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julia · 25th Apr 2012, 11:33 AM

If you had to lose one of the five senses, hearing, sight, taste, smell, and touch which one would you choose?

AllSmiles · 25th Apr 2012, 11:35 AM

Touch, I think

Hot Pink · 25th Apr 2012, 11:42 AM

I would hate to lose my hearing. I need my sight for my job. I enjoy smelling way too much to lose it. Also, touch is perhaps my main route for sexual desire. It's how I express my feelings and how I know they're being returned in a sexual situation. It would be horrible to lose that.

I love eating and tasting, but when I really weight things out, taste is the weakest link for me. I don't really need it.

justinf · 25th Apr 2012, 12:12 PM

I'd lose taste, because what we actually "taste" is 80% smell. Our actual taste organs only detect sour, salt, things like that. At least that's what I heard. So I guess without taste I could still enjoy my meals for 80%

Dalmatian · 25th Apr 2012, 12:40 PM

I don't really like spicy food, well seasoned food and so on. Actually, I like my food to be sort of tasteless and let just the nose experience the variety of "tastes", as justinf says, that food offers. Other senses are far more important.

Just Adam · 25th Apr 2012, 01:06 PM

Smell. Id miss it but if i had to choose.

**Jim1454** · 25th Apr 2012, 01:09 PM

Taste. Then presumably I wouldn't be tempted to eat so many yummy things and my weight wouldn't be an issue!

CrystalRaindrop · 25th Apr 2012, 01:11 PM

Taste, it's honestly useless.
I was going to say sight (because I've figured that over a year of needing glasses and not getting them with 20/2400 vision I was used to not using my vision much), but really taste is the most useless sense there is. :P

Just Adam · 25th Apr 2012, 01:13 PM

Taste is a brilliant thing. You all underestimate it.

julia · 25th Apr 2012, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Just Adam

Taste is a brilliant thing. You all underestimate it.

I agree! I don't know how I could live without being about to taste food.

Sayu · 25th Apr 2012, 01:21 PM

Taste or smell, I guess, but I picked smell.

**Gravity** · 25th Apr 2012, 01:27 PM

Taste, but I'd give up sight before I gave up smell and touch.

CrystalRaindrop · 25th Apr 2012, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by julia

Quote:

Originally Posted by Just Adam

Taste is a brilliant thing. You all underestimate it.

I agree! I don't know how I could live without being about to taste food.

Same here a bit, but it's honestly really useless, where as the other four senses are a bit useful (besides maybe smell). Also, disgusting foods wouldn't technically be disgusting...

lilbitlost · 25th Apr 2012, 01:58 PM

Sight! Im the only voter for it so far! My eyes are fairly messed up anyhow, so what difference does a bit more make?

Bedroom Hymns · 25th Apr 2012, 02:10 PM

Smell.

At first I was like "Taste. That way I wouldn't have bad food temptations" but then I thought of sex... and how that sense is important, teehee. So I chose Smell.

Just Adam · 25th Apr 2012, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bedroom Hymns

Smell.

At first I was like "Taste. That way I wouldn't have bad food temptations" but then I thought of sex... and how that sense is important, teehee. So I chose Smell.

Oh thats naughty haha

I highly approve haha

**Gerry** · 25th Apr 2012, 02:14 PM

I picked smell. It was either that or taste but I think if I had to lose one that smell would be the one I would need the least.

Level75 · 25th Apr 2012, 02:30 PM

Smell. Looks like Smell is a popular choice. Smell is also the only sense that has ever compelled me to vomit.

HunterN95 · 25th Apr 2012, 02:36 PM

Smell, easily, although I would miss it. Sight would by far be the worst loss for me.

Ace94 · 25th Apr 2012, 02:42 PM

I chose smell, I already have cataracts although it's not too bad yet soo I could not imagine not being able to see....I guess smell I would miss the least...

View Poll Results: What sense would you be most willing to lose?
Hearing	4	4.35%
Sight	5	5.43%
Taste	35	38.04%
Smell	44	47.83%
Touch	4	4.35%
Voters: 92. You may not vote on this poll

25th Apr 2012, 11:33 AM	#1
julia the road is long, we carry on Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Asexual? Bisexual? Lesbian? Out Status: Immediate family Location: Upstate New York Age: 21 Posts: 1,249 Join Date: Apr 2012	The 5 Senses If you had to lose one of the five senses, hearing, sight, taste, smell, and touch which one would you choose? __________________ I hear the birds on the summer breeze, I drive fast, I am alone in the night. Been tryin' hard not to get into trouble, but I've got a war in my mind.

25th Apr 2012, 11:35 AM	#2
AllSmiles /J Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Most people Location: Aalborg, Denmark Age: 19 Posts: 499 Join Date: Sep 2009	Re: The 5 Senses Touch, I think __________________ "You're a good tripod" - Ander Blue "No one's ever said that to me!" - Me We both start laughing

25th Apr 2012, 11:42 AM	#3
Hot Pink Chaotic Neutral Dyke Full Member Gender: Female (MtF) Orientation: I like kitties Out Status: THE WORLD, BITCHES! Location: Minnesota, USA Age: 28 Posts: 1,024 Join Date: Apr 2011	Re: The 5 Senses I would hate to lose my hearing. I need my sight for my job. I enjoy smelling way too much to lose it. Also, touch is perhaps my main route for sexual desire. It's how I express my feelings and how I know they're being returned in a sexual situation. It would be horrible to lose that. I love eating and tasting, but when I really weight things out, taste is the weakest link for me. I don't really need it. __________________ Pffffffft...

