic. I used to flirt with a deaf girl on there quite a lot.

Another thing is I think the deaf community is larger and I'd have a larger network of people who I could relate to.