If you had to lose two of the six senses, which would you choose?

badabing106

Which ones would you choose. Nose, smell you later. Not essential in the 21st century.Taste is the same. We don't hunt or gather anymore so eating a dangerous plant or noticing a foul smelling meat isn't really a danger anymore for people in the western world

OldMrBrennan83

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diomed

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

badabing106 wrote: »

Which ones would you choose. Ears because I need my tunes, and sight because I need to see my surroundings for navigation

Two out of the five is a bit nonsensical, if you'll pardon me saying (and the pun).

Seeing and hearing but having absolutely no feeling sensation from head to foot would be a nightmare of an existence.

At a stretch I'd forgo smell and taste but that's the absolute limit.

badabing106

Patww79 wrote: »

With only two of six you'd be better off dead, so I choose actual dead.

You'd adapt. Some animals have two or less senses

OldMrBrennan83

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donegaLroad

2 out of the six? I'd have to go for telepathy and my eye-sight maybe..

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

badabing106 wrote: »

You'd adapt. Some animals have two or less senses

Name a few with less than 2 senses and we'll see how tolerable life as some of them would be. Many animals have more senses than we do - eclectic sense, magnetic sense, echolocation etc.

Peatys

Sight, touch, hearing, taste, smell....

Sight and sound. Everything tastes watered down these days anyway, could deffo live without the smell of randomers.. and I could see whatever I'm touching..

Peatys

Zeke Dirty Tambourine wrote: »

Name a few with less than 2 senses and we'll see how tolerable life as some of them would be. Many animals have more senses than we do - eclectic sense, magnetic sense, echolocation etc.

You don't have echolocation?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Peatys wrote: »

You don't have echolocation?

Not since the operation to restore my infra red vision, last year.

Lorelli!

I'd say sight and touch op. I'd hate to live without sound, taste and sense of smell though.

I remember reading that Michael Hutchence had lost his sense of taste and smell a while before he died after being attacked and it was said that it turned him into a completely different person.

buried

Depends. What do I get for giving up the other 4?

corner of hells

My father lost sense of touch and feeling in his hands after an industrial accident , however his sense of smell was spot on with him often noticing his hands getting burned by the smell of roast pork.

freshpopcorn

I'd probably go with smell and then taste. I'd be able to eat very healthy then.

Duckworth_Luas

If I lost my eyesight I wouldnt be able to see dead people anymore!

wakka12

Obviously everyone will pick smell and taste

RobbingBandit

I've lost my sight briefly quite a few times times in the past two years wouldn't wish it on anyòne, smell would be the only one I'd part with although hearing wouldn't be much of a loss living where I do the noise of cretins talking so loud wouldn't be missed.

leonffrench

There's more than 5 senses. What about balance?

Cloudio9

Entitlement and self respect.

Arghus

I'd think I'd give up my sense of style and....

the_pen_turner

considering we have over 20 senses I think we could loose one or 2 of those.

I don't think you could cope without any of the 'normal 5' but I couldn't do without, sight . smell would go first then hearing

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Cloudio9 wrote: »

Entitlement and self respect.

Don't forget Style.

Cody montana

I’d lose my fabulous sense of humour and dress sense.

biko

I have already lost my common sense and fashion sense.

My sense of proportion and my common sense. I've been told I'm lacking in both anyway.

The_Valeyard

Id give up my sixth sense. Aint got time to be dealing with dead peoples problems.

pickarooney

Sense of guilt and sense of betrayal.

Tigger

Zeke Dirty Tambourine wrote: »

Two out of the five is a bit nonsensical, if you'll pardon me saying (and the pun).

Seeing and hearing but having absolutely no feeling sensation from head to foot would be a nightmare of an existence.

At a stretch I'd forgo smell and taste but that's the absolute limit.

sense of time and direction and a few others
its not 5

PLL

Taste, Smell. I would be skinny again!

Cee-Jay-Cee

If you had no sense of smell then taste is gone too (hold your nose and eat something and see for yourself)

I’d chose to keep sight and hearing.

ToddyDoody

I *hear* if you loose your sight you can hear things before they happen.

retro:electro

LadyMacBeth_

I have a poor sense of smell, sometimes it's gone entirely, though I can still taste but it's like I have a permanent cold. Sometimes when I have a course of strong antibiotics that clears up the infection in my nose I can smell a bit better and therefore taste a bit better, I enjoy eating a lot more then. Even though I have a poor sense of taste and smell I am not remotely thin. I think I actually want to eat more just to try to taste something, to get some satisfaction, and I can taste sweet better than other flavours so I tend to go for sweet. So if I had to I'd choose to give up those two of the classic five senses, since I only half have them anyway

Hector Bellend

Does touch including ****?

if it does give me a guide dog and a hearing aid immediately

Chrongen

badabing106 wrote: »

Which ones would you choose. Nose, smell you later. Not essential in the 21st century.Taste is the same. We don't hunt or gather anymore so eating a dangerous plant or noticing a foul smelling meat isn't really a danger anymore for people in the western world

What is the 6th sense?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Heavy Smoking is a good way to lessen your ability to taste and smell.

They're two of the things you notice coming back when you get off fags.

Deer

I have already lost my sense of smell. I can still taste sweet, bitter, salt, sour etc but I cannot taste flavours as they are linked to smell, basil or garlic for example. Not being able to smell is a pain and I really miss the taste of all my favourite foods but it doesn't put me off food at allI still eat as much as I did and I still "like" the same food I always did and avoid food I didn't like. I dont like bland food even though I can't get the individual flavours if something is full of herbs or spices I will enjoy it more even though I can't taste them. Its so hard to explain lol!

Its a bit dangerous though - I had an old cooker a few years ago and my toddler kept turning the gas on and I'd be walking around the house oblivious or I've often burnt all the water out of the pot when steaming potatoes for example and by all accounts the house is stinking of smoke.

Anyway I've thought of this over the years and smell is deffo the one to lose out of all them. And if it came to a second I would go with taste too (sweet sour bitter salt). I wouldn't be loving it but I would find it a lot harder not feeling touch or hearing or seeing.

OldMrBrennan83

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