QotD: One Sense
Posted May 1st, 2003 @ 11:47pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: If you could keep only one of your five senses, which would you keep?
My Answer: I would keep my sight. Much of my communication is textual - email, IRC, HTML, PHP, Objective-C, etc. I could live without feeling pain, I could deal with not being able to taste things (I might eat healthier!), and I could sure as hell deal with not having to smell myself. 🙂 Hearing is the only one that gives me pause in answering this question. Sure would save me money at the iTunes Music Store though!
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Posted 02 May 2003 at 1:58am #
I will go with sight as well since I live on a computer just like you. Here's more justification on why the other four are not important to me.
Smell - Lafayette, Indiana STINKS.
Touch - Impervious to pain? Bring it on!
Hearing - I don't have to listen to my girlfriend bitch at me for doing something dumb 🙂
Taste - I eat such nasty food anyway, I'd be better off not tasting it. Healthy food sucks.
Posted 02 May 2003 at 2:11am #
Impervious to pain... pain is a limiter. A good limiter.
Smell, is taste. Also warns you of danger. Think of the simpsons here.
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Posted 02 May 2003 at 2:51am #
Impervious to pain? You may not think that's so cool when you look down to see you've accidentally leant on a hot element and YOUR WHOLE HONKIN' ARM'S BURNT OFF.
Posted 02 May 2003 at 1:12pm #
sure, not being able to feel pain is a good thing, but what about those other sensations associated with touch? back massages, sex, jaccuzzi, etc. however, i do agree that sight would most likely leave you with the most ability to communicate. but oh the pleasures...
Posted 02 May 2003 at 3:34pm #
At least it won't hurt when I am sticking my hand on the stove...wtf would I suddenly start doing stupid stuff like that? I was referring to stubbing my toe and it not hurting.