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Would you rather be unable to hear or read? (From

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Unable to hear
57.1%
Unable to read
42.9%

1,409 votesFinal results

5:34 AM · Dec 1, 2019

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Shit I want to change my vote

The Angry Philosopher on Drugs

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I'd miss Tchaichovski,

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@FrogLeapStudios

. But no more Letters to friends? No more Dresden Files? No more classic literature and scripture? Couldn't do it.

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music. i rest my case.

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Unable to read provided it doesn't include unable to see in general and I have a system which narrates what is written.

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I'm halfway to being deaf and somehow hear better than most people I encounter. I feel that I could find joy in music even if I couldn't hear it. If I couldn't read I wouldn't have reason to go on.

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Illiteracy can be readily corrected, but deafness cannot.

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If I become deaf, after a while, I can't speak properly. Uhm no thanks

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Text to speech exists

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I already have a hearing loss and I’ll still go with unable to hear haha

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Rates of depression, suicidal thinking, etc are much more common among deaf than among the blind. Inability to hear can be extremely isolating. Reading is a modern invention. The need for conversation, to hear laughter and emotion, is hard-wired into us.