Poll of the Day > If you had to lose a sense which would it be?

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In school, I remember a teacher asked us which sense we'd give up first, and then on until we were down to one. Most everyone saved sight as being the most important but for reasons I can't remember, he suggested that hearing was the most important (probably just to be different, I'm not sure). Though I've read that touch is up there as well. For me, smell would be the first to go as I can clearly see benefits to actually losing it as opposed to the others.

(Also bonus points if you get the reference to the poll)
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I'd probably regret it, but sound. I get sooo pissed off by annoying noises that my life would be better without it in some ways, but then I'd have to learn sign language :/
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My sixth sence
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Smell. My nose is usually plugged anyway.
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I'd actually think touch would be the most important sense. Without the sense of touch, so many things we take for granted would become extremely difficult.

Hearing is important for communication, but we live in a very sight-oriented world. It might be a lot harder to learn communication skills if you're born deaf instead of blind, but once you get older, I'd imagine sight has to be more important.

To answer the question, either smell or taste. I'm not sure enough of the ramifications to decide which is more important. I'm leaning toward smell being more important, since that tends to go along with what we think of as "taste," but I'm not sure....
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Smell obviously

Anybody who says anything else is wrong

MICHALECOLE posted...

Smell obviously

Anybody who says anything else is wrong

It is between that and taste for me.

I feel losing taste would be great for dieters. Although you are probably right because someone could feed me crap covered in perfume and I would not know while not smelling shit is not as bad.

Although isn't taste connected to the sense of smell?
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ImmortalityV posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Smell obviously

Anybody who says anything else is wrong

It is between that and taste for me.

I feel losing taste would be great for dieters. Although you are probably right because someone could feed me crap covered in perfume and I would not know while not smelling shit is not as bad.

Although isn't taste connected to the sense of smell?

They're connected but for the purpose of this poll with the options are lose ONE sense

And tbh losing smell AND taste is still way better than one of any of the other three

Taste easily.

I wouldn't give up smelling the outdoors. Don't really care for food anyway.

There are times I would voluntarily give up taste.

I could throw what I need to eat that day in a blender and make enough for 3 meals.
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Golden Road posted...

I'd actually think touch would be the most important sense. Without the sense of touch, so many things we take for granted would become extremely difficult.

Hearing is important for communication, but we live in a very sight-oriented world. It might be a lot harder to learn communication skills if you're born deaf instead of blind, but once you get older, I'd imagine sight has to be more important.

To answer the question, either smell or taste. I'm not sure enough of the ramifications to decide which is more important. I'm leaning toward smell being more important, since that tends to go along with what we think of as "taste," but I'm not sure....

I like these reasons, but if I was blind AND deaf, I think I'd lose my mind.

Taste or smell, because their most practical uses would be for identifying bad food a.s.o. (I consider being able to smell and taste food and drinks to be more of a comfort usage, if that makes any sense).

I would not want to lose my sight, hearing or sense of touch, since those are the three most efficient for both practical uses (navigation, avoiding danger a.s.o.) and recreational uses (music, feeling the touch of someone else, sex, games, art, a.s.o.), more so when the three of them work in unison (playing an instrument, navigating in low-light conditions or similar, hand-eye coordination, so-to-speak).

My conclusion though is that while i wouldn't really want to lose any of my senses, because each added sense working in unison on something makes the job both easier and more accurate (I'm sure there's exceptions though),
but if I had to choose one, it would be taste (as others mentioned a lot of our sense of taste comes from being able to smell, so no matter if one chooses to lose smell or taste, things would most likely taste as bland as when having a completely stuffed nose), also,
smell would be more useful for identifying possible dangers at a longer range and/or without having to taste them (the smell of blood/corpses, or being able to smell that a food item has expired before actually tasting it, possibly avoiding/taking the risk of getting sick).

TLDR: Taste would be the first to go, Sight, Hearing and Touch (in no particular order) would be the last, based on the practical and recreational uses for the different senses and how they synergize together (based on my preferences of course).
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I said taste because it would be easier to eat healthy.
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RedPixel posted...

I like these reasons, but if I was blind AND deaf, I think I'd lose my mind.

You'd be pretty good at pinball tho
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Telekinesis, mine rarely works anyways
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Hey, dont steal topics from other topics.

Get your own ideas, nerd.
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Smell. Mine is lackluster anyway. Maybe it's my small nose.
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Smell.
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Losing a sense of touch might be dangerous, but the lack of pain... Hmm

Damn. Why didn't I think of taste?! I could eat all the nasty, healthy shit I want!