An Interesting Hypotetical (Part 5)

[Vincent M]

I'd say taste.

Imagine how much money you would make off taking bets like eating that week old dog shit on the sidewalk over there. I'd be a fucking millionaire!

Which you would use to pay off your medical bills.

LOL Doc I am peeing blood again cause I eat so much dog shit

[Kid_A]

i would have to say sight.

you'd get a free dog!!

[Xayath]

*squeaks* i am no such thing...

which are u not an underachiever or an anarchist (ie anti-government)

[s.xkitten]

underachiever

[Xayath]

he's to sexy for me...

and as for the thing above me...i'm kinda a mix...i'm not total anarchist...but i'm also not against it...i like some ideas, not others

hmm well i say what i see

[Vincent M]

i would have to say sight.

you'd get a free dog!!

*smacks people with the blind stick* God Dam PEOPLE MOVE!!!!

[static_ice]

there's a blind lady with a donkey instead of a dog...

oh and I chose smell, I have a cold all the time anyways, so I'm already used to life without smell...

[Anarkistsdream]

taste hands down. I wouldnt be able to function without any of the other ones, save for maybe smell.


Touch you wouldnt be able to move. Think of what it is like when your leg is alseep, or you have novacaine on your tongue. That part of your body is just completely useless.
Sight would blow becuase you would have to rely too heavily on your other senses.
Hearing would kill me, becuase I'm pretty sure I couldnt live without music in my life.
Smell is important to survival in general becuase it gives you clues about your environment, i.e. gas is filling the room, or theres smoke/a fire close by.

Taste is just kinda for your own self indulgence, save for like tasting poisons. Losing it would also make drinking alcohol a hell of a lot crazier since you wouldnt be able to taste shitty booze

You said everything that I was gonna say... I am in complete agreement...

Not to mention, smell is stronger than taste, so you could still smell all of the foods you were eating.

[btownmeggy]

Smell! That'd probably bring more benefits than drawbacks.

My dad's deaf and his life sucks. Though I'd probably be pretty well-prepared for losing my hearing, I don't want to.

Being blind would be even worse than being deaf. I live down the street from a school for the blind. I'm amazed that they survive in this cold, hard world.

The Discovery Channel made a program about a girl with no sense of touch and her life was hell. She was eternally horribly injured and burned and beaten.

Losing taste wouldn't be so bad, but... I like tasting things.

[hecter]

Smell! That'd probably bring more benefits than drawbacks.

My dad's deaf and his life sucks. Though I'd probably be pretty well-prepared for losing my hearing, I don't want to.

Being blind would be even worse than being deaf. I live down the street from a school for the blind. I'm amazed that they survive in this cold, hard world.

The Discovery Channel made a program about a girl with no sense of touch and her life was hell. She was eternally horribly injured and burned and beaten.

Losing taste wouldn't be so bad, but... I like tasting things.

What she said.

[Aegnor]

Probably smell. I like enjoying good food :/

[Anarkistsdream]

Probably smell. I like enjoying good food :/

But PEOPLE!!! You SMELL more than you TASTE! It is proven fact...

Olfaction, taste and trigeminal receptors together contribute to flavor. The human tongue can only distinguish among seven to eight distinct types of taste, while the nose can distinguish among hundreds of substances, even in minute quantities.

[Vincent M]

but food would suck if you didnt taste

[Anarkistsdream]

but food would suck if you didnt taste

You 'taste' more with your nose than with your tongue, Vincent.

[hecter]

Ya, but without smell, you wouldn't have all those awkward moments on elevators when one of you farts, or you wouldn't mind AS much going into a porta potty. Think of the benifits!

[Kahless]

Smell easily, it's probably the only one thats more of a liability than an asset

[Anarkistsdream]

Ya, but without smell, you wouldn't have all those awkward moments on elevators when one of you farts, or you wouldn't mind AS much going into a porta potty. Think of the benifits!

I will take the benefits of smelling a fart anyday when I can also smell coffee in the morning.. Or clean sheets on my bed... Or my flower bed that I have in my back yard...

Not to mention, when you taste that hamburger or those enchiladas, but can not smell, you will get one of 7 flavors, as opposed to the minutae difference that can be found with smell.

[Aegnor]

Well, I don't like SMELLING my food, I like eating it

[Anarkistsdream]

Well, I don't like SMELLING my food, I like eating it

You are all either being very contradictory on purpose, or you are not thinking this out fully.

[Vincent M]

Well, I don't like SMELLING my food, I like eating it

*chuckles*

[Kahless]

i would have to say sight.

you'd get a free dog!!

You don't need to be blind, animal shelters are always looking for people to give dogs a good home

[Vincent M]

Ya, but without smell, you wouldn't have all those awkward moments on elevators when one of you farts, or you wouldn't mind AS much going into a porta potty. Think of the benifits!

I will take the benefits of smelling a fart anyday when I can also smell coffee in the morning.. Or clean sheets on my bed... Or my flower bed that I have in my back yard...

Not to mention, when you taste that hamburger or those enchiladas, but can not smell, you will get one of 7 flavors, as opposed to the minutae difference that can be found with smell.

It makes sense (HA get it , man that was lame) I supose but no one truly knows what sense gets what somtimes. Only if your examined then maybe

[Anarkistsdream]

Ya, but without smell, you wouldn't have all those awkward moments on elevators when one of you farts, or you wouldn't mind AS much going into a porta potty. Think of the benifits!

I will take the benefits of smelling a fart anyday when I can also smell coffee in the morning.. Or clean sheets on my bed... Or my flower bed that I have in my back yard...

Not to mention, when you taste that hamburger or those enchiladas, but can not smell, you will get one of 7 flavors, as opposed to the minutae difference that can be found with smell.

It makes sense (HA get it , man that was lame) I supose but no one truly knows what sense gets what somtimes. Only if your examined then maybe

You are wrong, Vincenzo...

Your tongue can taste 7-8 different types...

Salty
Sweet
Sour
Spicy
Bitter
etc...

After that, it is up to the receptors in your nose to differentiate...

[Aegnor]

Actually spicy is not really a taste. It's actually a burning sensation, so you can classify 'spicy' under the touch sense.

[Anarkistsdream]

Actually spicy is not really a taste. It's actually a burning sensation, so you can classify 'spicy' under the touch sense.

Spice has a taste... Pick up some cumin and put it in your mouth.. It has distinct flavor characteristics alongside of any numbness or burning...