25th Apr 2012, 12:12 PM	#4
justinf EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Sexual Location: Amsterdam Age: 20 Posts: 1,224 Join Date: Jan 2012	Re: The 5 Senses I'd lose taste, because what we actually "taste" is 80% smell. Our actual taste organs only detect sour, salt, things like that. At least that's what I heard. So I guess without taste I could still enjoy my meals for 80%

25th Apr 2012, 12:40 PM	#5
Dalmatian EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: A few people Location: Zagreb, Croatia Age: 31 Posts: 754 Join Date: Jul 2011	Re: The 5 Senses I don't really like spicy food, well seasoned food and so on. Actually, I like my food to be sort of tasteless and let just the nose experience the variety of "tastes", as justinf says, that food offers. Other senses are far more important.

25th Apr 2012, 01:06 PM	#6
Just Adam <3 Oscar Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Pansexual Out Status: Anyone with an open mind Location: My AV room Age: 24 Posts: 6,079 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: The 5 Senses Smell. Id miss it but if i had to choose. __________________ Ninja Kick The Damn Rabbit !

25th Apr 2012, 01:09 PM	#7
Jim1454 EC 'Dad' EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Toronto Age: 42 Posts: 7,977 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: The 5 Senses Taste. Then presumably I wouldn't be tempted to eat so many yummy things and my weight wouldn't be an issue! __________________ Jim "It is never too late to be what you might have been."

25th Apr 2012, 01:11 PM	#8
CrystalRaindrop Mentally Ill Genius Full Member Gender: Transmasculine Genderqueer (ze/hir) Orientation: Panromantic Gynesexual Out Status: Sxlty:Most people, Gndr:Close friends & parents Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Posts: 638 Join Date: Feb 2012	Re: The 5 Senses Taste, it's honestly useless. I was going to say sight (because I've figured that over a year of needing glasses and not getting them with 20/2400 vision I was used to not using my vision much), but really taste is the most useless sense there is. :P __________________ "Man is free at the moment he wishes to be." -Voltaire

25th Apr 2012, 01:13 PM	#9
Just Adam <3 Oscar Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Pansexual Out Status: Anyone with an open mind Location: My AV room Age: 24 Posts: 6,079 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: The 5 Senses Taste is a brilliant thing. You all underestimate it. __________________ Ninja Kick The Damn Rabbit !

25th Apr 2012, 01:21 PM	#11
Sayu EC Addict Full Member Gender: very tomboyish girl Orientation: I'm into people. Out Status: about 20 friends, brother and Mum <3 Location: Europe Age: 19 Posts: 667 Join Date: Mar 2012	Re: The 5 Senses Taste or smell, I guess, but I picked smell. __________________ “...the man of my dreams is a girl.” "Don't listen to them, you get to come in, too!" (Chris Colfer)

25th Apr 2012, 01:27 PM	#12
Gravity Empty Closets Advisor EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Arizona Age: 32 Posts: 1,528 Join Date: Nov 2011	Re: The 5 Senses Taste, but I'd give up sight before I gave up smell and touch. __________________ "If you didn't think it would hurt your reputation, what would you choose?"

25th Apr 2012, 01:58 PM	#14
lilbitlost Well Known Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Most people except old aquaintances Location: UK Posts: 190 Join Date: Apr 2012	Re: The 5 Senses Sight! Im the only voter for it so far! My eyes are fairly messed up anyhow, so what difference does a bit more make?

25th Apr 2012, 02:10 PM	#15
Bedroom Hymns The Morning Fog Regular Member Gender: Happy with my willy, but I don't care for gender. Orientation: I like phallic objects and muscles. Out Status: Some friends, some relatives (both my parents). Location: Under the ice Age: 17 Posts: 301 Join Date: Dec 2011	Re: The 5 Senses Smell. At first I was like "Taste. That way I wouldn't have bad food temptations" but then I thought of sex... and how that sense is important, teehee. So I chose Smell. __________________ Je suis ton pile, toi mon face; toi mon nombril et moi ta glace. Tu es l'envie et moi le geste, t'es le citron et moi le zeste; Je suis le thé, tu es la tasse; moi la putain et toi la pas.

25th Apr 2012, 02:14 PM	#17
Gerry We're all a little mad! EC Moderator Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Age: 25 Posts: 5,735 Join Date: Jan 2008	Re: The 5 Senses I picked smell. It was either that or taste but I think if I had to lose one that smell would be the one I would need the least. __________________ "Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality".-James Baldwin

25th Apr 2012, 02:30 PM	#18
Level75 Level 612 Ardat-Yakshi Necromancer Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: New Jersey Age: 27 Posts: 687 Join Date: Mar 2012	Re: The 5 Senses Smell. Looks like Smell is a popular choice. Smell is also the only sense that has ever compelled me to vomit.

25th Apr 2012, 02:36 PM	#19
HunterN95 Jesus is a biscuit! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Age: 18 Posts: 125 Join Date: Apr 2012	Re: The 5 Senses Smell, easily, although I would miss it. Sight would by far be the worst loss for me.

25th Apr 2012, 02:42 PM	#20
Ace94 Banned Full Member Gender: Gender doesn't matter. Orientation: I like those of the female variety. Out Status: Out to everyone Location: In the mosh pits goin' hard. \m/ Age: 18 Posts: 1,414 Join Date: Jan 2012	Re: The 5 Senses I chose smell, I already have cataracts although it's not too bad yet soo I could not imagine not being able to see....I guess smell I would miss the least...

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