Just for fun.. Which of your 5 senses would you sacrifice?

Contributor: Kindred Kindred
I picked smell but I think I would now change it to taste because smell accounts for a huge part of our sense of taste.
11/29/2011
Contributor: Vanille Vanille
I'm already high tone deaf and near-sighted. So I would go with touch.
11/29/2011
Contributor: js250 js250
I have to go with taste. I love smells, touch, seeing and hearing too much.
11/29/2011
Contributor: Beck Beck
I am going to have to say smell, just so I can go around farting and never smell anyone's! LOL
11/29/2011
Contributor: Cherry21 Cherry21
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Originally posted by Breas
This is just a for fun poll.. obviously no one wants to lose any of their senses but I thought it'd be an interesting poll. I think I'd give up smell, but then again, I'm not 100% sure.

So if you HAD to give up one of the five ... more
taste for sure. I need to see, feel, hear, and smell. My memories are connected to my smells! Maybe if I couldn't taste, I could lose these last few pounds!
11/29/2011
Contributor: Cherry21 Cherry21
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Originally posted by Clandestine
Sometimes I yearn for silence, which makes me think that I might give up my hearing... But then I would never hear the comforting voices of loved ones or the mood lifting effects of music, or my friends' voices.

I guess if I had to choose, ... more
totally agree!!
11/29/2011
Contributor: Cherry21 Cherry21
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Originally posted by Moein
Taste and Smell are combined, if you can't smell you can't taste, so both are important. Not eyes any way, and not touch. Hearing yes, because it is the most (problem transfer) utilities. Also I can read rather than hear the things I need to ... more
thats not true! my friend's mom can't smell, she has all the things to smell, her brain just doesn't process the smells, so she smells nothing. She can still taste though!
11/29/2011
Contributor: toxie m toxie m
I would hate to give up any, but I'd choose smell because I think the loss of it would affect my life in the least intrusive way of the 5.
11/29/2011
Contributor: Sinfully Sinfully
I guess taste.
11/29/2011
Contributor: PassionateLover2 PassionateLover2
Sometimes there have been occasions where I DID NOT want to pass the Smell Test in more ways than one. All the other senses I really, really need!
11/29/2011
Contributor: paige09nicole paige09nicole
Decisions decisions, thats a hard one.
11/29/2011
Contributor: SaMiKaY SaMiKaY
I stared at this question for like 15 minutes trying to decide which I could live without... Truth is, I couldn't live without any of them. I am a pastry chef by profession. I NEED taste, smell, sight and touch to work. I am also a foodie so without being a pastry chef, I would still need taste, smell and sight.

Hearing is also a big part of my life, apart from needing to hear timers and such. Music has always been one of my biggest outlets. The music I listen to determines my moods, changes my moods, and motivates me to do things like clean. I also couldn't live without hearing my loved ones voices. I plan on having kids (besides my step daughter) and I would be crushed if I couldn't hear them cry, say their first words, etc.
11/29/2011
Contributor: Owl Identified Owl Identified
I had a friend with anosmia...he didn't seem to mind it too much. He developed it randomly at 16, but says he doesn't miss smell all that much. Of course, he can't taste things well anymore. I guess that's the one catch.
11/29/2011
Contributor: Ash1141 Ash1141
Smell would be the easiest to go without for me
11/29/2011
Contributor: idunshire idunshire
I love that no person has picked to give up sight yet.
11/29/2011
Contributor: julia. julia.
smell for sure.
11/30/2011
Contributor: Errant Venture Errant Venture
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Originally posted by Bignuf
What "OTHER" sense do you happen to have to lose????? I guess I could give up my ESP (but never my ESPN)?
We have just over 15 senses (I think the correct number is 19). ESP is, thus, not the sixth sense.

The traditional five, and nociception, equilibrioception, proprioception and kinaesthesia, sense of time, thermoception, and possibly an additional weak magnetoception, chemoreception, photoreception, mechanoreception. As well as internal sensors.
11/30/2011
Contributor: Ms. N Ms. N
I already lack a sense of direction...does that count?

Smell
11/30/2011
Contributor: Rarity Rarity
I chose taste.

It would be sad to lose my sense of taste, but I could find ways around that I imagine. I can practically taste the foods in my mouth when I smell it, so it wouldn't be too big of a loss.
12/03/2011
Contributor: Pink Jewel Pink Jewel
If I had to give one up, it would be smell.
12/04/2011
Contributor: 12345678 12345678
I don't know how anyone could live without taste
12/04/2011
Contributor: Apirka Apirka
Probably sense of smell because that seems to me as the least "important" sense I guess.
03/01/2012
Contributor: Taylor Taylor
I would pick taste, because it seems like the least important to my safety and well being. I would want my sense of smell so I would still be able to sense a gas leak or something like that. Hearing, vision, and touch seem absolutely vital to me though, especially when it concerns living my life safely.

The order I would give them up in would be taste, then smell, then hearing, then vision, then touch.
03/01/2012
Contributor: Lover of Leather Lover of Leather
Good question, hard decision. They all have obvious benefits, and I'm lucky and blessed to still have all 5.
03/01/2012
Contributor: kitty1949 kitty1949
Smell. I couldn't deal with losing the others, especially hearing. Music is a huge part of my life.
09/23/2012
Contributor: ginnyluvspotter ginnyluvspotter
smell would be the only one that wouldnt hurt you so much to give up
10/19/2012
Contributor: GONE! GONE!
Smell is important. Touch? Eh. I could do without it.
10/20/2012
Contributor: Allstars316 Allstars316
Smell
10/20/2012
Contributor: ViVix ViVix
Quote:
Originally posted by Breas
This is just a for fun poll.. obviously no one wants to lose any of their senses but I thought it'd be an interesting poll. I think I'd give up smell, but then again, I'm not 100% sure.

So if you HAD to give up one of the five ... more
Smell effects taste...still I'd give up smell. Would anyone really give up touch?
10/20/2012
Contributor: sugar&spikes sugar&spikes
smell
10/20/2012