Which Sense Could You Not Live Without?

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: Which Sense Could You Not Live Without?

Sight.

If I HAD to lose one, it would be taste. Then you could eat a 100% healthy diet and never have a need to eat junk food.

[Bellsprout]

Re: Which Sense Could You Not Live Without?

Touch. If you can't feel touch, you can't feel pain, which would probably result in something tragic. I.e. you break your bones from standing one way too long, don't notice that you are bleeding from a cut and suffer acute blood loss, you cut off circulation to an extremity for too long as a result of sitting on an extremity in the wrong way...

Basically, things could get complicated rather quickly if one couldn't physically feel anything.

I watched an episode of House where some teenage girl had this. I don't know how medically accurate it was, but they said how she couldn't feel when she had to go to the bathroom. If that's true, I cannot imagine how badly that would suck.

[WazzuRC]

Re: Which Sense Could You Not Live Without?

I would say touch is #1, but then I'd be deaf and blind and I wouldn't even want to live.

I'd probably go with sight but touch is an extremely close 2nd. Not being able to feel the warmth and love of someone close to you would be tough to live without.

[elgreazy1]

Re: Which Sense Could You Not Live Without?

Sight.

If I HAD to lose one, it would be taste. Then you could eat a 100% healthy diet and never have a need to eat junk food.

My exact same train of thought. haha Being a graphic designer, I'd assume seeing would be the most beneficial to keep.

[z Revis]

Re: Which Sense Could You Not Live Without?

Sight. And I'm with others that if I had to give one up, it'd be taste. I'd save so much money and be one of the healthiest human beings alive.

[Brandwin]

Re: Which Sense Could You Not Live Without?

Sight and it isn't even close. Hearing would be second followed by touch, taste, and smell. Losing any of them would suck, though.

My order as well...

Sight...I don't wanna get stuck with a fat/ugly chick.

Just do like Ray Charles and see if you can wrap your hand around their wrist.

Touch. If you can't feel touch, you can't feel pain, which would probably result in something tragic. I.e. you break your bones from standing one way too long, don't notice that you are bleeding from a cut and suffer acute blood loss, you cut off circulation to an extremity for too long as a result of sitting on an extremity in the wrong way...

Basically, things could get complicated rather quickly if one couldn't physically feel anything.

good point. I didn't really look at it that way.

[JMD]

Re: Which Sense Could You Not Live Without?

Losing my hearing would be the worst for me. As others have said not being able to listen to music would be to much to take. Music has been a huge part of my life since early childhood. Being a drummer for 35 years, a day has not gone by that I do not listen to music or play music. It would suck to lose my sight, but I could still play my drums without it, I would miss the heck out of video games though. Touch, smell, taste, no biggie. I lost my sense of taste for about 5 months during my radiation treatments in 2006. Eating food was like eating metal flavored cardboard, if that makes any sense. It came back though.

[SidVish]

Re: Which Sense Could You Not Live Without?

I'd have to go with sight. But as others have mentioned losing any of them would make life really difficult. I really feel for the people who have to deal with this on a daily basis.